Purpose: The Western-centric nature of research into corporate social responsibility (CSR) has left gaps in one’s understanding of local culture's role in augmenting or undermining the impact of firms' CSR policies. This paper constructs and tests variables measuring “Confucian values”...

While South Korea outwardly appears socially, politically and legally intolerant of LGBTQ+, the landscape is contradictory and dynamic. Alternative sexual orientations, practices and gender identities are mostly legal, and a vibrant, largely open social scene exists. Activism has rapidly...