<scp>csr</scp>and equality

Utting, Peter

doi:10.1080/01436590701336572

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“…However, such a stance denies the reality that (1) multinational companies already intervene in the political process to attain corporate objectives (e.g. lobbying for new legislation) (Shaffer and Hillman 2000;Frynas, Mellahi, and Pigman 2006); (2) corporate activities such as tax avoidance and lobbying may be contributing to governance failures (Utting 2007;Henriques 2007); and (3) under certain circumstances, multinational companies may benefit commercially from governance failures in developing countries (e.g. non-enforcement of certain government regulations or the ability of companies to negotiate more profitable agreements with governments) (Frynas 1998).…”

Section: Undermining Governance Through Corporate Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

Frynas

2010

J Bus Ethics

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Section: Undermining Governance Through Corporate Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

Frynas

2010

J Bus Ethics

111

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“…Corporations can contribute to enhance the stability of societies. Empowerment gives weaker groups in society a voice in political processes and thus increase equality of policies (Utting, 2007). There is, however, a fine line between efficient action and green-or blue-washing by TNCs-a corporation's disingenuous agreement to abide by ecological ("green") or social ("blue") standards and policies.…”

Section: International Covenant On Economic Social and Cultural Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advancing the Business and Human Rights Agenda: Dialogue, Empowerment, and Constructive Engagement

et al. 2009

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“…The focus of CSR initiatives should then be on improving working conditions, community support, labour and human rights, community empowerment, and stakeholders' participation. It is proposed that the four dimensions of equity and equality are social protection, rights, empowerment, and redistribution [1]. Both the public and private sectors can promote these four dimensions through socially responsible activities.…”

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“…Once we are able to address equity, then equitable society can be achieved. Utting (2007) considered equity and equality as prerequisites to achieving equitable society. One way of increasing chances towards achieving equitable society is through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by companies [1].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Utting (2007) considered equity and equality as prerequisites to achieving equitable society. One way of increasing chances towards achieving equitable society is through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives by companies [1]. The focus of CSR initiatives should then be on improving working conditions, community support, labour and human rights, community empowerment, and stakeholders' participation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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CSR initiatives by companies for employees through social protection measures

2017

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Abstract. Poverty has always been the main concern globally as it alienates and distresses particular groups of citizen that affects their emotion and psychological behaviour, and may have impact on the socioeconomic aspect of the country. Hence, it is critical for the government to address the poverty problem, as this would lead to inequality. One way to minimise income inequality is through the provision of social protection to maintain the basic consumption and living standard of the needed members of the society. The government highlights the importance of increasing involvement of the private sector to improve social protection through their CSR programmes. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to unearth the concept of social protection and its role in minimising inequality in the society as well as to develop an instrument to measure the social protection dimension of companies' CSR activities.

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csrand equality

Cited by 114 publications

References 15 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

Advancing the Business and Human Rights Agenda: Dialogue, Empowerment, and Constructive Engagement

CSR initiatives by companies for employees through social protection measures

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