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Caught in a communicative catch-22? Translating the notion of CSR as shared value creation in a Danish CSR frontrunner
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Christiane Marie Høvring 《Business ethics (Oxford, England)》2017,26(4):369-381
There is a growing interest in how the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as shared value creation is translated in Scandinavia. However, current research seems to disregard that the specific institutional context is ambiguous, enabling the organization, and its internal stakeholders to translate the institutional logics into contradictory meanings of CSR as shared value creation. Building on the institutional logics perspective and the metaphor of translation, and framed within a case study of a Danish CSR frontrunner, this paper explores how the notion of CSR as shared value creation is translated at both the organizational and individual level through discourse. The study shows that the organization and its internal stakeholders employ different strategies to reconcile the institutional logics of ethics and economy, suggesting that the translation processes are a complex communicative matter of continuously balancing the contradictory institutional logics to maintain legitimacy in the eyes of external stakeholders. 相似文献
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Manuel Larrán Jorge Francisco Javier Andrades Peña 《Business ethics (Oxford, England)》2014,23(2):139-153
The current economic crisis, unsustainable growth, and financial scandals invite reflection on the role of universities in professional training, particularly those who have to manage businesses. This study analyzes the main factors that might determine the extent to which Spanish organizational management educators use corporate social responsibility (CSR) or business ethics stand‐alone subjects to equip students with alternative views on business. A web content analysis and non‐parametric mean comparison statistics of the curricula of undergraduate degrees in all universities in Spain were conducted. The main conclusion of this paper is related to the Bologna effect in Spanish universities. Comparing our results with prior research in this matter, it is demonstrated that the main reason that explains the increase of CSR and ethical education in Spain is the Bologna process and its adaptation to the European Higher Education Area. Also, private universities in Spain are more likely to require an ethics course than public universities. Other factors, such as size, political orientation, or related to CSR chairs are not statistically explanatory of CSR and ethical education. 相似文献
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The charged debate on the 'C-S-R-ization' of organizational practices seems to have produced two opposing and seemingly incompatible explanations for why organizations should engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR): one, the normative rationale based on an appeal to ethics; and the other, the instrumental rationale, based on an appeal to business pragmatism. This paper argues that a missing link in this debate is the failure to recognize that the normative and instrumental approaches to corporate social responsibility are underpinned by substantively, differentiating, relative logics of emotional rationalism on the one hand, and instrumental rationalism on the other. The paper makes a case that for CSR as a management practice to be practicable and actionable within a sustainable business agenda, it will need to be stripped of its current normative undertone and reconstructed in the instrumentally, pragmatic ( utlish ) language of business. Otherwise, the whole concept of CSR may continue to dwell in the realm of abstract theorizing without yielding many beneficial and practicable outcomes. The paper concludes that such an approach that situates CSR within a pragmatic business lingua, rather than a non-business lingua, will help in legitimizing CSR as a 'neutral' management practice. 相似文献
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The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance and impact of terminology used to describe corporate social responsibility (CSR). Through a review of key literature and concepts, we uncover how the economic business case has become the dominant driver behind CSR action. With reference to the literature on semiotics, connotative meaning and social marketing we explore how the terminology itself may have facilitated this co-opting of an ethical concept by economic interests. The broader issue of moral muteness and its relation to ethical behaviour is considered. We conclude by proposing a number of important attributes for any proposed terminology relating to ethical/socially responsible/sustainable business. 相似文献
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an area of great interest, yet little is known about how CSR is perceived and practiced
in the professional sport industry. This study employs a mixed-methods approach, including a survey, and a qualitative content
analysis of responses to open-ended questions, to explore how professional sport executives define CSR, and what priorities
teams have regarding their CSR activities. Findings from this study indicate that sport executives placed different emphases
on elements of CSR including a focus on philanthropic activities and ethical behaviors. The data suggest that professional
sport executives view CSR as a strategic imperative for their business. Sport executives indicated that a number of factors
influenced the practice of their CSR including: philanthropy (altruistic giving), an emphasis on the local community, partnerships,
and ethical concerns. We also examine important organizational variables for sport (winning, revenues, and team value) and
highlight their relationship with reported CSR involvement. We discuss the implications of the findings and propose recommendations
for both theory and practice. 相似文献
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Multinational Enterprise Subsidiaries and their CSR: A Conceptual Framework of the Management of CSR in Smaller Emerging Economies 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
