The Pragmatic and Ethical Barriers to Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: The Nike Case

DeTienne, Kristen Bell; Lewis, Lee W.

doi:10.1007/s10551-005-0869-x

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“…Thus, corporate social responsibility practice is often cited as one of the most important factor influencing company performance. A review of the literature suggested that corporate social responsibility effort may improve the performance of a company [3]- [5]. This study extends previous studies by addressing the associations between corporate social responsibility practice and new product development performance.…”

Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesessupporting

confidence: 65%

Business Social Responsibility to Improve New Product Development

Wang¹,

Yang²

2015

JOEBM

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Abstract-Corporate social responsibility may be one of the major causes of new product development (NPD) project failure. However, many organizations ignore corporate social responsibility leading to a poor NPD performance. The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the associations among corporate social responsibility, brand image, and NPD performance. The second objective was to evaluate the mediating effect of brand image on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and NPD performance. The third objective was to determine whether the impact of brand image on NPD performance was moderated by product characteristics. The results suggest that corporate social responsibility may contribute to brand image. In addition, brand image has a significant effect on NPD performance. The testing also supports a role for brand image as a full mediator in the relationship between corporate social responsibility practices and NPD performance. The findings also indicate that project purpose has a moderating effect on the relationship between corporate social responsibility practices and NPD performance.Index Terms-Business social responsibility, brand image, new product development, project.

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Section: Literature Review and Research Hypothesessupporting

confidence: 65%

Business Social Responsibility to Improve New Product Development

Wang¹,

Yang²

2015

JOEBM

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“…For example, exposure of companies such as Nike (e.g. DeTienne and Lewis, 2005) and Primark (e.g. Jones et al, 2009) in the 1990's and more recently Apple (Garside, 2013) for use of child labour and sweatshops in Asian manufacturing sites, caused negative press and unwanted attention from stakeholders, leading to tarnished reputations and public condemnation of their actions.…”

Section: Sustainability In the Construction Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementing sustainability in small and medium-sized construction firms

Upstill-Goddard¹,

Glass

Dainty

et al. 2016

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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Citation: UPSTILL-GODDARD, J.D., 2016. Implementing sustainability in small and medium-sized construction firms: the role of absorptive capacity.Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 23(4), pp. Additional Information:• This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. Design/methodology/approach -Taking an organisational learning and absorptive capacity (ACAP) perspective, this research uses the case study approach and abductive logic to understand what role learning plays with regard to sustainability standard implementation.Findings -The results reveal that strong communication channels and commitment to training programmes increase the capacity for implementing standards, but that SMEs tend only to approach standards if they see immediate financial benefits stemming from their implementation.Practical implications -SMEs provide a challenging context for the implementation of sustainability standards unless there are significant external levers and extrinsic motivation for them to be embraced. Care should be taken in incorporating these aspects into the future design of standards that are more aligned with SME needs.Social implications -Stakeholders should seek to apply pressure to firms to positively influence engagement with sustainability standards.2 Originality/value -The role and importance of ACAP is an underdeveloped debate in the certification field. This study is the first that links the process of implementing a standard with the ACAP of an organisation.

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“…Prior studies on organisational legitimacy threats focus on the analysis of corporate narrative documents, including press releases, annual reports and CSR reports (e.g., Ogden and Clarke, 2005;Linsley and Kajüter, 2008;De Tienne and Lewis, 2005;Castelló and Lozano, 2011). Stakeholder communications relating to violations of social norms and rules or stakeholder values and beliefs are treated as part of the organisational context which is described in order to shed light on corporate reporting (e.g., Hooghiemstra, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rhetoric and argument in social and environmental reporting: the Dirty Laundry case

Brennan

Merkl‐Davies

2014

Accounting, Auditing &Amp; Accountability Journal

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the interactive element in social and environmental reporting during a controversy between business organisations and a stakeholder over environmental performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts Aristotle's triangular framework of the rhetorical situation to examine how the writer, the audience, and the purpose of communication interact in the choice of rhetorical strategies used to persuade others of the validity and legitimacy of a claim during a public controversy. The analysis focuses on the strategies (i.e. moves and their rhetorical realisations) in the form of logos (appealing to logic), ethos (appealing to authority), and pathos (appealing to emotion), with a particular emphasis on metaphor, used to achieve social and political goals. The authors base the analysis on a case study involving a conflict between Greenpeace and six organisations in the sportswear/fashion industry over wastewater discharge of hazardous chemicals. The conflict played out in a series of 20 press releases issued by the parties over a two-month period. Findings – All six firms interacting with Greenpeace in the form of press releases eventually conceded to Greenpeace's demand to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their supply chains. The paper attributes this to Greenpeace's ability to harness support from other key stakeholders and to use rhetoric effectively. Results show the extensive use of rhetoric by all parties. Originality/value – The authors regard legitimacy construction as reliant on communication and as being achieved by organisations participating in a dialogue with stakeholders. For this purpose, the paper develops an analytical framework which situates environmental reporting in a specific rhetorical situation and links rhetoric, argument, and metaphor.

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The Pragmatic and Ethical Barriers to Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: The Nike Case

Cited by 110 publications

References 17 publications

Business Social Responsibility to Improve New Product Development

Business Social Responsibility to Improve New Product Development

Implementing sustainability in small and medium-sized construction firms

Rhetoric and argument in social and environmental reporting: the Dirty Laundry case

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