Are Organisation Researchers too Obsessed with the Economic Responsibility of the Firm? |
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Authors: | Jeremy Galbreath |
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Institution: | (1) Corporate Governance and Social, Responsibility Research Unit, Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, 70 Murray Street, Perth, 6000, Western Australia |
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Abstract: | The original intent of business education in America focused on the development of professional managers who would look after
the interests of society. As economic and shareholder theories influenced business education, firm performance became the
manager’s top – if not only – priority. The economic responsibility of the firm also appears to be dominating scholarly interest
in organisations as well. However, business firms constitute part of the fabric of society and closer attention should be
paid by organisation researchers to the social responsibilities of the firm. In doing so, a more balanced research approach
can be achieved. In this article, we give evidence that research within the study of the organisation, specifically in the
field of management, has predominately turned its attention to the economic responsibility of the firm. We close by demonstrating
that other fields within organisation research also appear to be favouring the study of performance and we offer suggestions
as to how scholars might better address the firm’s role in society beyond its economic responsibility.
Jeremy Galbreath is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Curtin University of Technology where he is studying corporate social responsibility
(CSR). He has published extensively, with over 50 articles in print and 3 book chapters. Dr. Galbreath's research and teaching
focuses on strategic management, the resource-based view of the firm, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management,
the ethicality of profit making strategies, intellectual capital and information technology. |
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Keywords: | The business firm social issues economic responsibilities organisation research economic and social goals |
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