There is a lack of theoretical consensus on how multinational enterprises (MNEs) should implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) to build legitimacy, particularly those operating in the smaller Asian emerging market context, where current growth in the global economy is being felt more acutely than elsewhere. This paper argues for theoretical integration of business ethics (BE) and international business (IB) research to address this concern. Hence, we explore the management of CSR strategies by MNE subsidiaries with specific interest on their proactive adoption of strategic CSR to obtain legitimacy in a foreign host country. Drawing on the recent CSR literature and related theories, including stakeholder theory and institutional theory, propositions and a conceptual framework are developed and presented. The framework integrates BE and IB concepts on the different dimensions of CSR and provides a theoretical derived explanation of the process for strategic adoption of global through to more local CSR strategies by MNE subsidiaries to build legitimacy in an emerging market context. In addition, the framework provides valuable insights into the adoption of different ethical approaches or CSR strategies based on the level of ethical pressure in a host country and the degree of CSR ingrainedness in the parent company. 相似文献
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This study viewed students majoring in public relations as prospective public relations practitioners and explored their perceptions
about corporate social responsibility (CSR) as their job attraction condition. The results showed that the students perceived
CSR to be an important ethical fit condition of a company. One of the significant findings is that CSR can be an effective
reputation management strategy for prospective employees, particularly when a company’s business is suffering. In examining
the effect of CSR efforts on attitudinal and behavioral outcomes, person–organization (P–O) fit appeared to serve as a mediator
between CSR performances and organizational attractiveness. 相似文献
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Several leadership and ethics scholars suggest that the transformational leadership process is predicated on a divergent set
of ethical values compared to transactional leadership. Theoretical accounts declare that deontological ethics should be associated
with transformational leadership while transactional leadership is likely related to teleological ethics. However, very little
empirical research supports these claims. Furthermore, despite calls for increasing attention as to how leaders influence
their followers’ perceptions of the importance of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) for organizational effectiveness,
no empirical study to date has assessed the comparative impact of transformational and transactional leadership styles on
follower CSR attitudes. Data from 122 organizational leaders and 458 of their followers indicated that leader deontological
ethical values (altruism, universal rights, Kantian principles, etc.) were strongly associated with follower ratings of transformational
leadership, while leader teleological ethical values (utilitarianism) were related to follower ratings of transactional leadership.
As predicted, only transformational leadership was associated with follower beliefs in the stakeholder view of CSR. Implications
for the study and practice of ethical leadership, future research directions, and management education are discussed. 相似文献
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Michael O'Mara-Shimek Manuel Guillén Alexis J. Bañón Gomis 《Business ethics (Oxford, England)》2015,24(Z2):S144-S155
Today, in both theory and practice, the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethics are not necessarily related. Organizations can demonstrate high levels of social proactivity in their CSR policies with or without having laudable levels of ethical quality or virtuousness. This article introduces the concepts of organizational ethical quality (OEQ) to evaluate the moral excellence of CSR actions and policies, identifying and categorizing varying levels ranging from the absence of ethical virtuousness, termed immoral CSR (ICSR), to high levels of moral CSR (MCSR), or ethical virtuousness. High MCSR is the product of both high levels of OEQ in conjunction with more proactive CSR policies based on social action. 相似文献
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While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is recognized as taking on various national meanings and practices, research has not sufficiently investigated how multinational companies (MNC) simultaneously achieve global CSR integration and local CSR adaptation. Building on a qualitative case study carried out at ASICS, an MNC headquartered in Japan, we show how this organizational dilemma may be solved through hybridization work, a form of institutional work performed by CSR managers in subsidiaries to combine and adapt different institutional approaches to CSR. By developing the notion of hybridization work, we contribute by (1) revealing a set of practices that contribute to institutional change within organizations and (2) enriching the study of CSR organizational change and international business by showing how hybridization Work leads to a greater organizational integration between core and periphery, and by identifying the triggering factors for subsidiary initiative in CSR. 相似文献
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Susanne Arvidsson 《Journal of Business Ethics》2010,96(3):339-354
In light of the many corporate scandals, social and ethical commitment of society has increased considerably, which puts pressure
on companies to communicate information related to corporate social responsibility (CSR). The reasons underlying the decision
by management teams to engage in ethical communication are scarcely focussed on. Thus, grounded on legitimacy and stakeholder
theory, this study analyses the views management teams in large listed companies have on communication of CSR. The focus is
on aspects on interest, motives/reasons, users and problems related to corporate communication of CSR information. A questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews confirm that there
is a distinct trend shift towards more focus on CSR in corporate communication. Whilst this trend shift started as a reactive
approach initiated by the many corporate scandals, the trend shift is now argued to be of a proactive nature focussed at preventing
legitimacy concerns to arise. These findings are significant and interesting, implying that we are witnessing a transit period
between two legitimacy strategies. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the way respondents argue when it comes to CSR activities
coincides with consequentialism or utilitarianism, i.e. companies engage in CSR activities to avoid negative impacts instead of being driven by a will to make a social betterment or acting in accordance with what is fundamentally
