Critical Reflective Organizations: An Empirical Observation of Global Active Citizenship and Green Politics

Abstract

corporate greening, corporate sustainability, critical theory, critical environmental theory, voluntary CSR initiatives, UN Global Compact, empirical study,

The Global Compact: an analysis of the motivations of adoption in the Spanish context

“…Firms possessing better resources and doing better economically seem to be viewing the GC primarily as a way of improving their image by being associated with a CSR initiative. In fact, in a recent study on the CSR activities and green efforts of the remaining 36 founding corporations of the GC (originally 44), Arevalo () observed empirically that these firms (majority listed as FT500 companies) already reported a long‐standing and documented commitment to the implementation of environmental policies and principles within their firms prior to adopting the GC. Taking a closer look at the study's assessment of these CEOs’ motivations to help the UN launch the GC initiative, we find no evidence to suggest that these multinationals were seeking economic gains.…”

The Harm of Symbolic Actions and Green-Washing: Corporate Actions and Communications on Environmental Performance and Their Financial Implications

“…Thus we excluded such reports not only for consistency across the sample, but more importantly, because our focus was specifically on website material and not external links or documents. While other studies have examined sustainability reports (e.g., Arevalo, 2010;Castelló, & Lozano, 2011;Habisch, Patelli, Pedrini, & Schwartz, 2011), to our knowledge, none have examined environmental material on corporate websites.…”

Market Success Factors of Sustainable Products

“…ISSN: 2236-269X DOI: 10.14807/ijmp.v4i1.70 193 To Jabbour (2008) and Arevalo (2010), companies oriented towards developing environmentally sustainable solutions are primarily those that develop a consistent way of learning through critical reflective analysis of their actions. Hallstedt et al (2010) complement this reasoning by emphasizing companies' support mechanism (in particular, its flexibility) among the variables that underpin the success of green product innovation.…”