Strategy Development: Conceptual Framework on Corporate Social Responsibility

Abstract

Corporate Citizenship, corporate culture, corporate social innovation, corporate social responsibility, organizational development,

An Overview On Social Innovation Research: Guiding Future Studies

“…With a multiple case study in three companies (Timberland, Herman Miller and Mattel), the authors highlight the innovative management patterns that create greater opportunities for companies that perform actions of social responsibility and their social partners. Hanke and Stark (2009) attribute as the central theme of their article the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship as important theories on ethics and the role of organizations in corporate behavior within civil society. The article raises the discussion about the reasons that lead companies to socially responsible action, suggesting a framework from the point of view of the development of meaning and legitimacy in the perspective of the corporate culture, social innovation and civil society.…”

Corporate social responsibility representation of the German water-supply and distribution companies: from colourful to barren landscapes

“…He highlights companies as always having the opportunity to develop own initiatives from compliance over risk management, management of values or value creation to sustainable entrepreneurship or innovations. Hanke and Stark (2009) highlighted the difference between organisational system and environment as well as legitimation and sense-making/interpretation.…”

“…Thus, CSR communication is rather reactive than strategic practice (Young and Thyil, 2014). Especially leadership/commitment (Hanke and Stark, 2009) is lacking, and also competitive advantage (Okpara and Idowu, 2013) is not necessary due to the market structure. The high frequency of annual or sustainability reports and corporate citizenship fairly represents the focus on legitimation and social or normative expectations (Hanke and Stark, 2009, p.512).…”

“…CSR work is not just a philanthropic issue; it is also a business issue and strongly related to time and costs. Some selective WSCs foster voluntary cooperation and contracts with farmers in order to protect land and water conservation zones, e.g., setting up green farming or avoiding specific pesticides -a good example for intersectoral alliances (Hanke and Stark, 2009 Quite remarkable is that stakeholder involvement is not systematically established in the WSCs, and private companies are even more so engaged regarding stakeholder dialogues compared to the municipals and mixed-financed ones. Yet, significant differences between private and public companies are not obvious.…”

Corporate social responsibility representation of the German water-supply and distribution companies: from colourful to barren landscapes

“…It represents core activities within some parts of the whole value chain as well as a foresight in the understanding of organisational governance, because water, land, energy (Tingey-Holyoak, 2014) as well as households and inputs from other industries are strongly interlinked. Voluntary cooperation and cross compliance are also good examples for intersectoral alliances in the sense of Hanke and Stark (2009). As strong interactions between economic, political and other societal actors are established well in other industries, the water industry shows little CSR activity concerning cooperation with other companies or industry initiatives and industry-related public-private partnerships beside the given associations and their partners.…”