The CSR bottom line: Preventing corporate social irresponsibility

Lin‐Hi, Nick; Müller, Karsten

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.015

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“…This distinction is common in business research (cf. Crilly, Ni, & Jiang, 2016;Lin-Hi & Müller, 2013), and is also prevalent in the normative practice of many professions: see for instance, the widespread application of ''do no harm'' principles in the medical profession, or the compliance practices of large companies.…”

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“…Activities that aim to avoid doing harm are expected of every good citizen; actions that seek to do good exceed social expectations (Davis, 1973;Lin-Hi & Müller, 2013). Lichtenberg explains that ''No one disputes that people have duties not to harm others; these so-called negative duties are about as well established as any moral duties could be.…”

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Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement

2018

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved without the contributions of multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, extant international business research hardly covers the private sector's role in achieving international policy goals. This article conceptualises the SDGs as a goal-based institution. Building on institutional theory, it develops propositions that help explain MNEs' engagement with SDGs. Exploratory survey results from 81 European and North American Financial Times Global 500 companies indicate that MNEs engage more with SDG targets that are actionable within their (value chain) operations than those outside of it, and more with SDG targets that ''avoid harm'' than those that ''do good''. Differences in SDG engagement based on MNEs' home-and host-countries and their industrial sectors are also explored. We draw policy conclusions for a more pro-active involvement of MNEs in sustainable development, and we define avenues for future international business research. In particular, cross-sector partnerships deserve further attention.

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Section: Ethical Dutiesmentioning

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Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement

2018

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“…Although the term was coined almost 40 years ago, it has not been studied or received attention in the literature until the last ten years; the unprecedented social and business alarms caused by CSIR cases, during the economic crisis, has led academics again to focus attention on its study (Lin-Hi and Müller, 2013). As with the concept of CSR, there is no consensus on the definition of CSIR.…”

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Corporate social irresponsibility: review and conceptual boundaries

Riera

Iborra

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out a review of the academic literature about corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR) highlighting aspects that help us to define socially irresponsible behaviour and its relationship with socially responsible behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Through a Boolean search of studies related to terms of irresponsibility undertaken from 1956 to October 2016, the authors develop a review of the literature focussing on the main perspectives used for defining the term of CSIR. Findings The paper provides a framework of three main dimensions for understanding the differences in the literature that defines CSIR: who defines irresponsible behaviour, an impartial observer or a specific group of stakeholders, whether it is a firm strategy or a punctual action and which is the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and CSIR, continuity vs orthogonal relationship. Originality/value The paper provides and extensive and original review of a key construct, CSIR, and develops some insights about its antecedents and consequences. The authors try to provide light to the contradictory situation where a growing interest in CSR and the increase in voluntary commitments adopted by company leaders incorporating CSR into their strategies are, paradoxically, increasingly associated with CSIR.

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“…However, with the increasing importance of transnational companies and organizations, one cannot ignore the duty of companies regarding not violating human rights, but also ensuring that they do not contribute or benefit from human rights violations that may have been committed. Accordingly, the UN proposal goes beyond the idea that corporations should do go through CSR, and refrain from acting irresponsibly, they also have to do their best to avoid unintentional damage to other (Lin-Hi & Müller, 2013). Ruggie (2013) understands that state and companies are both responsible for ensuring measures for reparation in case of violations or acts committed without attention to a due process.…”

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Human Rights in the Management Literature: Leading Publications and Research Agenda

Gomes

Barros

Grigoletto

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This paper identifies and examines leading publications on human rights within the management literature. For that, we used features of a bibliometric analysis -specifically exploring product and impact indicators -in order to identify the leading publications on human rights that were examined aiming to portray how the issue has been addressed within this field. Moreover, by identifying the key articles and concepts adopted by the leading publications, this paper offers an interpretation of the academic context that enabled the emergence of a human rights approach within the management field. Thus, a contribution of this paper is to highlight how the debate on human rights in management has been strengthened, identifying articles and journals that can be a source of reference for future research. Our study has identified a shift in the discussion regarding human rights. During the last decade the topic, which was initially focused on the role of states in guaranteeing human rights, has started to examine the relationship between organizations and society. Such transformation has placed human rights as both, a responsibility and a duty of corporations. It is suggested that the literature on ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) was the entrance for a human rights approach within management literature. However, the discipline has already engaged in elaborating different interpretation of human rights. Our research shows the potential of human rights in consolidate a research agenda on corporate impact in our societies. Sociedade, Contabilidade e Gestão, Rio de Janeiro, v. 12, n. 3, set/dez, 2017 ResumoO objetivo deste trabalho é identificar a produção acadêmica sobre direitos humanos no campo da administração. Para isso, utilizamos características de uma análise bibliométrica -especificamente explorando indicadores de produção e impacto -para identificar as principais publicações sobre direitos humanos que foram examinadas com o objetivo de retratar como o problema foi abordado neste campo. Além disso, ao identificar os principais artigos e conceitos adotados pelas principais publicações, este trabalho oferece uma interpretação do contexto acadêmico que permitiu o surgimento de uma abordagem de direitos humanos no campo da administração. Assim, uma contribuição deste artigo é destacar como o debate sobre os direitos humanos foi fortalecido em administração, identificando artigos e revistas que podem ser uma fonte de referência para futuras pesquisas. Nosso estudo identificou uma mudança na discussão sobre direitos humanos. Durante a última década, o tópico, inicialmente focado no papel dos estados na garantia dos direitos humanos, começou a examinar a relação entre organizações e sociedade. Essa transformação colocou os direitos humanos como ambos, uma responsabilidade e um dever das corporações. Sugere-se que a literatura sobre ética e responsabilidade social corporativa (CSR) seja a entrada para uma abordagem de direitos humanos na literatura de administração. No entanto, a disciplina já...

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The CSR bottom line: Preventing corporate social irresponsibility

Cited by 267 publications

References 76 publications

Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement

Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement

Corporate social irresponsibility: review and conceptual boundaries

Human Rights in the Management Literature: Leading Publications and Research Agenda

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