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Toward an integrated model of leadership for corporate responsibility and sustainable development: a process model of corporate responsibility beyond management innovation
Authors: D'Amato Alessia , Roome Nigel 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe literature on corporate responsibility (CR) increasingly recognizes the importance of leadership in support of organizational change. This is particularly the case when CR provides the basis for the business contribution to sustainable development, which is understood to involve organizational and social innovation leading to change. The paper draws on theoretical and empirical studies to examine leadership for CR as a particular example of management innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper develops a model of leadership for CR as the business contribution to sustainable development by confronting and integrating the literatures on management innovation and leadership for CR. The proposed model is consistent with the direction, alignment, commitment (DAC) framework that fosters a culture of organizational leadership relevant to the specific case of business and sustainable development.FindingsThe process model described in the paper connects leadership in organizational change with literature on management innovation. The paper draws on theoretical and empirically grounded literature on management, corporate responsibility and organizational psychology. It puts forward a sequence of mechanisms that contribute to successful change and discusses how they are linked. This sequence provides a process model of leadership practices for CR as the business contribution to sustainable development viewed as a particular form of management innovation, which involves the advancement of leadership practices for CR as organizational and social change.Research limitations/implicationsThe model is useful as a reference to practice and as a basis for leadership development. In terms of theory the model needs to be more thoroughly tested in empirical settings to understand better the interdependencies between leadership practices for CR and management innovation.Originality/valueThis process model is the first attempt to develop a comprehensive understanding of CR in a management innovation framework. In doing this it moves beyond the recent focus on leadership skills and competences of individuals.
Context, complexity and connectedness: dimensions of globalization revealed
Authors: Bevan David , Gitsham Matthew 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThis paper sets out to reveal the extent to which the experience of senior managers as organizational change leaders in a time of contemporary crisis may be discerned to reflect strands of earlier globalization theories; to consider any implications for leadership and management learning.Design/methodology/approachThe authors proceed from the colloquium model for knowledge exchange outlined in the editorial introduction to this special issue. In the spirit of reflexive management research the authors bring an epistemological subjectivism – the context of indicative globalization literature (“research”) – to bear upon and interpret ontological realism as revealed by the experiences of senior managers through a contemporary survey of global firms (“practice”). This methodology enlists an ontology informed by critical theory; it proceeds through process denaturalization to potentially transformational knowledge development.FindingsThe authors interpret globalization literature to reveal one strand as historically predictive of the insecurity and complexity we have recently experienced in the global economies. An informal and experimental survey along with a range of interviews with senior managers in global firms is undertaken in the wake of a market meltdown (September 2008). Interpreting the experience of these managers in the light of selected globalization literature, we find economic reasoning is more implicit in managers' experiences of globalization, while sociological experience or feeling is more explicit in the same discourses. This epistemological distinction – vocalized as a performance gap – has profound implications for leadership and management education and learning.Research limitations/implicationsThe empirical survey was exploratory in nature and not designed to test any particular hypothesis. The theoretical framework and interpretive account were reflexive afterthoughts – an informal, initial take on some results from a survey. Such methodological bricolage is envisaged in reflexive management research and not limited by compliance with normal standards of academic rigor. Beyond the similarities in conceptualization as between selected readings and selected practice, the authors suggest that management learning and education will need to be organized more structurally and systemically if we are to reproduce a more sustainable organizational future.Practical implicationsSenior managers are clearly aware of the problems resulting from systemic failure – they may need to consider a systemic and not a linear solution. This has consequences for management learning and the business school.Originality/valueThis is the first empirical in‐crisis survey interpreted through lenses of economic and sociological dimensions of globalization.
CSR: the role of leadership in driving ethical outcomes
Authors: Mostovicz Isaac , Kakabadse Nada , Kakabadse Andrew 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to explain why CSR policies have failed to render organizations more ethical and to propose concepts for using CSR for improving the ethics of organizations.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the literature on CSR to compare how gaps in this field of literature are similar to those in leadership theory.FindingsThe paper posits that the different logical approaches to CSR are not necessarily ethical since ethics is based on the emotional involvement of the actor. The paper explains that leadership is not a hierarchical position but the emotional ability to follow one's worldview – either the Theta or Lambda worldviews – based on how one perceives his life purpose. The paper shows how to integrate knowledge from leadership theory to render the various CSR policies more ethical.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper shows the implication of the need for emotional involvement in research, in general. While the paper indicates a direction for how to integrate CSR policies into organizations, it does not provide examples.Originality/valueThe paper argues for a definition of leadership as the ability to act authentically according to one's worldview, either Theta or Lambda. Based on this context, it provides a better definition of strategy and tactics while arguing that CSR is only applicable to the latter category.
