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How to explain socially responsible corporate actions institutionally: theoretical and methodological critique
2008
There has been little theoretical debate of why companies behave in socially responsible ways whilst descriptive analysis of corporate social responsibility is flourishing. As result, there have been few methodological debates on how to study both what responsible actions are and why companies act accordingly. This methodological and theoretical essay discusses how institutional social theory has been and could be used in explaining socially responsible corporate behaviour. It is explored what kinds of theoretical tools are needed in explaining this behaviour and how various tools can be integrated into one model explaining socially responsible corporate actions. It is argued that researche…
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) services: What are public relations agencies selling?
2016
Different discourse communities have associated corporate social responsibility (CSR) with different meanings. Because of the lack of a universal definition, organizations could attach different labels to the concept to their own advantage. Public relations agencies are one type of consultancies which has packaged CSR as a service for which they offer advice for planning and implementation. Based on an analysis of the web sites of 22 public relations agencies in the United States, this study found that these agencies presented to be offering a variety of services for different purposes, some of which are related to their expertise in communication and some of which are not. They highlighted…
Facing the Normative Challenges : The Potential of Reflexive Historical Research
2016
This article explores methodological problems of qualitative research templates, that is, the Eisenhardt and the Gioia case study approaches, which are relevant for the business and society (B&S) scholarship and outlines a reflexive historical research methodology that has the potential to face these challenges. Building on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics, we draw critical attention to qualitative B&S research and frame the methodological problems identified as the normative challenges of qualitative research, that is, to productively deal with both the researchers’ norms and the research subjects’ norms. We then introduce the reflexive historical case study (RHCS), …
Pride or Embarrassment? Employees' Emotions and Corporate Social Responsibility
2015
This study explores how the employees of a financial firm use emotional arguments to construct different views of their employer's corporate social responsibility (CSR). It is theoretically based on the recent literature regarding employee perspectives of CSR, and especially on the role of emotions in CSR. Furthermore, the study utilizes rhetorical theory as a framework for data analysis. A qualitative study, based on face-to-face interviews, was conducted among 27 employees in a Finnish financial firm. The study identifies six categories of emotional arguments the employees used to construct views of where their employing organization's CSR is derived from. These categories relate positive…
Yrittäjän innostus syttyi nopeasti
2011
CSR for financial stakeholders : frame analysis of sustainability reports
2017
Teollistumisesta lähtien, yritysten tärkein tehtävä on ollut vaurauden rakentaminen. Ajan kuluessa, vaatimukset yrityksiä kohtaan ovat muuttuneet. Ensin yritysten tuli täyttää valtion ja hallinnon sekä lain vaatimukset, mutta myöhemmin vaatimukset altruistisemmasta toiminnasta syntyivät eri sidosryhmillä. Nykyisin, yhteiskuntavastuu on yleisesti puhuttu aihe. Globalisaatio on kasvattanut yritysten sidosryhmien määrää ja kaikilla sidosryhmillä on omat vaatimuksensa ja odotuksensa yrityksen vastuullisuudesta. Yritykset pyrkivät toimimaan vastuullisesti pitääkseen sidosryhmänsä tyytyväisinä. Tämä tutkimus pohjaa yritysten taloudellisen suorituskyvyn sekä yhteiskuntavastuun yhteydestä. Tutkimuk…
L'articulation des usages diagnostique et interactif d'un seul et même système de contrôle de gestion : le cas d'un système d'indicateurs environneme…
2013
With the conceptual framework of control levers of Simons (1995), this article shows how to coordinate diagnostic and interactive uses of the same "management control system" (in this case a system of environmental indicators) for the deployment and the emergence of new strategies. In contrast to the literature, we propose an articulation "in parallel" of levers of control as alternative to sliding levers of control. These results are obtained from a case study in a French wine and spirits subject to large strategic environmental uncertainties.
‘We are all responsible now’: Governmentality and responsibilized subjects in corporate social responsibility
2014
The corporate social responsibility promise is a fascinating one: companies are able and willing to regulate themselves, and self-regulation is manifested in collaborative efforts that promote individual well-being. Yet, this macro-level promise has a silenced flip side in organizational contexts. We argue that corporate social responsibility has diffused the idea of employee responsibilization into organizational environments, so it entails a dual role for employees: employees become both the objects and the subjects of corporate social responsibility. The primary aim of this article is thus to develop a theoretical understanding that acknowledges the role of individual members of the org…
New Challenges in Economic and Business Development – 2021: Post-Crisis Economy: PROCEEDINGS; (13th International Scientific Conference, May 14, 2021…
2021
This year's conference was devoted to the challenges related to the post-crisis economic development. Crisis is often seen as an opportunity, stimulating change of traditional approaches and often leading to creation of new systems. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform/opportunity for scholars, researchers and professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds to meet, exchange ideas, findings, research results and discuss challenges and prospects for economic and business development.
Kształcenie uczniów na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju w szkołach ponadgimnazjalnych o profilu technicznym
2017
W artykule podjęto próbę oceny dwupłaszczyznowego postrzegania problemu kształcenia uczniów dla zrównoważonego rozwoju realizowanego zgodnie z koncepcją społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR) w środowisku lokalnym oraz analizę ich zachowań proekologicznych na przykładzie wybranych szkół ponadgimnazjalnych o profilu technicznym województwa opolskiego. Diagnoza i analiza badań przeprowadzona została w odniesieniu do komponentu poznawczego, afektywnego i behawioralnego postaw uczniów.