From Body of Knowledge to Ways of Thinking : Theoretical Implications of Sector-specific CR in Europe
ISBN
978-3-86793-337-7
Type
book section
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Abstract
The main question of this final section of the book is: What theoretical lessons can we learn from sector-specific corporate responsibility in Europe? We will develop our argument in five steps:First, a perspective on cultural business ethics will be sketched that can be located between pure business perspectives, on the one hand, and pure normative perspectives on CR, on the other. Thus, cultural business ethics is characterised as a third way that emphasises the factual normative orientations of actors and the normative social dynamics in societies. Second, we will suggest a road leading from CR blue-prints to culturally embedded responsibility that is based on four still very general theoretical key elements: interests and power, institutional change, negotiation and deliberation, and the new role of actors. Third, based on per-spectives of the embeddedness of practices and their contextualisation, the merits of SCR will be outlined.Fourth, these merits will be analysed through the lenses of the following key dimensions: issues, actors, organizational fields, locality and modes of cooperation. Finally, we will draw attention to some shortcomings of a sectoral approach and sketch some theoretical-but also empirically applicable-perspectives for further research that stress
cross-sectoral perspectives based on societal needs.
cross-sectoral perspectives based on societal needs.
Funding(s)
Sector-Specific Corporate Responsibility in Europe: The Role of Government
Language
English
Keywords
CSR
industrial sectors
culturally embedded responsibilities
organizational fields
interpretative approach
cultural business ethics
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
No
Book title
Corporate Responsibility in Europe : Government Involvement in Sector-specific Initiatives
Publisher
Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Publisher place
Gütersloh
Start page
283
End page
296
Pages
14
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
217929
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