Business diplomacy management: A core competency for global companies

Saner, Raymond; Yiu, Lichia; Søndergaard, Mikael

doi:10.5465/ame.2000.2909841

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“…Several scholars writing about corporate diplomacy use more of an instrumental definition in which the primary corporate objective is to attain a firm's self-interests (e.g., Saner et al, 2000;Steger, 2003). However, we believe a richer understanding of corporate diplomacy can be developed by integrating scholarship from international relations and diplomacy (Garten, 1997;Haufler, 2004;Hocking, 2004), PCSR (Scherer & Palazzo, 2011;Valente & Crane, 2010), and peace through commerce (Fort & Schipani, 2004;Oetzel et al, 2010).…”

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Enhancing the Concept of Corporate Diplomacy: Encompassing Political Corporate Social Responsibility, International Relations, and Peace Through Commerce

Westermann-Behaylo

Rehbein

Fort

2015

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Enhancing the concept of corporate diplomacy encompassing political corporate social responsibility, international relations, and peace through commerce Westermann-Behaylo, M.K.; Rehbein, K.; Fort, T. Published in:The Academy of Management Perspectives DOI:10. 5465/amp.2013.0133 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Westermann-Behaylo, M. K., Rehbein, K., & Fort, T. (2015). Enhancing the concept of corporate diplomacy: encompassing political corporate social responsibility, international relations, and peace through commerce. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 29(4), 387-404. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2013.0133 General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Corporate diplomacy is an emerging concept within the management literature. It describes corporate conduct in the international arena, particularly in challenging political and social environments. Management scholarship and practitioner literature have focused on the communication processes and instrumental benefits associated with corporate diplomacy, exploring and explaining how managers negotiate stakeholder relationships to achieve a firm's profit-oriented goals. We enrich the current understanding of corporate diplomacy by viewing it as an umbrella concept that encompasses scholarship from political corporate social responsibility, international relations, diplomacy, and peace studies. We also suggest that corporate diplomacy includes the political role that multinational enterprises play in addressing social issues and governance gaps affecting less developed and potentially conflict-prone host countries where they operate. Based on this approach, the concept of corporate diplomacy builds on the premise that multinationals have an expanded role and responsibilities in terms of global governance and that the practice of corporate diplomacy can play a role in resolving social or political conflicts, leading to wider societal benefits beyond corporate profits. To illustrate our concept of corporate diplomacy, we focus on the governance gaps addressed in the literature on peace through commerce, discussing instances where firms implement corporate diplomacy through peacemaking or peacebuilding to accomplish both private and public goals in conflict-prone regions. We conclude...

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Enhancing the Concept of Corporate Diplomacy: Encompassing Political Corporate Social Responsibility, International Relations, and Peace Through Commerce

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Rehbein

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2015

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“…Global business activities of an MNC are inextricably influenced by international politics (Saner, Yiu, Sondergaard, 2000). Local host country, regional and global politics can significantly affect organizational decision making and action.…”

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2016

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A foreign subsidiary unit of a multinational corporation (MNC) goes through evolutionary stages as it grows in its host country environment. For each stage of its evolutionary process, there are specific challenges and expectations of which its top management must be fully aware in order to succeed in its decision making and action. The foreign subsidiary unit's top management must analyze its performance expectations and performance criteria, as set by the MNC's corporate headquarters, home and host countries' stakeholders, in order to be effective in managing the foreign subsidiary unit.

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“…Corporate actions seen from a macro-level or micro-level for peacebuilding are set as a core business capability. Such capability contributes to preserving and accumulating an organization´s assest, its groups of interest´s wellbeing and accessing markets by exploiting a reputation of seeking what is fair (Saner et al, 2000;Steger, 2003).…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro-Peace Practices in Colombia

2017

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This paper explores the thesis associating the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility models with implementing Pro-Peace practices in scenarios of conflict and post-conflict. This work is carried out under qualitative focus and exploratory scope. Four interviews were applied to large companies who have adopted Corporate Social Responsibility models and two interviews to Associations promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Colombia. Evidence supporting this thesis was found and its understanding was dug into when considering that Corporate Social Responsibility, as a concept, has migrated towards Creating Shared Value and Business Sustainability. This study bears the limitations associated to determining a theoretical sample and the bias of selection it implies. From this research is derived that if companies in Colombia wish to promote Pro-Peace practices, they must become involved in management models based on Corporate Social Responsibility.Keywords: Business and Peace, Corporate social responsibility, CSR, Armed conflict, Post-conflict. ResumenEste artículo explora la tesis que asocia la adopción de modelos de responsabilidad social empresarial con la implementación de prácticas Pro-Paz en escenarios de conflicto y posconflicto. El trabajo se elabora bajo un enfoque cualitativo y alcance exploratorio. Se realizaron cuatro entrevistas a grandes empresas que han adoptado modelos de gestión de responsabilidad social empresarial y dos entrevistas a asociaciones que promueven la responsabilidad social empresarial en Colombia. Se encontraron indicios que avalan la tesis y se profundizó en su comprensión al considerar que la responsabilidad social empresarial, como concepto, ha migrado hacia la creación de valor compartido y la sostenibilidad empresarial. Este estudio tiene las limitaciones asociadas a la determinación de una muestra teórica y el sesgo de selección que ésta implica. De la investigación se deriva que si las empresas en Colombia desean promover prácticas ProPaz deben involucrarse en modelos de gestión basados en la responsabilidad social empresarial.Palabras clave: Empresa y Paz, Responsabilidad social empresarial, RSE, Conflicto armado, Posconflicto. RésuméCet article envisage la thèse qui associe l'affiliation de modèles de responsabilité sociale des entreprises par la mise en oeuvre des pratiques Pro-Paix dans les scénarios de conflit et post-conflit. Ce travail est élaboré sous une approche qualitative et une étendue exploratoire. Quatre entretiens ont été menés aux grandes entreprises qui ont adopté des modèles de gestion de responsabilité sociale des entreprises et deux entretiens aux associations qui encouragent la RSE en Colombie. Des preuves qui soutiennent la thèse sont trouvées, et s'est approfondi dans la compréhension de considérer que la responsabilité sociale des entreprises, en tant que concept a migré vers la création de la valeur partagée et la durabilité des entreprises. Cette étude possède les limites associées à la détermination d'un échantillon théorique et le p...

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Business diplomacy management: A core competency for global companies

Cited by 63 publications

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Enhancing the Concept of Corporate Diplomacy: Encompassing Political Corporate Social Responsibility, International Relations, and Peace Through Commerce

Enhancing the Concept of Corporate Diplomacy: Encompassing Political Corporate Social Responsibility, International Relations, and Peace Through Commerce

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro-Peace Practices in Colombia

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