believed to be right to do. This provides new input to the ongoing debate about business ethics. The findings should alert
national and international policy makers to the need both to increase the vigilance and capacity of the regulatory and judicial
systems in the CSR context and to increase institutional pressure to enhance CSR adoption and CSR communication. Furthermore,
stakeholders need to be careful in assuming that CSR communication is an evidence of a CSR commitment influencing corporate
behaviour and increasing business ethics. 相似文献
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This study investigated whether employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) were associated with the presence
of Corporate Psychopaths in corporations. The article states that, as psychopaths are 1% of the population, it is logical
to assume that every large corporation has psychopaths working within it. To differentiate these people from the common perception
of psychopaths as being criminals, they have been called “Corporate Psychopaths” in this research. The article presents quantitative
empirical research into the influence of Corporate Psychopaths on four perceptual measures of CSR and three further measures
of organizational commitment to employees. The article explains who Corporate Psychopaths are and delineates the measures
of CSR and organizational commitment to employees that were used. It then outlines the research conducted among 346 corporate
employees in Australia in 2008. The reliability of the instrument used is commented on favorably in terms of its statistical
reliability and its face and external validity. Results of the research are described showing the highly significant and negative
influence of Corporate Psychopaths on all of the measures of CSR and of organizational commitment to employees used in the
research. When Corporate Psychopaths are present in leadership positions within organizations, employees are less likely to
agree with views that: the organization does business in a socially desirable manner; does business in an environmentally
friendly manner and that the organization does business in a way that benefits the local community. Also, when Corporate Psychopaths
are present in leadership positions within organizations, employees are significantly less likely to agree that the corporation
does business in a way that shows commitment to employees, significantly less likely to feel that they receive due recognition
for doing a good job, to feel that their work was appreciated and to feel that their efforts were properly rewarded. The article
argues that academics and researchers in the area of CSR cannot ignore the influence of individual managers. This is particularly
the case when those managers have dysfunctional personalities, or are actually psychopaths. The article further argues that
the existence of Corporate Psychopaths should be of interest to those involved in corporate management and corporate governance
because their presence influences the way corporations are run and how corporations affect society and the environment. 相似文献
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Heidi S.C.A. MuijenHeidi 《Journal of Business Ethics》2004,53(1-2):235-246
The author addresses the question of how to use value-learning processes to integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) in organizations as an interesting challenge in (higher) education. Two strategies have been proposed for the issue of CSR: a compliance strategy and a cultural change strategy (Karssing, 2001). This article focuses on the ethical and philosophical presuppositions of these different approaches. The incorporation of CSR in organizations cannot be accomplished by means of a compliance strategy only. Rather, it needs to be supplemented by a strategy aimed at stimulating a transformation process on the corporate culture level. The perspective of change through dialogue is proposed as a means of innovating the curriculum and the primary processes of student education. This organizational change perspective is demonstrated by describing how (ethical) reflective aspects are integrated in the curriculum of the Free University of Amsterdam. An additional case study on organizational value learning is presented to illustrate the thesis that CSR presupposes that university is an adequate context where life-long learning begins. 相似文献
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Michaela Driver 《Journal of Business Ethics》2006,66(4):337-356
The purpose of this paper is to advance research on CSR beyond the stalemate of economic versus ethical models by providing
an alternative perspective integrating existing views and allowing for more shared dialog and research in the field. It is
suggested that we move beyond making a normative case for ethical models and practices of CSR by moving beyond the question
of how to manage organizational self-interest toward the question of how accurate current conceptions of the organizational
self seem to be. Specifically, it is proposed that CSR is not a question of how self-interested the corporation should be,
but how this self is defined. Economic and ethical models of CSR are not models of opposition but exist on a continuum between
egoic and post-egoic, illusory and authentic conceptions of the organizational self. This means that moving from one to the
other is not a question of adopting different paradigms but rather of moving from illusion and dysfunction to authenticity
and functionality, from pathology to health. 相似文献
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Corporate social responsibility and employee commitment 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Effective corporate social responsibility policies are a requirement for today's companies. Policies have not only to be formulated, they also have to be delivered by corporate employees. This paper uses existing research findings to identify two types of factors that may impact on employee motivation and commitment to CSR 'buy-in'. The first of these is contextual: employee attitudes and behaviours will be affected by organizational culture and climate, by whether CSR policies are couched in terms of compliance or in terms of values, and by whether such policies are integrated into business processes or simply an 'add-on' that serves as window-dressing. The second set of factors is perceptual. Motivation and commitment will be affected by the extent to which they can align personal identity and image with that of the organization, by their perceptions of justice and fairness both in general and in terms of how CSR performance is rewarded, and by their impressions concerning the attitude of top management to CSR issues and performance. 相似文献
