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Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hervé Mesure,Bernard Leca +1 more
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This article is published in Society and Business Review.The article was published on 2009-06-19. It has received 384 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Stakeholder & Stakeholder analysis.read more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Theory: New Perspectives on Private Governance
TL;DR: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive topic in the business literature, but has largely neglected the role of institutions as discussed by the authors, which suggests going beyond grounding CSR in the voluntary behaviour of companies, and understanding the larger historical and political determinants of whether and in what forms corporations take on social responsibilities.
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Is the Socially Responsible Corporation a Myth? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Corporate Social Responsibility
TL;DR: The authors argue that the notion of a socially responsible corporation is potentially an oxymoron because of the naturally conflicted nature of the corporation, which has profound implications for our understanding of corporate social responsibility, what we view as the relevant issues relating to it, and how we investigate its role and impact.
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CSR as Aspirational Talk
TL;DR: The authors argue that differences between words and actions are not necessarily a bad thing and that such discrepancies have the potential to stimulate CSR improvements and draw on a research tradition that regards communication as performative to challenge the conventional assumption that CSR communication is essentially superficial.
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Corporate social responsibility and developing countries moving the critical CSR research agenda in Africa forward
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the mainstream corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda was largely driven by the concerns and priorities of western countries and therefore tends to be insensitive to local priorities as well as inadvertently harm prospects for sustainable livelihood in developing countries.
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Framing sustainability performance of supply chains with multidimensional indicators
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a multidimensional framework which can serve as a tool for research scholars and supply chain prac... to assist focal companies in the development of sustainable supply chains.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Theory: New Perspectives on Private Governance
TL;DR: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive topic in the business literature, but has largely neglected the role of institutions as discussed by the authors, which suggests going beyond grounding CSR in the voluntary behaviour of companies, and understanding the larger historical and political determinants of whether and in what forms corporations take on social responsibilities.
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Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review three theoretical approaches to strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR), which can be defined as voluntary CSR actions that enhance a firm's competitiveness and reputation.
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Is the Socially Responsible Corporation a Myth? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Corporate Social Responsibility
TL;DR: The authors argue that the notion of a socially responsible corporation is potentially an oxymoron because of the naturally conflicted nature of the corporation, which has profound implications for our understanding of corporate social responsibility, what we view as the relevant issues relating to it, and how we investigate its role and impact.
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CSR as Aspirational Talk
TL;DR: The authors argue that differences between words and actions are not necessarily a bad thing and that such discrepancies have the potential to stimulate CSR improvements and draw on a research tradition that regards communication as performative to challenge the conventional assumption that CSR communication is essentially superficial.
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Configuring management control systems: Theorizing the integration of strategy and sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the role and uses of management control systems and sustainability control systems (SCSs) in the integration of sustainability within organizational strategy are discussed. But little is known about the processes whereby SCSs contribute to a deeper integration of sustainable within organizational strategies.