Korean slang profile
CSR
csr
Corporate social responsibility
An abbreviation for a company’s responsibilities as a member of society, or activities carrying them out.
- Expanded form
- Corporate Social ResponsibilityCorporate Social Responsibility
- Other spellings
- 기업의 사회적 책임
- Earliest source found
- Jun 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
회사는 지역사회를 위한 CSR 활동을 소개했다.
The company introduced its CSR activities for the local community.
02Documented history
- 2007The 2007 material introduced the spelling and usage context of “CSR”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It takes the initial letters of Corporate Social Responsibility. The checked public-institution article uses it for an energy company’s welfare-support activities. Use earlier than the checked sources and the original creator have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The independent spelling, meaning, expanded form, and date in the sources were directly compared. The survey grouping of 2007 does not establish the year of origin or first popularity.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 에너지복지로 빈곤층도 따뜻하게 — 나라경제 2007년 6월호 (KDI 경제교육·정보센터)Published Jun 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026