Avis MKonopka RGregory-Smith DPalakshappa NTrinh GSharp ADriesener C2024-02-272024-07-252022-09-222024-02-272024-07-252022-09-22Avis M, Konopka R, Gregory-Smith D, Palakshappa N. (2022). Disentangling Consumers’ CSR Knowledge Types and Effects. Sustainability (Switzerland). 14. 19.https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70572This paper examines consumers’ objective knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for brands over different product categories, and investigates whether objective knowledge influences attitudes to CSR, and the relationships between demographics and objective knowledge. The research uses an innovative approach to examining consumer CSR knowledge via (largely) unprompted recall. The analysis uses independent judges to score actual consumer objective knowledge of the CSR of well-known brands against the policies and actions of the brand owner. The research reveals that participants’ objective knowledge of CSR was limited or, in many cases, there was no knowledge. Further, the number and type of CSR policies did not influence overall evaluations of CSR. However, where objective knowledge was held, it did positively influence evaluations. The findings of the research direct managerial attention towards improvement of the communication of CSR, including using the research methodology here to evaluate the success of current communications(c) 2022 The Author/sCC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/corporate social responsibilitybusiness ethicsconsumer knowledgeobjective knowledgeJournal article10.3390/su1419119462071-1050journal-article11946