Governmentalities of CSR: Danish Government Policy as a Reflection of Political Difference

Vallentin, Steen

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1703-5

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“…techniques, devices, systems, procedures, vocabularies, professional areas of expertise and designs) that the political rationalities and program of government are enacted (Vallentin, 2015). techniques, devices, systems, procedures, vocabularies, professional areas of expertise and designs) that the political rationalities and program of government are enacted (Vallentin, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, from a governmentality perspective, the business case discourse and the economic policy rationalization of governmental support for CSR constitute a creative effort to deliberately rationalize CSR in a particular way and to justify and promote a particular economic 'truth' that CSR creates win-win outcomes (Vallentin & Murillo, 2012). In other words, it allows CSR to become a lever for the creation of opportunities as opposed to a vehicle for addressing social problems (Vallentin, 2015). Hence, the adoption of the business case discourse by the Canadian government might be because it allows the government to raise awareness and promote CSR among Canadian extractive companies in a manner that does not curtail corporate freedom.…”

Section: How Csr and The Challenges In Extractive Sites Are Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, the governing of CSR now often takes place within network spaces that require the use of soft modes of governing and other strategies associated with civil regulation, which tends to go beyond a traditional command and control strategy (Vallentin, 2015). This hybrid form of governing CSR, according to Steurer (2010), now constitutes part of the new mode of societal governance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Moon (2002Moon ( , 2004 identifies three reasons for governmental involvement in CSR: (i) CSR can substitute for governmental efforts; (ii) it can complement governmental efforts; and (iii) it can legitimize governmental policies. a positive force) by promoting and providing the template for the developments in CSR, especially within national boundaries (Lepoutre et al, 2007;Vallentin, 2015). For example, Steurer ( 2010) identified five governmental CSR policy instruments, including legal, economic, informational, hybrid and partnering.…”

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Analysis of the Canadian national corporate social responsibility strategy: Insights and implications

Idemudia

Kwakyewah

2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Incidences of corporate-community conflict and human rights violation associated with the activities of Canadian extractive companies (CECs) abroad have led to debates at home about the social responsibility of CECs overseas and the role of the Canadian government in corporate social responsibility (CSR). In response to these debates, the Canadian government launched the Canadian national CSR strategy to steer the CSR agenda of CECs. This paper questions and problematizes governmental discourses within the national strategies as a basis for contributing to the debate on the role of government in CSR. We show that the Canadian national CSR strategy embodies the same neoliberal tendencies as the European governmental approach to CSR. However, while the Canadian government's approach to CSR emerged with an emphasis on self-regulation, it has now morphed into a form of enforced self-regulation. Hence, the Canadian government adopts both collaborative and confrontation strategies in its efforts to make self-regulation effective.

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Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Csr and The Challenges In Extractive Sites Are Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysis of the Canadian national corporate social responsibility strategy: Insights and implications

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2018

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“…CSR now constitutes an important public policy issue for China, most especially for its state-owned and sponsored firms. Longstanding state support for CSR promotion has in fact been a characteristic of some of the world's leading contributors to sustainability, most notably Denmark (Vallentin, 2015) and the Scandinavian countries more generally. 1 Indeed, CSR may serve in spurring innovation and competitiveness at the macroeconomic-level (Boulata and Pitelis, 2014).…”

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The role of board gender and foreign ownership in the CSR performance of Chinese listed firms

McGuinness

Vieito

Wang

2017

Journal of Corporate Finance

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China's recent promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has coincided with a marked increase in the number of Chinese listed firms attracting female board members and foreign equity investors. Using Rankins' (RKS) ratings over the 2009 to 2013 period, we show that greater gender balance in top-management supports stronger CSR performance. This finding broadens gender-based accounts emphasizing social networks (Westphal and Milton, 2000), Critical Mass Theory (Kramer et al., 2006;Bear et al., 2010;and Soares et al., 2011) and team dynamics (Woolley et al., 2010;and Hoogendoorn et al., 2013). Findings also reveal stronger CSR performance in firms with a female CEO. Female leadership thus appears to be just as important as gender mix in driving CSR change.CSR ratings are also increasing in foreign ownership levels. We examine whether a political-networking motivation underlies foreign investment (Du and Girma, 2010;Liu et al., 2014a;Lin et al., 2015;and Jiang and Kim, 2015). We argue that qualified foreign institutional investors (QFIIs) deploy socialengagement in non-SOEs to build competitive advantage. But in SOEs, where strong political networks already exist, QFIIs have less incentive to boost CSR ratings. However, results indicate little difference in the social ratings of QFII-invested SOEs and non-SOEs.Additionally, we confirm the Barnea and Rubin (2010) contention of an inversion in social ratings at entrenched managerial ownership levels. Non-linear rating effects also emerge in relation to state ownership (Li et al., 2013). Finally, CSR performance exhibits positive (negative) relation with a listed entity's size and age (leverage and lagged return-on-equity) but virtually no connection with independent board representation.

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How mandatory corporate social responsibility can help governments with development goals

2021

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Many governments seek the private sector to meet their development goals. One possible means to enlist this support is to impose mandatory or "hard" corporate social responsibility (CSR) requirements on large companies. To shed light on how mandatory CSR could be helpful in this regard, we study the case of India, where the government has required large companies to spend a fraction of their income toward development as CSR since 2014. We analyzed the expenses of leading Indian companies and found statistically significant similarities among these companies in their spending pattern across the different categories, which we interpret as isomorphism.By looking for the government's motivation and the companies' motivations-both perceive the priorities in unmet social needs-we present a conceptual model to explain this isomorphism in CSR expenditure across different categories. The model suggests that governments may find mandatory CSR helpful to direct corporations in achieving development goals.

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Governmentalities of CSR: Danish Government Policy as a Reflection of Political Difference

Cited by 65 publications

References 39 publications

Analysis of the Canadian national corporate social responsibility strategy: Insights and implications

Analysis of the Canadian national corporate social responsibility strategy: Insights and implications

The role of board gender and foreign ownership in the CSR performance of Chinese listed firms

How mandatory corporate social responsibility can help governments with development goals

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