The Concept of Business Legitimacy: Learnings from Suchman

Rendtorff, Jacob Dahl

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14622-1_74

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“…In a crisis context, CSR is an even more essential element of ethical business legitimacy (Rendtorff, 2020). Legitimacy is then an ethical focal point, defined as “a shared understanding regarding societally desirable, mutually aligned behavioral expectations, constituting an infrastructure of social cooperation” (Suchanek, 2020, p. 31).…”

Section: Literature Review Theoretical Background and Csr During Glob...mentioning

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Changes in corporate social responsibility activity during a pandemic: The case of COVID‐19

Mellahi¹,

Rettab²,

Sharma³

et al. 2023

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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This study examines the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) during COVID‐19. Little is known about how organizations practice CSR during acute exogenous crises. Overlooking how CSR practices change during a crisis matters because organizations are compelled into trade‐offs that carry implications for their CSR initiatives. Analysis of interview data with CSR managers, from 21 Dubai‐based business organizations during COVID‐19, uncovers changes in the content and process of CSR during the pandemic. The results show that the practice of CSR underwent a fundamental change in focus as organizations shifted to an employee‐centric model of CSR and away from an environmental one. Measures placed on organizations and society to combat the pandemic also led to a recalibration of stakeholder and issue salience, with notable effects on CSR that challenge the capability of the power–legitimacy–urgency framework to anticipate these shifts. We consider the impacts associated with the shift in the content of CSR initiatives and process of their implementation and discuss the implications of the findings for CSR theory, research, policy, and practice.

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Section: Literature Review Theoretical Background and Csr During Glob...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in corporate social responsibility activity during a pandemic: The case of COVID‐19

Mellahi¹,

Rettab²,

Sharma³

et al. 2023

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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“…In his seminal work, Suchman (1995, p. 574) claims that legitimacy may be defined as “generalized perception or assumption that the actions of an entity are desirable, proper, or appropriate within some socially constructed system of norms, values, beliefs and definitions”. This approach to legitimacy has its roots in institutional theory and includes such aspects as cognitive, moral and pragmatic legitimacy (Rendtorff, 2020). More recently, Rendtorff (2019) proposed defining legitimacy with reference to corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate governance.…”

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“…More recently, Rendtorff (2019) proposed defining legitimacy with reference to corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate governance. In this context, legitimacy can be defined as the self-reflective deliberation of an organization on values and ethics (Rendtorff, 2020, p. 22). When a disparity, actual or potential, exists between the two value systems, there is a threat to the entity’s legitimacy.…”

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The community involvement of courts: an action research study in the context of the Polish justice system

Banasik¹,

Morawska

Austen

2021

SRJ

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Purpose As a rule, common courts are hermetic organizations, separated from their stakeholders by procedures based on legal provisions. For these reasons, they are often perceived as unreliable and non-transparent, and as such, they do not inspire trust among stakeholders. The authors posit that the court’s community involvement may lead to the increased accountability and legitimacy of courts, which should in turn result in jurisprudence benefits. This paper discusses the concept of community involvement of courts, demonstrates how this idea may be implemented and explains its benefits for courts. Design/methodology/approach The results of an action research study undertaken between June 2013 and March 2018 at the Regional Court in Gdansk (Poland) are discussed. Findings The results highlight factors underlying the implementation of the idea of community involvement, as well as the areas in which courts take these actions, and explain how it influences their accountability and legitimacy. This research describes the interests of different stakeholders and proposes a range of actions that may be taken by courts while cooperating with stakeholders to achieve the aims of community involvement. It also proposes a set of steps that enable courts to implement the idea of community involvement. Originality/value This paper develops the idea of the community involvement of courts, which may be used as an operating rule for public institutions to increase their legitimacy and accountability and explain its introduction in the context of courts. It offers a universal framework for the community involvement of courts that can be used in the context of any court in both the continental and Anglo-Saxon systems.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

2021

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs

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The Concept of Business Legitimacy: Learnings from Suchman

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

Changes in corporate social responsibility activity during a pandemic: The case of COVID‐19

Changes in corporate social responsibility activity during a pandemic: The case of COVID‐19

The community involvement of courts: an action research study in the context of the Polish justice system

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