CSR Logics in the Middle East

Jamali, Dima; Hossary, Mohamad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02044-6_4

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“…Furthermore, it is also suggested that western mechanisms of sound governance practices, such as the existence of an audit committee and independent directors on boards, do not impact CSR. This highlights context dependence of CG–CSR and calls for more research across NBSs, specifically in the Arab cluster (Jamali & Hossary, 2019; Jamali et al, 2020).…”

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Corporate Governance Meets Corporate Social Responsibility: Mapping the Interface

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Despite ample research on corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR), there is a lack of consensus on the nature of the relationship between these two concepts and on how this relationship manifests across institutional contexts. Drawing on the national business systems approach, this article systematically reviews 218 research articles published over a 27-year period to map how CG–CSR research has evolved and progressed theoretically and methodologically across different institutional contexts. To shed light on the full gamut of the CG–CSR relationship, we categorize and explore the nature of this relationship along two strands: (a) CSR as a function of CG and (b) CG as a function of CSR. Through this review, we identify key themes where CG–CSR research has lagged and account for under-explored contexts in this domain. Finally, we put forth a comprehensive agenda for progressing future research in the field.

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“…Vocabularies of 'natural resources' and 'quality of life' in this text segment were associated with the responsibility logic, oriented by extant literature describing such a logic (e.g. Jamali & Hossary, 2019;Meyer & Höllerer, 2016). This identification applied an integrative understanding, including all business model elements related to responsibility, sustainability, and ethics (Laasch & Conaway, 2015;Laasch & Moosmayer, 2015;Montiel, 2008;Schwartz & Carroll, 2008;Setó-Pamies & Papaoikonomou, 2015;Van Marrewijk, 2003), such as BAE Group's 'responsible behavior', Astra Zeneca's 'sustainable healthcare', and GKN's 'ethical business practices'.…”

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Explaining the leopards’ spots: Responsibility-embedding in business model artefacts across spaces of institutional complexity

Laasch

Pinkse

2020

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This article explores the phenomenon that corporations' commercial-logic business models increasingly embed responsibility-logic patterns: The proverbial leopards' spots. We have conducted a thematic analysis of responsibility patterns in annual report business model descriptions (artefacts) and a qualitative comparative analysis of corporations' strategic environment. We find distinct responsibility patterns, uniquely combined in four distinct types of responsibility business model artefacts. We explain these types through responses to institutional complexity between commercial and responsibility logics. Strategic responses were enabled or constrained by the characteristics of the varying spaces of institutional complexity of particular corporations. We contribute to an emerging heterogeneous business model literature by providing empirical evidence. We contribute to the institutional discussion of corporate responsibility by providing a typology of responsibility business models and by explaining why each type emerged in their respective institutional space. We also discuss how practitioners' efforts to embed responsibility into their business models may benefit from our findings.

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“…Secondly, the study extends the growing debate of divergence and convergence of CSR in the context of non-Western countries (e.g. Jamali & Hossary, 2019;Jamali & Neville, 2011), highlighting that a set of endogenous factors such as political and social pressures, an inadequate institutional support, and religious institutions are particularly impactful for the organisational CSR institutionalisation. Contrary t o previous research on C SR institutionalisation in non-Western countries (e.g.…”

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“…Matten, Crane, & Chapple, 2003), the organisational sample drawn from in this study is located within a non-Western context due to paucity of CSR research (Jamali & Karam, 2018). This observation is particularly notable where previous research has been focused on CSR orientation (Ararat, 2006), CSR perceptions (Jamali & Hossary, 2019) or on the impact of religion within the practice of CSR (Jamali & Sidani, 2013;Koleva, 2020;MacDonald, Antoine, & Smolarsk, 2019). Second, while previous studies have relied primarily on data collected from external stakeholders (e.g.…”

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“…While scholarly interest in CSR practice progresses worldwide, many scholars point towards the fact that its scope and remit is becoming increasingly fragmented. The reasons for this are numerous, including: variations in the conceptual terminology (Crane, Matten, & Spence, 2019;Jamali & Hossary, 2019) multifaceted modes of emergence (Jamali, Lund-Thompsen, & Khara, 2017c;Koleva, 2020) conflicting pathways to CSR development (Jamali & Mirshak 2007;Lin, Yang, & Liou, 2009) the nature and extent of stakeholder involvement (Jamali, Karam, Yin, & Soundararajan 2017a;Ramasamy, Yeung, & Au, 2010) and differences revolving around institutional aspects of CSR-related activity across different organisations (Scott, 2008). However, these factors are only by-products of underlying institutional forces and dynamics, revealing the institutional field as central for CSR debates (Hoffman, 1999).…”

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CSR Uptake in Non-Western Contexts: the Impact of Institutional Environment and Entrepreneurs

Koleva

Quinn²

2021

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The impact of institutional environment and institutional entrepreneurs for corporate social responsibility (CSR) uptake, practice and process in the context of Western countries has been extensively examined. However, while these examinations are insightful, it is not clear if other conditions and influencing factors in relation to the institutional environment and institutional entrepreneurs foreign to the West exist. If indeed they do, this raises questions related to the extent to which they may influence CSR practice and process. The paucity of such research restricts and prevents a more comprehensive understanding of the role and impact of institutional dynamics and underlying processes for CSR. From a practice perspective, CSR managers and organisational leaders miss the opportunity to utilise CSR as an instrument serving organisational interests and legitimacy. Consequently, this study investigates the impact of institutional environment and institutional entrepreneurs for CSR uptake, practice and process from a non-Western perspective. Employing an exploratory research design within a range of public and private sector organisations, we interrogate the phenomenon from the perspective of key actors involved in its formulation. The findings evidence a set of distinct institutional dynamics and institutional entrepreneurs that contribute to the formulation of specific CSR. The identified forms of CSR reveal organisational attempts for adaptation to the institutional dynamics and for preserving organisational legitimacy. Therefore, our work provides important contributions to the CSR debate by outlining factors and conditions specific for non-Western countries that result in context-driven forms of CSR. These findings offer a number of insightful and substantives considerations for practitioners and policy makers involved in the development of CSR.

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CSR Logics in the Middle East

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

Corporate Governance Meets Corporate Social Responsibility: Mapping the Interface

Corporate Governance Meets Corporate Social Responsibility: Mapping the Interface

Explaining the leopards’ spots: Responsibility-embedding in business model artefacts across spaces of institutional complexity

CSR Uptake in Non-Western Contexts: the Impact of Institutional Environment and Entrepreneurs

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