Ethical Structures and Processes of Corporations Operating in Australia, Canada, and Sweden: A Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Study

Abstract

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Are Socially Responsible Behaviors Paid Off Equally? A Cross‐cultural Analysis

“…Svensson et al . () found that corporations operating in Sweden have utilized ethical structures and processes differently from their Canadian and/or Australian counterparts, and that in each culture the way in which companies fashion their approach to business ethics appears congruent with their national cultural values. Ringov and Zollo () suggest that national culture dimensions have a strong impact on the CSR behavior of organizations.…”

“…Given the growing importance that CSR has on the management and strategy of the company (Carroll and Shabana, 2010), some authors have empirically studied the strong impact that cultural characteristics of countries have on the socially responsible behaviour of their companies (Waldman et al, 2006;Ringov and Zollo, 2007). Others have focused on the differences between countries (Singh et al, 2008;Yong, 2008;Svensson et al, 2009). Therefore, based on institutional theory (Baughn et al, 2007;Matten and Moon, 2008), the CSR concept is different according to the country (Jamali and Mirshak, 2006) and the expectations of the different stakeholders should be alike in countries with similar cultural characteristics.…”

“…Given the growing importance that CSR has on the management and strategy of the company (Carroll and Shabana, ), some authors have empirically studied the strong impact that cultural characteristics of countries have on the socially responsible behaviour of their companies (Waldman et al ., ; Ringov and Zollo, ). Others have focused on the differences between countries (Singh et al ., ; Yong, ; Svensson et al ., ).…”

The impact of national culture on corporate social responsibility: evidence from cross-regional comparison

“…Supporting evidence for the effect of national culture on CSR was the work of Svensson et al (2009) which explored a difference in the ethical behavior of corporations in Australia, Canada, and Sweden over two time periods (2001-2002 and 2005-2006). The findings revealed that there was a variation of ethical corporate behaviors among corporations in different countries and concluded that the way in which corporations outlined their approach to business ethics depended on national cultural values where the corporations operated.…”

Visão comparativa das estratégias climáticas adotadas por multinacionais do setor de alumínio no Canadá e no Brasil

“…North (1990) assinalou que os países desenvolvidos são fortemente dependentes de regras formais e menos dependentes de restrições informais. Svensson et al (2009) constataram que o Canadá apresenta um alto nível de normas formais estabelecidas, estando suas empresas sujeitas a um sistema mais regrado. Schmidheiny (2006) salientou que o engajamento social reforça a identificação das empresas brasileiras como "uma contribuição significativa para a solução dos problemas sociais do país".…”