Stakeholders’ Influence on French Unions’ CSR Strategies

Sobczak, André; Havard, Christelle

doi:10.1007/s10551-014-2159-y

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“…Wolfe & Putler on stakeholder relationships, Cordano et al . * on environmental policy influences, and Sobczak & Havard on CSR strategies of labour unions).…”

Section: Theorizing External Drivers Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate social responsibility: review and roadmap of theoretical perspectives

Frynas

Yamahaki²

2016

Business Ethics: A European Review

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Based on a survey and content analysis of 462 peer‐reviewed academic articles over the period 1990–2014, this article reviews theories related to the external drivers of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (such as stakeholder theory and resource‐dependence theory) and the internal drivers of CSR (such as resource‐based view [RBV] and agency theory) that have been utilized to explain CSR. The article discusses the main tenets of the principal theoretical perspectives and their application in CSR research. Going beyond previous reviews that have largely failed to investigate theory applications in CSR scholarship, this article stresses the importance of theory‐driven explanations of CSR and the complementarity of different theories. The article demonstrates that the current mainstream theorizing of CSR is dominated by theories related to the external drivers of CSR and is less developed with regard to the internal dynamics. The article outlines several productive avenues for future research: the need for multi‐theory studies and more research at multiple levels of analysis, particularly at the individual level of analysis. It suggests that CSR scholarship can benefit from combining theoretical insights from a range of established theoretical lenses such as institutional theory and RBV, and can gain new insights from theoretical lenses such as Austrian economics and micro‐level psychological theories.

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“…Wolfe & Putler on stakeholder relationships, Cordano et al . * on environmental policy influences, and Sobczak & Havard on CSR strategies of labour unions).…”

Section: Theorizing External Drivers Of Csrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate social responsibility: review and roadmap of theoretical perspectives

Frynas

Yamahaki²

2016

Business Ethics: A European Review

410

390

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“…The bill was originally developed by a handful of young, female NGO workers. They had collaborated since 2004, jointly reviewing the OECD National Contact Point, and National Action Plan (see also Sobczak and Havard, 2012). They had run several joint campaigns, calling for binding regulation.14 Through working together, seeing each others' expertise, energy, and dedication, they came to trust each other, and anticipate mutual commitment.…”

Section: Sustained Activism -Through a Civil Society Academic And Lmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overcoming the global despondency trap: strengthening corporate accountability in supply chains

Evans

2019

Review of International Political Economy

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This paper reexamines why global collective action problems persist, and how to overcome them. Drawing on 140 interviews with campaigners, politicians, and businesses in 10 European countries, it suggests that many activists are stuck in a despondency trap. Never seeing radical reform, they lower their ambitions, and invest in more feasible but sub-optimal alternatives. This creates a negative feedback loop, in which the dearth of radical reform becomes self-fulfilling. But if reformists see advances at home and abroad, they may become more optimistic about collective mobilisation and break out of their despondency trap. This is shown by tracing the drivers of groundbreaking legislation. From 2018, large French firms must mitigate risks of environmental and human rights abuses in their global supply chains, or else be liable. This billthe world's first of its kind-was vociferously contested by businesses. But French campaigners and politicians persisted for four years, because they saw reasons for optimism. These include growing international support; public outcry; the French political culture (state intervention, and distrust of multinationals); together with a Centre-Left Government. Optimism galvanised relentless mobilisation. Legislative success in France then delivered a positive shock to activists across Europe, who were emboldened to launch similar campaigns and escape their despondency trap. I am extremely grateful to my Belgian, Britain, Dutch, French, German and Swiss participants, who shared their reflections with me, and provided useful comments on earlier drafts. This article has greatly benefited from constructive criticism from Michaël Aklin,

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“…Union democracy and collective representation have also been found to strengthen the input legitimacy of CSR (Harvey et al . ; Sobczak and Havard ).…”

Section: Towards An Er Perspective On Csr?mentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Unions in the Indonesian footwear industry have also been able to use CSR to strengthen their foothold, but also to leverage stronger implementation of labour-relevant CSR standards (Bartley and Egels-Zandén 2016). Union democracy and collective representation have also been found to strengthen the input legitimacy of CSR (Harvey et al 2017;Sobczak and Havard 2015).…”

Section: Towards An Er Perspective On Csr?mentioning

confidence: 99%