‘ISO‐lating’ corporate social responsibility in the organizational context: a dissenting interpretation of ISO 26000

Schwartz, Birgitta; Tilling, Karina

doi:10.1002/csr.211

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“…Also, formal procedural measures to obtain legitimacy from external stakeholders, such as ISO 14001 and ISO 26000 certifications, may backfire if they are decoupled from real sustainable development (Schwarz and Tilling, 2009). If NGOs start monitoring a company in response to the larger visibility of the environmental policies of the company, they might identify this gap and criticize the company for not meeting the expectations raised by the ISO 14001 or ISO 26000 certification.…”

Section: J Graafland Business Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Put Reputation at Risk by Inviting Activist Targeting? An Empirical Test among European SMEs

Graafland

2017

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is believed to improve a company's reputation. However, CSR may also put reputation at risk by making the company a more attractive target for activists' campaigns. We test this effect on a sample of 1355 European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We find that CSR increases the future probability that an SME's CSR is monitored by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and that this moderates criticism of the SME's CSR. The results imply that SMEs that only halfheartedly implement CSR are more vulnerable to public criticism than SMEs that do not engage in CSR at all. It is advisable that SMEs only position themselves as sustainable companies if their environmental policies have proven to contribute to sustainable development. When initiating stakeholder engagement, SMEs should prevent disappointment by tempering stakeholders' expectations, as NGOs participating in a stakeholder dialogue can use inside information to raise public criticism.

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Section: J Graafland Business Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Put Reputation at Risk by Inviting Activist Targeting? An Empirical Test among European SMEs

Graafland

2017

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“…In their article "ISO-lating" Corporate Social Responsibility in the Organizational Context: A Dissenting Interpretation of ISO 26000', Birgitta Schwartz and Karina Tilling critically examine the development of ISO 26000, a world wide standard for CSR of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) (Schwartz et al, 2009). Standardization and transnational regulation occur in many fields and take place between and across nations in a world of blurring boundaries (Djelic et al, 2006).…”

Section: This Special Issue On Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

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Corporate social responsibility and developing countries

Dobers

Halme

2009

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This is an accepted version of a paper published in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination.Citation for the published paper: Dobers, P., Halme, M. (2009 Abstract: This article gives attention to several CSR questions in developing countries: 1) Illustrations from e.g. South America and Africa, including African voices critical to foreign aid, show that societies are different in many respects. This implies different capacities of organizations and their managers to understand and address pressing CSR issues in different cultural contexts. 2) Weak institutional environments, such as in developing countries, often harbor illicit financial outflow from poor countries to rich ones. This strips developing nations of critical resources and contributes to failed states, a point hardly ever discussed in the CSR literature. We argue for corporate actions in areas such as enhancing capacity in detecting tax fraud, antitrust and the unveiling of corruption cases. Obviously legislation is a task of politicians, governments and international governmental bodies. However, if business enterprises can 'legally misuse' the system, then the matter should be seen as a CSR issue also. There is thus an urgency for concerted efforts by the private sector, public sector and NGOs to develop structures and institutions that contribute to social justice, environmental protection and poverty eradication.

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“…Despite the rapid growth in the number of academic works in this field [12], the corporate ESG and financial implications of the implementation of the UNGC remain under-investigated [1,13,14]. To address this issue, this work aims to investigate whether the firms' commitment to the UNGC has an influence on companies' ESG and financial performances.…”

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The Environmental, Social, Governance, and Financial Performance Effects on Companies that Adopt the United Nations Global Compact

2015

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This paper aims to investigate companies' environmental, social, governance (ESG), and financial implications of their commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The focus is placed on companies operating in the three countries with the highest number of UNGC participants: Spain, France, and Japan. The results clearly reveal that adoption of the UNGC often requires an organizational change that fosters stakeholder engagement, ultimately resulting in improvements in companies' ESG performance. Additionally, the results reveal that ESG performance has a significant impact on financial performance for companies that adopted the principles of the UNGC. These findings provide both non-financial and financial incentives to companies to commit to this voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, which will have important implications on companies' strategic management policies that aim to foster sustainable businesses and community development. Finally, the linkages between the UNGC-committed companies' ESG and financial performance may be influenced by geographical spread, mainly due to the appearance of differences in the institutional, societal, and cultural settings.

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‘ISO‐lating’ corporate social responsibility in the organizational context: a dissenting interpretation of ISO 26000

Cited by 105 publications

References 8 publications

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Put Reputation at Risk by Inviting Activist Targeting? An Empirical Test among European SMEs

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Put Reputation at Risk by Inviting Activist Targeting? An Empirical Test among European SMEs

Corporate social responsibility and developing countries

The Environmental, Social, Governance, and Financial Performance Effects on Companies that Adopt the United Nations Global Compact

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