Corporate social responsibility and public policy-making : making perspectives, instruments, and consequences

The role of governments in corporate social responsibility: characterising public policies on CSR in Europe

“…Liston-Heyes and Ceton (2007) explain this finding by the 'symmetry hypothesis', in turn stating that in states where governments are more in favour of redistribution, firms also engage in more progressive CSR redistribution practices because pleasing governments by doing so may result in political and administrative advantages. This speculation is empirically confirmed by Mathis (2008). By exploring business-government relations in corporate case studies, he concludes that 'higher CSR performance and open and transparent stakeholder management lead to lower bureaucratic costs due to easier and faster processes to get licenses, permits, and other necessary official documents' (Mathis 2008, p. 445).…”

“…Holgaard and Jørgensen 2005;Konrad et al 2008) or international organisations such as the OCED and the UN (Barkemeyer 2007). A so far unique empirical analysis that explores business-government relations with corporate case studies was conducted by Mathis (2008). • Conceptual analyses often focus on the general aspects of business-government relations, (new) governance issues, and on 'the political economy of CSR' (Moon 2002;Midttun 2005;Midttun et al 2006;Moon 2007).…”

CO2 reductie in de bestaande woningbouw

“…Middels certificatie-en accreditatiesystemen werd dit systeem werkzaam. In zijn dissertatie naar de rol van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen op beleidsontwikkeling bracht Mathis (2008) een aantal misconcepties aan de orde. In de eerste plaats was m.v.o.…”

Practices and Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Hospitality Industry: The Case of First Level Hotels and Lodges in Gondar City, Ethiopia

“…The most interchangeably used terms to express corporate social responsibility (CSR) are: corporate citizenship, corporate responsibility, corporate social responsiveness, corporate social performance, corporate stakeholder responsibility, corporate integrity, organizational responsibility, responsible business practice and social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is currently the best known term [6][7][8]. Thus, the researcher use the dominate term of CSR though out this research work.…”

“…It also defined by any organization in different ways. For example civil society organizations define it in different way and the political organizations also define it in different way, the business organizations as well define in different way [6,26].…”