Linking stakeholder pressure and corporate environmental competitiveness: The moderating effect of <scp>ISO</scp> 14001 adoption

Seroka‐Stolka, Oksana; Fijorek, Kamil

doi:10.1002/csr.2311

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“…Concerns about the role of companies in promoting (or endangering) sustainability are increasing across the board (Bhandari et al, 2022; de Bakker et al, 2020), which shifts the scrutiny of firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. This pressure motivates companies to be (and appear) sustainable for their stakeholders (Lee, 2020; López‐Concepción et al, 2022; Seroka‐Stolka & Fijorek, 2022). Thus, it is becoming critical that firms effectively communicate (or signal) their CSR efforts to their different stakeholders.…”

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The firm under the spotlight: How stakeholder scrutiny shapes corporate social responsibility and its influence on performance

Forcadell

Lorena

Aracil

2022

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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Since stakeholders cannot directly observe corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, companies attempt to back up their increasing sustainability claims by sending CSR signals. The environment in which signaling takes place influences the credibility of the signals. Among the factors that make up the signaling environment, the overall exposure of the company to different stakeholders (i.e., stakeholder scrutiny) has been neglected by the literature. Using signaling and stakeholder theories, we argue how stakeholder scrutiny shapes CSR signals' credibility. We empirically analyze a sample of 5762 firms across several sectors from 23 developed countries from 2013 to 2017. Stakeholder scrutiny exercises a positive effect on the credibility of CSR signals through a mediated-moderated impact of CSR (across environmental, social, and governance dimensions) on firm performance.

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The firm under the spotlight: How stakeholder scrutiny shapes corporate social responsibility and its influence on performance

Forcadell

Lorena

Aracil

2022

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“…As the topic of eco-environmental protection becomes mainstream, the stakeholders of enterprises present increased social and environmental demands. Pressure from stakeholders creates a business environment where CSR is evaluated [15]. Active CSR calls for stakeholder accountability and transparent environmental disclosure practices.…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Technology Innovation: The Moderating Role of Stakeholders

Chen

Jin

2023

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With economic globalization, sustainable development has become the preferred choice of enterprises facing fierce competition. Innovation is the primary driving force of development. As the driving force of sustainable development, green technology innovation (GTI) is crucial for enterprises. As a key influencing factor for green technological innovation, corporate social responsibility (CSR) behavior has received increasing attention. Based on stakeholder theory, stakeholders influence enterprises’ long-term strategic development goals. This study aims to examine the importance of CSR in advancing GTI and the involvement of stakeholders. Thus, this study selected Chinese A-share listed companies from 2011 to 2020 as research objects and used fixed-effects regression models. The results identify the positive effects of CSR on GTI. This study also divided the stakeholders into different groups and elucidated, from different stakeholder perspectives, the positive moderating effects of government environmental subsidies, investor attention, and executive environmental attention on the relationship between CSR and GTI. This study verifies the direct impact of CSR on GTI, enriches the theoretical foundations of stakeholder theory and resource-based theory, and provides practical suggestions for enterprises to improve their social and environmental performance and green development. It also reveals the cognitive roles of governments, investors, and executives in environmental protection and governance, which will help Chinese enterprises to better fulfil their social responsibility, improve their own green technological innovation, and achieve sustainable development.

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“…Expectations about the role of companies in society have evolved to include a wide range of collective interests: firms are now invited to consider the accountability requests of several stakeholders such as customers, employees, governments, NGOs, and media. As a result, organizations have become interested in legitimizing their activities and testifying their sustainability efforts (Blasi & Sedita, 2022; Seroka‐Stolka & Fijorek, 2022).…”

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Out of social accountability: Reasons and alternative paths for SA8000 decertification

Marcuzzi,

Podrecca,

Sartor

et al. 2023

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This article examines the reasons that drive companies to leave Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000)—the main auditable corporate social responsibility standard—and which alternative paths they undertake after the abandonment. As decertification from SA8000 is an under‐researched phenomenon, an exploratory approach based on the analysis of 15 multi‐country/industry companies has been adopted. Findings show that firms leave SA8000 for several reasons including the reduction of commercial advantages, paperwork overload, and complexities in orders and suppliers management. Our investigation recognizes decertification drivers that are recurring in other standards as well as new ones specific to SA8000. For what concerns the post‐decertification paths, we observe that firms pursue three distinct exit strategies (i.e., adoption of an alternative initiative/standard; no adoption of any alternative social standard/initiative, but still respect some SA8000 requirements; no adoption of any alternative social standard/initiative and stop taking care of SA8000 requirements).

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Linking stakeholder pressure and corporate environmental competitiveness: The moderating effect of ISO 14001 adoption

Cited by 10 publications

References 89 publications

The firm under the spotlight: How stakeholder scrutiny shapes corporate social responsibility and its influence on performance

The firm under the spotlight: How stakeholder scrutiny shapes corporate social responsibility and its influence on performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Green Technology Innovation: The Moderating Role of Stakeholders

Out of social accountability: Reasons and alternative paths for SA8000 decertification

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