Self-regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Business Case: Do they Work in Achieving Workplace Equality and Safety?

Hart, Susan

doi:10.1007/s10551-009-0174-1

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“…While CSR theories often have been used to analyze environmental responsibilities and the public image of corporations, they have also been criticized for neglecting workplace equality and safety issues (Hart 2010). Some CSR studies have focused more extensively on power relations among stakeholders in the workplace, and on issues related to the globalization of work (Murray 2010).…”

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“…It is likewise reasonable to assume that the ethical aspects of the CSR concept vary both across and within different countries, where a social contracts approach may serve as a remedy to such issues. Hart (2010) has further criticized the way that CSR is often applied as an overarching evaluation of a company's ethical record. This bundling of components makes it difficult to identify inconsistencies in their actions.…”

Section: Targeting Cultural and Political Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This bundling of components makes it difficult to identify inconsistencies in their actions. Hart (2010) argues that CSR in practice most often focuses on environmental responsibility, and fails to acknowledge social or labor issues; thus giving more attention to the public image of a corporation in relation to the other aspects that make up a company's corporate identity (cf. Balmer et al 2007).…”

Section: Targeting Cultural and Political Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethical Perspectives in Work Disability Prevention and Return to Work: Toward a Common Vocabulary for Analyzing Stakeholders’ Actions and Interactions

2013

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Many studies have emphasized the importance of medical, insurance and workplace systems treating individuals fairly in work disability prevention (WDP) and return-to-work (RTW). However, ethical theories and perspectives from these different systems are rarely discussed in relation to each other, even though in practice these systems constantly interact. This paper explores ethical theories and perspectives that may apply to the WDP-RTW field, and discusses these in relation to perspectives attributed to dominant stakeholders in this field, and to potential differences in different jurisdictional contexts.Literature was sought primarily in biomedical ethics, business ethics, and public administration ethics. In biomedical ethics, four ethical principles are dominant: autonomy, beneficence, nonmalevolence and justice. Business ethics involve theories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), social contracts and organizational justice. Public administration ethics focus on constitutional theory, citizenship, social equity, virtue and public interest. Several concepts were identified as relevant for ethical analyses in the WDP-RTW field, including justice; individual autonomy; nonmalevolence; economic and social responsibility; and social contracts. These concepts provide a vocabulary that may be used to analyze stakeholders' actions and interactions in RTW processes. It was also noted how the power balance between stakeholders will influence which ethical perspectives will influence RTW. Jurisdictional differences that influence RTW processes with regard to stakeholder responsibilities were identified, as well as varying beliefs as to who is the client in different compensation systems. A social contractual approach may inform an analysis of cultural and legal differences.3

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Ethical Perspectives in Work Disability Prevention and Return to Work: Toward a Common Vocabulary for Analyzing Stakeholders’ Actions and Interactions

2013

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“…There are three major trends behind this development: 1) The movement of governmental regulation from command-control toward increased self-regulation in the last decades (Aalders & Wilthagen, 1997); 2) A growing social pressure on organizations to behave in a socially responsible manner (Dyreborg, 2011;Hart, 2009); 3) The still greater focus on psychosocial factors at work (Abrahamsson & Johansson, 2013). One important consequence of these changes is that organizations tend to change their fundamental approach to the work environment from an issue they deal with in order to satisfy external regulatory bodies or satisfy employee demands, toward considering the work environment as an issue in its own right which has to be managed in order to secure a sustainable business practice and organizational outcomes.…”

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Commitment or Compliance? Institutional Logics of Work Environment Management

Madsen

Hasle

2017

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“…Labor standards including worker safety thus have increasingly been recognized as an important dimension in the discussions on corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Matten and Moon, 2008;Melia et al, 2008;Yu, 2009;Hart, 2010). Negative spotlights led famous brands and retailers such as NIKE, APPLE, and H&M to ask their suppliers to improve their worker safety standards and subject them to inspections by third-party or company auditors (Locke, 2013).…”

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Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980–2009

Lim¹,

Prakash

2017

World Development

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Do economic downturns in the Global North undermine worker safety in the Global South?Literature suggests that bilateral trade linkages lead to the diffusion of "good" labor standards from importing countries of the Global North to exporting countries of the Global South. The crucial mechanism is the ability and willingness of importing firms to deploy their market leverage and ask for improved labor standards from their overseas suppliers. Yet, cost-cutting pressures emanating from economic downturns might lead the same importing firms to give lower priority to worker safety in their overseas supply chains. When importing firms demand price reductions, overseas suppliers might respond by reducing wages, ignoring safety regulations, and working their labor force for longer hours. The observable implication is that worker safety in the Global South may deteriorate during economic downturns in their export markets located in the Global North. We evaluate our hypothesis using a panel of 83 developing countries for the period, 1980-2009, and find that economic downturns in developed country markets are associated with significant increases in non-fatal occupational injury rates in developing countries. The injury-increasing effect is more pronounced in developing countries with weak workers' rights protection. 2. Economic downturns compel firms to cut costs.3. Importers in developed countries seek cost cuts abroad.4. To remain competitive, developing country suppliers downgrade worker safety.5. Domestic labor laws and unions can shield the safety of workers.2

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Self-regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Business Case: Do they Work in Achieving Workplace Equality and Safety?

Abstract: self-regulation, globalization, business case, corporate social responsibility, workplace equality, workplace safety,

Cited by 82 publications

References 24 publications

Ethical Perspectives in Work Disability Prevention and Return to Work: Toward a Common Vocabulary for Analyzing Stakeholders’ Actions and Interactions

Ethical Perspectives in Work Disability Prevention and Return to Work: Toward a Common Vocabulary for Analyzing Stakeholders’ Actions and Interactions

Commitment or Compliance? Institutional Logics of Work Environment Management

Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980–2009

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