The Relation Between Policies Concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Philosophical Moral Theories – An Empirical Investigation

Frederiksen, Claus Strue

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“…Some investigations suggest that managers act in accordance with Utilitarian moral theory (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984;Premeaux & Mony, 1993;Premeaux, 2004). However, Frederiksen (2009) concluded that CSR policies were based on common-sense morality.…”

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Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Boso

Afrane

Inkoom

2017

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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This study used an eclectic multiple-case design to explore what drives three large-scale mining companies' involvement in CSR-mediated development activities, and their philosophical underpinning. The research discovered that although there were nuances between cases in the order in which they rated the strength of 11 potential drivers of CSR, eight of them were important. Three (3) of these were strong drivers -reputation management, pre-emptive anti-regulationism, and pre-existence of local development plans. Five others were moderately strong drivers. The investigations further found that the philosophical underpinnings of the case companies' CSR were based on 'Common-Sense Morality,' a duty-based deontological moral philosophy that is a departure from widely held instrumental positions associated with Egoism. It also identified constrained profitmaximization as the CSR strategy from which their CSR policies emanated.

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“…The analytical framework used in the assessment of moral philosophical underpinnings of CSR was based on Frederiksen (2009). Two questions were put to key CSR manager.…”

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Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Boso

Afrane

Inkoom

2017

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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“…Some studies have noted a lack of CSR initiatives in IFIs (Dusuki, 2007;Hanifa and Hudib, 2007). According to the duty-based common-sense morality framework, institutions have special obligations towards closely related groups (Frederiksen, 2009), which is more likely in the case of institutions such as IFIs, instituted on the basis of religious principles. The 'special obligations' of IFIs may warrant more collective social welfare initiatives.…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs): Management Perceptions from IFIs in Bahrain

Aribi

Arun

2014

J Bus Ethics

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Islamic finance is gaining greater attention in the finance industry, and this paper analyses how Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) are responding to the welfare needs of society.Using interview data with managers and content analysis of the disclosures, this study attempts to understand management perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in IFIs. A thorough understanding of CSR by managers, as evident in the interviews, has not been translated fully into practice. The partial use of IFIs' potential role in social welfare would add further challenges in the era of financialisation.

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“…1 Scholars have used these concepts to explore corporate engagement with sustainable development using academic perspectives related to business ethics (e.g. Donaldson & Dunfee, 1999;Frederiksen, 2010;Hemingway & Maclagan, 2004), strategic management (e.g. McWilliams & Siegel, 2001;Orlitzky, Siegel, & Waldman, 2011), stakeholder management (Parmar et al, 2010), institutional theory (e.g.…”

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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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The Relation Between Policies Concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Philosophical Moral Theories – An Empirical Investigation

Abstract: common-sense morality, CSR policies, ethical egoism, libertarianism, philosophical moral theories, utilitarianism,

Cited by 52 publications

References 25 publications

Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Corporate Social Responsibility and Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs): Management Perceptions from IFIs in Bahrain

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

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