Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change [electronic resource] : A Sensemaking Perspective on How Institutional Investors May Drive Corporate Social Responsibility /
Zarbafi, Elisa Minou.author.
An increasing number of financial institutions have started to subscribe to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in their investment decisions and use their funds to promote responsible corporate behavior. The financial crisis and the widespread lack of trust in the private sector have added further momentum to this quest for social legitimacy. Elisa M. Zarbafi analyzes the role of financial stakeholders as a potential driver of CSR. She focuses her theoretical analysis on socio-psychological drivers such as mental models, cause maps, values, and expectations to understand the complex nature of responsible investment and to identify the critical underlying processes that allow institutional investors to have an impact on the social responsibility of their portfolio companies.
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Foreword; Preface; Summary of Contents; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Context and Motivation of the Study; 1.2 Previous Literature and Research Relevance; 1.3 Research Approach and Theory Perspective; 1.4 Research Objective and Scope of the Study; 1.5 Course of Investigation; 2 Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change; 2.1 The Phenomenon of Responsible Investment; 2.2 The Practice of Responsible Investment; 2.3 The Link to Corporate Social Responsibility; 3 Towards a Process Model of Responsible Investment
3.1 Responsible Investment in the Light of Agency Theory3.2 Towards a New Conceptualization of Responsible Investment; 3.3 Introducing Sensemaking Studies as Underlying Theory; 3.4 Interim Conclusion I: A Framework to Analyze Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility; 4 Making Sense of Responsible Investment as A Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility; 4.1 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Enact Their Sense of Responsibility; 4.2 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Interact
4.3 How Institutional Investors May Change a Corporation's Sense of Responsibility4.4 Interim Conclusion II: A Process Model of Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility; 5 Implications for Practitioners and Researchers; 5.1 Implications for Institutional Investors; 5.2 Implications for Researchers; 6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
An increasing number of financial institutions have started to subscribe to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in their investment decisions and use their funds to promote responsible corporate behavior. The financial crisis and the widespread lack of trust in the private sector have added further momentum to this quest for social legitimacy. Elisa M. Zarbafi analyzes the role of financial stakeholders as a potential driver of CSR. She focuses her theoretical analysis on socio-psychological drivers such as mental models, cause maps, values, and expectations to understand the complex nature of responsible investment and to identify the critical underlying processes that allow institutional investors to have an impact on the social responsibility of their portfolio companies.
Business ethics.
Business.
Management science.
Business Ethics.
Business and Management, general.