The development of governance structures for corporate responsibility
Authors: Spitzeck Heiko 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThis paper seeks to explore patterns of integrating corporate responsibility issues into corporate governance mechanisms and their development over time.Design/methodology/approachData from the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index is explored to reveal dominant governance patterns of corporate responsibility issues for the 51 organizations continuously participating in the index since its launch in 2002.FindingsThis research reports three major findings: First, there is increasing CEO leadership for the corporate responsibility agenda of the firm. Second, governance structures developed over time are now increasingly making use of corporate responsibility committees. In 2002 about 15 percent of the firms were using a CR committee, the number had increased by 2008 to more than 60 percent. Third, firms with a CR committee in place outperform others in the Corporate Responsibility Index.Research limitations/implicationsWhile this paper gives a good insight into which structures companies set up to deal with the corporate responsibility agenda, interviews with practitioners would help to understand why this is the case and in which direction the governance of corporate responsibility is expected to evolve.Practical implicationsTo understand how companies are governing their corporate responsibility activities is useful for managers seeking to learn from best practices.Originality/valueThis paper is the first empirical research looking at the development of governance structures for corporate responsibility beyond a single case study design.
Questioning the corporate responsibility (CR) department alignment with the business model of the company
Authors: Jacopin Tanguy , Fontrodona Joan 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThis paper seeks to question the corporate responsibility (CR) department alignment with the business model of the company to provide some insights concerning the strategic focus of the CR department, the necessity or not to align the CR department to the business model of the company, and the ability to incorporate CR into the organization as competitive advantage from a specific business model.Design/methodology/approachThe capacity to discern some key success factors between the alignment of the CR department with the rest of the organization is done in three stages. The methodology sets the emphasis first, on the cognitive process approach of CEOs as strategists and second, on the cognitive process approach of the CR department using in both cases the Kase et al. framework. The third stage consists in crossing the results of the two first stages in a matrix where the alignment and misalignment cases are studied.FindingsThe findings show that embedding CR into the organizations is one of the most challenging issues CR faces today. The question of aligning the CR Department with the business model of the organization can be an option to elapse current obstacles in the deepening of CR.Originality/valueThis paper provides a new framework to analyze the cognitive process of the CR managers and a new matrix to study the alignment of the CR Department strategy with the rest of the organization.
University incorporated: implications for professional information security education
Authors: Watters Paul A. 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast university governance structures with those of commercial providers of information security education.Design/methodology/approachPolicy analysis methods from social research are used. Professional information security education (and certification) is generally provided by commercial training arms of major IT vendors, independent industry groups and universities. While the “for profit” status of commercial training organisations is recognised, the commercial standing of universities is unclear, since they increasingly charge commercial‐grade (or higher) fees for professional development, especially at the postgraduate level. The independence from commercial interests is one of the main attractions for students to undertake professional education at universities; however, if universities are becoming commercial, at what point and according to which criteria is the veracity of vendor‐supplied training and university education considered equal, or indeed, superior?FindingsThis paper briefly reviews the key drivers of university commercialisation, and discusses the implications for postgraduate education in the very sensitive area of information security, in an Australian context, especially where universities directly compete with private sector interests. The key findings are that universities who wish to offer information security programs in competition with private providers will need to adopt corporate‐style governance policies and procedures, which include industry representation on boards, and ensuring that academic independence is not compromised by deeper vendor relationships.Originality/valueNo other papers have specifically investigated the emerging trends in information security education, in an Australian context, and related these to the necessary changes in governance that will be required for universities to compete on equal terms with corporate providers.
Values‐based corporate governance and organization behavior – guidelines from Manusmriti for ethical and social responsibility
Authors: Sivakumar N. 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a typology of organization behavior based on the guidelines from Manusmriti, an ancient Indian law text. The paper also purports to provide guidelines from the text for values‐based corporate governance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper first develops an organizational behavior typology based on Manusmriti. The paper then provides guidelines for various aspects of values‐based corporate governance.FindingsThe paper finds that the guidelines from Manusmriti are relevant in providing a holistic approach to corporate governance which promotes ethical and social idealism.Practical implicationsThe paper has practical implications to practitioners of corporate governance in terms of developing structures which promote ethical and socially responsible behavior.Originality/valueThe originality of the paper is in deriving guidelines for values‐based corporate governance from Manusmriti.
A specific role for boards in a regulatory framework: the New Zealand banking case
Authors: McIntyre M.L. , Tripe David 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present competing theories that argue: that boards of directors of locally incorporated subsidiaries of trans‐national entities contribute positively to local operations; and that locally constituted boards are an unnecessary expense and can confound the governance efforts of the trans‐national entities' boards of directors.Design/methodology/approachThe relative merits of the competing theories are considered by examining whether a small sample of trans‐national entities choose to limit the role of their boards to the local regulator's minimum requirements, or to voluntarily exceed them.FindingsThe paper finds that in all cases board construction meets the local regulator's requirements, but in some cases, trans‐national entities have chosen to exceed minimum requirements, suggesting that in some cases a well constructed local board can make a positive contribution to local operations.Research limitations/implicationsThis research is limited by the fact that it considers one sector (banking) in one jurisdiction (New Zealand). Future research could consider other sectors and locations.Practical implicationsThe results in this paper suggest that there is latitude for regulators to expect more of local boards than is currently the case. Moreover, there is no conclusive empirical support for the argument that a local board is an unnecessary expense and might confound the governance initiatives of a parent company.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first paper to empirically examine the two competing theories of locally constructed boards of directors set out above. It is of interest to regulators and others considering the role of local boards of directors.
