Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Change [electronic resource] : Institutional and Organizational Perspectives /
Sales, Arnaud.editor.
This wide-ranging book examines the new dynamics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the impact they have had on the transformation of business corporations. Written by an international group of distinguished experts in management and organization studies, economics and sociology, the book leads one to theoretically and practically rethink CSR, a movement that has developed into a strong and rich institutional domain since the mid 1990s. Through 14 chapters, the book shows the complexity, diversity and progression of the institutional work performed by a large number of individual and organizational actors in specialized networks to develop this strategic field. Central to this book are: the core issues associated with the field of CSR; recent advances in the development, dissemination and implementation of public and private standards of social responsibility; the pressing challenges of developing sustainable strategies of value creation in the face of global warming and underdevelopment; and finally, examples of how CSR has been implemented and institutionalized within business organizations with special attention to the role played by a variety of social actors in organizational change. Conceived as a movement, corporate social responsibility spearheads a transformation project challenging traditional and outmoded forms of corporate governance that frequently pose troublesome ethical issues. From this standpoint, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Change will serve as a reference point for academics, researchers, managers and practitioners.
PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 1 The Institutionalization of the Domain of Corporate Social Responsibility; Arnaud Sales -- 2 CSR and the Neoliberal Imagination; Steen Vallentin and David Murillo -- 3 From Shareholders to Stakeholders: Portraying an Ambiguous Corporation; Corinne Gendron -- 4 Reconsidering the Legitimacy and Efficiency of Corporate Strategies: A Case for Organizational Democracy; Anselm Schneider and Andreas Georg Scherer -- 5 Ethics in Leadership: Carving out the Ethical Core in Current Leadership Theories; Rebekka Skubinn, Claudia Buengeler, and Christoph Schank -- PART 2 THE NEW DYNAMICS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STANDARDS: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INITIATIVES -- 6 (Re-)enter the State: Business & Human Rights Dynamics as Shapers of CSR Norms and Institutions; Karin Buhmann -- 7 ISO 26000 gets around: Diffusion Work as Crucial Link Between Standard Creation and Adoption; Christoph Stamm -- PART 3 CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND CURRENT ISSUES -- 8 Developing Global Institutional Frameworks for Corporate Sustainability in the Context of Climate Change: The Impact Upon Corporate Policy and Practice; Thomas Clarke; 9 Gaining Mutual Benefits through Business-non-Profit- Partnerships in Base-of the Pyramid-Markets: A Relational View; Jordis Grimm and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert -- 10. The Double-Edged Sword of Financial Incentive Schemes; Daniel Glaeser and Niels Van Quaquebeke -- 11 Corporate Strategies To Defend Social Irresponsibility: A Typology of Symbolic and Substantive Tactics; Emmanuelle Reuter and Florian Ueberbacher -- PART 4 IMPLEMENTING CSR: SOCIAL ACTORS’ ROLE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE -- 12 Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility as Institutional Work: Exploring the Day-to-day Activities of CSR Managers in Multinational Corporations; Christopher Wickert and David Risi -- 13 Is CSR Crowding out Charity? A Case Study of CSR Implementation in a German Company; Stephan Bohn and Peter Walgenbach -- 14 From Crisis to CSR Leadership: A Case Study of Successful Implementation under External Pressures; Arnaud Celka and Arnaud Sales.
This wide-ranging book examines the new dynamics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the impact they have had on the transformation of business corporations. Written by an international group of distinguished experts in management and organization studies, economics and sociology, the book leads one to theoretically and practically rethink CSR, a movement that has developed into a strong and rich institutional domain since the mid 1990s. Through 14 chapters, the book shows the complexity, diversity and progression of the institutional work performed by a large number of individual and organizational actors in specialized networks to develop this strategic field. Central to this book are: the core issues associated with the field of CSR; recent advances in the development, dissemination and implementation of public and private standards of social responsibility; the pressing challenges of developing sustainable strategies of value creation in the face of global warming and underdevelopment; and finally, examples of how CSR has been implemented and institutionalized within business organizations with special attention to the role played by a variety of social actors in organizational change. Conceived as a movement, corporate social responsibility spearheads a transformation project challenging traditional and outmoded forms of corporate governance that frequently pose troublesome ethical issues. From this standpoint, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Change will serve as a reference point for academics, researchers, managers and practitioners.
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