The over-reliance on self-regulation in CSR policy

Autor:	Gary Lynch-Wood, Wyn Jenkins, David Williamson
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Corporate social responsibility Small and medium-sized enterprises Business Business and International Management Business case Marketing Industrial organization
Zdroj:	Business Ethics: A European Review. 18:52-65
ISSN:	1467-8608 0962-8770
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01548.x
Popis:	The view that CSR performance can be improved most effectively through external pressures is shown to be invalid for most firms. In exploring why this is the case, the authors demonstrate that most small and medium enterprises are not exposed to the same pressures as large firms, and that this undermines many of the assumptions that underpin the externally driven business case (EDBC) for voluntary CSR practices. The analysis does this by looking at the external drivers of one of the components of CSR; namely, the environmental behaviour of firms. This shows that the strength of the EDBC is largely determined by five factors. Importantly, the analysis provides the basis for the claim that – and helps to explain why – the EDBC for voluntary environmental behaviour is likely to remain a weak form of pressure for many small firms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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