An examination of the governance practices of Ghanaian media institutions
Authors: Alufar Bokpin Godfred 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the governance practices of Ghanaian media institutions by comparing the governance practices of public media institutions to that of private media institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a comparative case study methodology by comparing the governance structures of public media institutions to that of the private media institutions. This is meant to ascertain whether public media institutions exhibit different or similar governance practices to that of private media institutions. The discussion is done in line with Taylor's nine principles of good governance.FindingsThe findings reveal that governance lapses are widespread reflected in board appointment to slate of other procedures that depart from Taylor's principles of good governance. It is also discovered that some of Taylor's principles are not present in the governance structures of these institutions. These raise serious questions about the going concern of these institutions in playing their role as the fourth arm of government in Ghana.Originality/valueThis is the first study of its kind in the sector, especially within Sub‐Saharan Africa
Corporate governance, social responsibility and capital markets: exploring the institutional investor mental model
Authors: Petersen Henry , Vredenburg Harrie 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend our understanding of corporate governance, social issues and capital markets by distinguishing between the socially responsible investing phenomenon and mainstream investing with respect to social issues. It attempts to clarify the domain by casting it in the theoretical frame of prospect theory and mental modeling. With a qualitative study done among large institutional investors in the Canadian securities industry, the article derives a proposed mental model of these institutional investors' cognitive model of social issues as they impact investments.FindingsThe institutional investors in this study know exactly where value is derived from social investments suggesting that there may be more alignment between directors, investors and societal expectations than has been previously suggested.Research limitations/implicationsThe limited number of organizations in the study reduces the generalizability of the findings.Practical implicationsManagers and directors must have an understanding of how shareholder value and responsibilities intersect. In our research, we have found that these executives positioned their firms as leaders on the social responsibility front. Interestingly, their major shareholders also understood how responsibility and shareholder value intersected and as a result, financial performance was not sacrificed.Originality/valueThe findings from this research shed light on previous scholars' questions regarding the alignment of interests between managers, directors and social expectations. The firms analyzed make strategic investments that are considered to meet social expectations but that are also perceived to add value to the organization making the firm more attractive to institutional investors.
Corporate governance challenges in Poland: evidence from “comply or explain” disclosures
Authors: Campbell Kevin , Jerzemowska Magdalena , Najman Krzysztof 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the reasons for non‐compliance by Polish listed companies with elements of the Polish code of corporate governance Best Practices in Public Companies 2005.Design/methodology/approachBased on 250 publicly available compliance statements filed in 2005 by companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) content analysis is used to classify the explanations provided for non‐compliance with those corporate governance principles that attract high levels of non‐compliance.FindingsThe data analysis reveals that, despite a high level of overall compliance, three out of 50 code principles attract high levels of non‐compliance. These principles concern the independence of supervisory board members, the composition of supervisory board committees and the appointment of auditors. The most contentious principle concerns the independence of supervisory board members, due to the presence of many majority‐owned companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.Practical implicationsThe paper sheds light on the operation of the “comply or explain” approach to corporate governance in Poland and provides suggestions for improving the level and quality of compliance with the revised corporate governance code Best Practices for WSE Listed Companies, applicable from 2008 onwards.Originality/valueThe paper provides an empirical investigation of the reasons given by Polish companies for non‐compliance with the most controversial corporate governance principles. It highlights a tendency for some companies to report compliance that is conditional, suggesting that reported compliance under‐represents the true level of compliance. We suggest that establishing a monitoring committee tasked with evaluating the quality of explanations for non‐compliance and reducing ambiguities in the wording of code principles will improve the quality of Polish corporate governance in the long term.
A review of Latin American corporate governance literature: 2000‐2009
Authors: Harris Jean E. 
Published: January 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to promote research about corporate governance in Latin America. A set of studies published in English since 2000 is identified and classified. Also, organizations and journals are identified that support research about corporate governance.Design/methodology/approachOne question guides this literature review. What pattern of research development, if any, is reflected in the literature reviewed?FindingsAnalysis shows research has moved from an initial literature descriptive primarily of national practices, to an intermediate literature with questions largely implied from inquiry about the context of change, to a current literature designed explicitly to assess change.Practical implicationsThe overarching implication of recent literature is that good governance has social benefit as studied. The dominant type of recent study is grounded in finance and designed to address a specific question by adopting a market perspective and by applying methods of empirical analysis. These studies tend to find association between governance and firm performance, firm valuation or other measures of financial success.Originality/valueThe value of examining literature is in the understanding and the direction it provides. Recent research results show good governance is beneficial for understanding the behavior of markets, and this may influence business policy and public policy as well as future research. And, for future direction, the study of corporate governance literature suggests a progression to multiple perspectives relative to research design that is inclusive of contributions from a diversity of disciplines and employs a variety of methodologies.