History in corporate social responsibility: Reviewing and setting an agenda

Stutz, Christian

doi:10.1080/00076791.2018.1543661

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“…Going farther back in time, Hielscher and Husted (2019) examine the "proto-CSR" activities of mining guilds as far back as the thirteenth century. This extends, as well, to the more recent (2017), Marens (2010Marens ( , 2012Marens ( , 2013, Stutz (2018) Hielscher and Husted (2019) Past-in-CSR Examines the past to challenge and substantiate CSR theories and practical prescriptions through a history-sensitive lens Add historical context and complexity to CSR theorizing in response to concerns of theoretical formalism and ahistoricism What are the taken-for-granted assumptions in present CSR theorizing? How can historical research problematize present CSR discourse?…”

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“…Booth et al (2007), , Mena et al (2016), Stutz and Schrempf-Stirling (2019) Van Lent and Smith (2019) Coraiola and Derry (2019) global diffusion (e.g., Kaplan and Kinderman 2017) of ethical thinking and practice in business (e.g., Antal et al 2009;Bengtsson 2008;Ihlen and von Weltzien Hoivik 2013;Van Buren 2008). However, Stutz (2018) presents the history of CSR thought and practice from three distinct meta-theoretical orientations towards CSR (viz., economic, critical, and politico-ethical lens). This contrast of distinct narrative accounts demonstrates how the mobilization of history also serves political purposes in the present (De Baets 2009).…”

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“…(Wadhwani and Bucheli 2014, p. 23, italics in original). CSR and business ethics academics interested in the past should not underestimate the conceptual and methodological challenges that historical thinking and acting pose (Stutz 2018). Consider, for instance, that think differently about the past than Carroll et al (2012) who provide one of the more influential-if US-centric-histories of CSR.…”

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“…The introduction of HCSR to the scholarly discourse about business ethics and business responsibilities can "be seen as marking a historic turn in the ever-expanding field of CSR" (Godfrey et al 2016, p. 601, italics added). The idea that the past and history have relevance for CSR scholarship, however, is a central theme of a more diverse body of research (Stutz 2018).…”

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The Past, History, and Corporate Social Responsibility

2019

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An emerging body of research recognizes the importance of the past and history for corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship and practice. However, the meanings that scholars and practitioners can ascribe to the past and history differ fundamentally, posing challenges to the integration of history and CSR thinking. This essay reviews diverse approaches and proposes a broad conceptualization of the relationship between the past, history, and CSR. We suggest historical CSR as an umbrella term that comprises three distinct theoretical perspectives. The "past-of-CSR" perspective is concerned with the history of CSR and business ethics as a set of concepts and practices. The "past-in-CSR" perspective involves employing empirical historical research to substantiate and elaborate CSR concepts and theories. Finally, the "past-as-CSR" perspective seeks to understand the past as a living, yet contested, facet of current organizations, influencing contemporary perceptions of corporate and managerial responsibility. We then elaborate on conceptual issues and paths that may prove useful for future research. In all, this essay and the thematic symposium it precedes strive to deepen and broaden the salience of the past and history for thinking about business ethics and business responsibilities.Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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“…CSR looks at this from the viewpoint of companies, SRI from the viewpoint of investors in those companies" (p. 42). See also Marinetto (1999) and Stutz (2018).…”

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Socially responsible investing: from the ethical origins to the sustainable development framework of the European Union

Martini

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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In this work, we present an overview of the historical development of socially responsible investing (SRI). We will argue that such a financial activity has been boosting in recent decades from a niche, mainly as a religious-led exclusionary practice, towards a mainstream strategy of risk analysis for institutional and retail investors. We also discuss the advances and possible drawbacks that regulatory activity and harmonization process on such industry have achieved at international level in recent years, with a special focus on the European Union. The study shows that the lack of a globally accepted taxonomy on what constitutes sustainable activities, of regulatory clarity and of high-quality data allowing for comparisons across industries and regions, together with practical and behavioural complexities are major critical issues that discourage SRI industry at the global level.

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Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility disclosure: Historical webpages of the Fortune global 500 companies, 1997–2009

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Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Management and organization scholarships have paid increasing attention to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Less is known about the historical processes leading to the institutionalization of CSR reporting. We bridge the gap by coding and analyzing a digital archive of multinational enterprises' historical websites between 1997 and 2009. Combining in-depth case studies of detailed environmental disclosure histories of three companies with quantitative summaries of 263 such companies, we find that these companies learned to define the CSR term and adjust their disclosing behaviors gradually, from ad hoc mentioning of idiosyncratic themes to disclosing proliferating themes, often in the dedicated separate website section. Accompanying this change was the growth of global initiatives such as Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiatives and their disclosure guidelines. These findings not only illuminate a historical perspective but also epitomize the dialectical relationship between business and institutional pressures.

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History in corporate social responsibility: Reviewing and setting an agenda

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Cited by 18 publications

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The Past, History, and Corporate Social Responsibility

The Past, History, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Socially responsible investing: from the ethical origins to the sustainable development framework of the European Union

Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility disclosure: Historical webpages of the Fortune global 500 companies, 1997–2009

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