Abellan-Gimenez, María DoloresMarín-Rives, Joaquin LonginosParedes Gázquez, Juan Diego2025-11-062025-11-062021-01-10Abellan-Gimenez, M., Marín-Rives, J., & Paredes-Gazquez, J. (2021). Local public corporate responsibility: A scale development and validation. Public Policy and Administration, 38(2), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767209805151749-4192https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720980515https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30797The registered version of this article, first published in Public Policy and Administration, is available online at the publisher's website: EDITOR, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720980515La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Public Policy and Administration, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: EDITOR, https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720980515The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a long tradition in business, but it is relatively new in public administration. Recently, there has been general consensus that there is a need to promote CSR in public administrations so as to improve transparency, governance, and the efficient allocation of public resources. We develop a new scale for measuring local public corporate responsibility (LPCR) based on CSR international standards and inputs from experts and academics, who evaluate whether the selected indicators are relevant, useful, adequate and practical for measuring LPCR. We test the tool empirically by analysing the CSR practices of 24 municipal councils in a Spanish territory. The result is a scale that allows us to determine the extent to which the municipal councils are socially responsible. This tool gives citizens access to information about CSR in their municipal councils and enables the identification of areas where municipal councils face challenges and require improvement.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess53 Ciencias Económicasartículocorporate social responsibility (CSR)local public corporate responsibility (LPCR)public administrationmunicipal councils