2008
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810901408
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Interrelations between competitiveness and responsibility at macro and micro level

Abstract: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the growing of competitiveness at any level may be possible through more responsibility (business ethics) on the one hand and less corruption (as lack of business ethics) on the other.Design/methodology/approachThe objective of the paper is to identify the double‐way relationships between competitiveness and the responsible (beyond ethics) behaviour. In order to do this, the authors used correlation indexes CORREL and R2 and the graphic representation able … Show more

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“…These indicators are developed by the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability based on data from Amnesty International, International Organization for Standardization, International Labour Organization, Transparency International, World Economic Forum, and World Bank (for details, see Zadek and McGillivray, ). RCI has been used as a measure of CSR Institutional Quality in prior studies (e.g., Herciu and Ogrean, ; Luetkenhorst, ; Peng and Beamish, ) and has been viewed as a ‘comprehensive proxy for the overall institutional environment in a host country because of its broad coverage of a country's institutions' (Peng and Beamish, , p. 682) . Ideally, we would have measured CSR institutional quality in each year.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These indicators are developed by the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability based on data from Amnesty International, International Organization for Standardization, International Labour Organization, Transparency International, World Economic Forum, and World Bank (for details, see Zadek and McGillivray, ). RCI has been used as a measure of CSR Institutional Quality in prior studies (e.g., Herciu and Ogrean, ; Luetkenhorst, ; Peng and Beamish, ) and has been viewed as a ‘comprehensive proxy for the overall institutional environment in a host country because of its broad coverage of a country's institutions' (Peng and Beamish, , p. 682) . Ideally, we would have measured CSR institutional quality in each year.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Trust is often mediated through marketing channels signalling good corporate citizenship, especially in such areas as food or healthcare where trust is crucial in determining consumers' choice (Pivato, et al, 2008). On a similar line, engagement in ESR/CSR activities may strengthen firms' legitimacy and reputation, thereby potentially attracting consumers, investors and employees (Carroll and Shabana, 2010;Heikkurinen, 2010;Herciu and Ogrean, 2008;Kurucz, et al, 2008). Corporate reputation is defined by Heikkurinen (2010) as "an intangible way to differentiate services and products from competitors."…”
Section: Esr As Marketing Toolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, the EU considers the question of the CSR from a double perspective, on the one hand as business competitiveness and on the other, in terms of sustainability (European Commission, 2001. The relation between CSR and competitiveness is receiving considerable attention in the literature (Porter and Kramer, 2006), focusing not only on the company level (Vilanova et al, 2009) but also on the connection between public policies on CSR and business actions, which can build international competitiveness (Herciu and Ogrea, 2008;Zadek, 2006). Thus, if the European enterprise aid policies stimulate company's positive economic, social and environmental performance, they will be fostering a socially responsible type of enterprises, a fact which will redound to a better competitiveness of the European economy and to the reinforcement of the three pillars of sustainable development.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%