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Making sense of corporate social responsibility in international business: experiences from Shell 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
International business organizations are regularly addressed on their corporate social responsibility (CSR). As illustrated in this paper, it is not yet clear exactly what CSR means to organizations and how to deal with it. In this paper, the authors explore how a sensemaking approach helps to understand the business challenges of CSR within an organizational context. The theories of Karl Weick are applied to the experiences of CSR in Royal Dutch Shell. The authors argue that the key to CSR in international business organizations is to engage stakeholders and start a process of joint sensemaking. Three main competencies are crucial in this: the competency to engage stakeholders through listening and understanding; the creation of an organizational language so that CSR makes sense to members of the organization; and recognizing the momentum of taking action. 相似文献
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Many studies have emphasized the importance of medical, insurance, and workplace systems treating individuals fairly in work disability prevention (WDP) and return-to-work (RTW). However, ethical theories and perspectives from these different systems are rarely discussed in relation to each other, even though in practice these systems constantly interact. This paper explores ethical theories and perspectives that may apply to the WDP–RTW field, and discusses these in relation to perspectives attributed to dominant stakeholders in this field, and to potential differences in different jurisdictional contexts. Literature was sought primarily in biomedical ethics, business ethics, and public administration ethics. In biomedical ethics, four ethical principles are dominant: autonomy, beneficence, nonmalevolence, and justice. Business ethics involve theories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), social contracts, and organizational justice. Public administration ethics focus on constitutional theory, citizenship, social equity, virtue, and public interest. Several concepts were identified as relevant for ethical analyses in the WDP–RTW field, including justice; individual autonomy; nonmalevolence; economic and social responsibility; and social contracts. These concepts provide a vocabulary that may be used to analyze stakeholders’ actions and interactions in RTW processes. It was also noted how the power balance between stakeholders will influence which ethical perspectives will influence RTW. Jurisdictional differences that influence RTW processes with regard to stakeholder responsibilities were identified, as well as varying beliefs as to who is the client in different compensation systems. A social contractual approach may inform an analysis of cultural and legal differences. 相似文献
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Duygu Turker 《Journal of Business Ethics》2009,89(2):189-204
A growing number of studies have investigated the various dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the literature. However, relatively few studies have considered its impacts on employees. The purpose of this study is to analyze how CSR affects the organizational commitment of employees based on the social identity theory (SIT). The proposed model was tested on a sample of 269 business professionals working in Turkey. The findings of the study revealed that CSR to social and non-social stakeholders, employees, and customers were the significant predictors of organizational commitment. However, there was no link between CSR to government and the commitment level of employees. 相似文献
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Patrick M. Erwin 《Journal of Business Ethics》2011,99(4):535-548
Corporate codes of conduct are a practical corporate social responsibility (CSR) instrument commonly used to govern employee
behavior and establish a socially responsible organizational culture. The effectiveness of these codes has been widely discussed
on theoretical grounds and empirically tested in numerous previous reports that directly compare companies with and without
codes of conduct. Empirical research has yielded inconsistent results that may be explained by multiple ancillary factors,
including the quality of code content and implementation, which are excluded from analyses based solely on the presence or
absence of codes. This study investigated the importance of code content in determining code effectiveness by examining the
relationship between code of conduct quality and ethical performance. Companies maintaining high quality codes of conduct
were significantly more represented among top CSR ranking systems for corporate citizenship, sustainability, ethical behavior,
and public perception. Further, a significant relationship was observed between code quality and CSR performance, across a
full range of ethical rankings. These findings suggest code quality may play a crucial role in the effectiveness of codes
of conduct and their ability to transform organizational cultures. Future research efforts should transcend traditional comparisons
based on the presence or absence of ethical codes and begin to examine the essential factors leading to the effective establishment
of CSR policies and sustainable business practices in corporate culture. 相似文献
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Jorge Alexis Arevalo 《Journal of Business Ethics》2010,96(2):299-316
Relationships between the environmental and economic dimensions of sustainability have been solidly specified, but relatively
little attention has been given to the social sphere. The current study attempts to fill this gap by integrating corporate
environmentalism more fully with concepts of corporate sustainability. This investigation draws specifically from neo-Habermasian
critical environmental theory research and brings three concepts together for closer empirical examination: the public sphere, the communicative rationality, and discursive design with the goal of capturing whether critical and reflective organizational systems (CROS) among the selected sample of business
participants are in fact developing. Using content analysis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, the study reveals
that some business organizations appear to be on the brink of developing a type of learning environment consistent with CROS
thinking. The empirical findings also suggest that there is a transformative effect on citizenship that can result from the
teaching and learning that is facilitated by voluntary CSR initiatives. 相似文献