Societal Value Antecedent of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Strategy

Corporate social responsibility , business strategy , and the environment

We examine the concept of firms sacrificing profits in the social interest within the environmental realm, with particular focus on the case of the United States by addressing four key questions. May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Can they do so on a sustainable basis, or will the forces of a competitive marketplace render such efforts and...

Corporate Social Responsibility for International Business

The recent proliferation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes and standards has been matched only by the boom in writings on the subject. This paper will focus mainly on the interaction between these codes and formal legal requirements, at national and international levels. It starts from the perspective that the recent spate of voluntary corporate codes for TNCs must be understood in...

Corporate Social Responsibility: Integrating a business and societal governance perspective. The RARE project’s approach Rhetoric And Realities: Analysing Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe

Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: Public Value and the Business of Politics

Recent accounts of the changing role of business have identified a shift from corporate social responsibility to specifically political roles. This paper examines the relevance of Mark Moore’s theory of Public Value (1995) as a decision-making framework for these new roles. After providing an account of the original theory, we explore how it can be deployed as a prescriptive tool based upon Moo...

Business Advantages of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice: A Critical Review

Corporate social responsibility is the managerial obligation to take actions that protect and improve both the welfare of society as a whole and the interests of the organisation. Thus, the paper is an examination of the business advantages of corporate social responsibility practice. The paper is anchored on two theories; stakeholder’s theory, which states that organisations have constituent g...