The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is currently very popular and has evolved within a diverse and lengthy framework. This approach has continually garnered concerted and progressive interest from academics and practitioners since the 1950s. This article has been crafted to address the existing gap in literature concerning the evolution of the history and the complex definition of CSR. With this objective in mind, it provides a historical perspective on the evolution of this concept, aiming to facilitate its comprehension and definition.