Guest Editors’ Introduction to Special Issue: ‘Foucault, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Sustainability’

Villadsen, Kaspar; Lundberg, Johannes

doi:10.3390/su15065110

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“…Two strands dominate discussions about the leading causes of environmental crises [1]. The first is a concept that strictly separates culture from nature, which allows modern people to put themselves above nature and the animal world [2][3][4][5][6].…”

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Analysis and Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Korgalzhyn District, Kazakhstan

Alipbeki,

Alipbekova,

Mussaif

et al. 2024

Agronomy

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Changes occurring because of human activity in protected natural places require constant monitoring of land use (LU) structures. Therefore, Korgalzhyn District, which occupies part of the Korgalzhyn State Natural Reserve territory, is of considerable interest. The aim of these studies was to analyze changes in the composition of the land use/land cover (LULC) of Korgalzhyn District from 2010 to 2021 and predict LU transformation by 2030 and 2050. Landsat image classification was performed using Random Forest on the Google Earth Engine. The combined CA-ANN model was used to predict LULC changes by 2030 and 2050, and studies were carried out using the MOLUSCE plugin. The results of these studies showed that from 2010 to 2021, there was a steady increase in the share of ploughable land and an adequate reduction in grassland. It is established that, in 2030 and 2050, this trend will continue. At the same time, there will be no drastic changes in the composition of other land classes. The obtained results can be helpful for the development of land management plans and development policies for the Korgalzhyn District.

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Analysis and Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Korgalzhyn District, Kazakhstan

Alipbeki,

Alipbekova,

Mussaif

et al. 2024

Agronomy

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“…This phenomenon has made the reputation for CSR fashionable and a nice item to display on the business agenda and corporate communication strategies. The prevalence of the tactical and strategic use of CSR and sustainability-related terms in corporate communications is shifting accountability away from morality in business decision-making (Villadsen and Lundberg, 2023). This phenomenon is also perpetuating the post-crisis ethical order (Leins, 2020).…”

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“…Some studies have reported that CSR activities can have a direct positive effect on consumer behavior (Quezado et al , 2022; Kumar and Srivastava, 2022; Sama et al , 2020). Other commentaries found that the effect of espoused CSR values on consumer behavioral and perceptual patterns is limited (Wagler, 2009; Adams, 2019; Villadsen and Lundberg, 2023) and can forge new policies and practices, which trigger more nuanced approaches to the uptake of CSR (Ijabadeniyi, 2020; Andersen and Høvring, 2020). This study uses the social realist lens to deepen understanding of the complex relationship between CSR and CR.…”

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Intrinsic drivers of the reputation for CSR: a cognitive analysis of consumer expectations

Ijabadeniyi

Govender

2023

SRJ

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Purpose The appraisal of corporate reputation based on third-party corporate social responsibility (CSR) indices appears to have been institutionalized. The endorsement of such an approach by sustainability custodians and influencers undermines the uptake of the morality and legitimacy of CSR. This study takes a social realist perspective, which suggests that social phenomena such as CSR and corporate reputation are shaped by social structures and power relations. This study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between CSR and corporate reputation and understand ways in which the constructs are influenced by cognitive factors. Design/methodology/approach This study surveyed 411 respondents across five shopping malls and analyzed the data using path analysis of the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The mall-intercept survey sought to critically assess expectations of CSR vis-à-vis evaluation of corporate reputation. Based on a case study of three Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed companies, CSR expectations were measured along the philanthropic, economic, ethical and legal dimensions, while evaluation of corporate reputation was based on product quality, financial performance and social responsibility. SEM path analysis was used to extrapolate the predictive outcomes of CSR on corporate reputation. Findings Reputation for product quality and social responsibility is underpinned by the fulfillment of ethical CSR expectations, while philanthropic gestures enhance the evaluation of financial performance. Legal CSR significantly influences the reputation for social responsibility and product quality. Fulfillment of economic CSR expectations influences the reputation for product quality. However, no relationship was established between economic performance and social responsibility. Involvement in economic, philanthropic and particularly, legal CSR, are not indicative of the reputation for financial performance. Conversely, companies’ involvement in economic CSR does not suggest a higher propensity for social responsibility. Research limitations/implications The predictive outcomes of CSR expectations on corporate reputation can reveal situated understanding of actual perceptions of corporate behavior. Practical implications Ethical business conduct is synonymously associated with social responsibility while espoused corporate philanthropy signals strong financial performance. The awareness of consumers’ cognitive evaluation of corporate reputation can offer a pathway to corporate communication professionals, policy makers and agencies to rethink and reposition CSR efforts. Social implications Insensitivity to taken-for-granted cultural prescriptions and reliance on market-based reputational rankings undermine mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships and the social license to operate. Originality/value This study brings to the fore, cognitively dominated indicators of consumers’ perceptions of the reputation for CSR, to foster nuanced and halo-removed approaches to social responsibility. The authors show for the first time how companies’ skewed focus on corporate philanthropic giving paradoxically signals a capitalistic notion of social responsibility and unethical business conduct. This study offers a halo-removed orientation to the appraisal of CSR and corporate reputation.

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When Aging and Climate Change Are Brought Together: Fossil Fuel Divestment and a Changing Dispositive of Security

Himick

2023

Sustainability

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Pension funds have become major targets for the incorporation of climate change into their investment decisions. Recently, divestment from carbon intensive companies or industries has been the object of a wave of campaigns directed at these institutional investors. This paper uses Foucault’s dispositive of security to investigate the decisions of one organization, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which in 2021 divested from seven oil sands companies. Conceptualizing divestment within a security dispositive helps us build theory which understands divestment within existing security-oriented arrangements. It shows how changes build upon the existing dispositive, and that by looking to existing governing arrangements we can see elements that act as operators to change their direction and emphasis. In the case of pension fund divestment, risk is the operator that both sustains the investment function and also tilts the arrangement towards climate change. In these existing arrangements lay the ingredients for future social relations.

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Guest Editors’ Introduction to Special Issue: ‘Foucault, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Sustainability’

Abstract: At first glance, Michel Foucault might appear as an unexpected companion for a Special Issue on the themes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability [...]

Cited by 3 publications

References 42 publications

Analysis and Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Korgalzhyn District, Kazakhstan

Analysis and Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Korgalzhyn District, Kazakhstan

Intrinsic drivers of the reputation for CSR: a cognitive analysis of consumer expectations

When Aging and Climate Change Are Brought Together: Fossil Fuel Divestment and a Changing Dispositive of Security

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