The Pragmatics of Care in Sustainable Global Enterprise

Abstract

Recent conceptualizations of sustainable global development have reflected societal concerns not only with environmental stewardship, but also with social amelioration. However, the tripartite goals of corporate profitability, environmental protection, and social responsiveness are unlikely to be achieved through conventional models of globalization. The emergent approach known as sustainable global enterprise provides a promising strategic alternate, but requires the development of “native capabilityâ€\x9D [Hart, S. L.: 2005, Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities In Solving the World’s Most Difficult Problems. (Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Wharton School Publishing, Upper Saddle River, NJ)] that comprises specific relational competencies not typically required by traditional transnational models. This article demonstrates the usefulness of an ethic of care for enhancing understanding of the competencies comprising native capability, and, provides practical insights from a care approach on the development of those skills. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007corporate social responsibility, ethic of care, sustainable development, sustainable global enterprise,

Individual competences for sustainable purchasing and supply management (SPSM)

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“…As the framework becomes more elaborate, future research could then study competence profiles of certain job roles, as has been done in the field of logistics (e.g. for senior and entry level logistics managers, Murphy and Poist, 1991, 1998, 2007Razzaque et al, 2001).…”

Young people as company stakeholders? Moving beyond CSR…

“…The company manager must therefore question his own obligations with regard to children that are justified by the recognition of an irreconcilable difference between children and adults as well as an irrecusable moral responsibility of the adult towards the child. Addressing the issue of the relationship between the company, childhood and adolescence through the stakeholder theory allows us equally steering companies towards recognising their moral obligations towards young people cannot be done outside of a course of mediation or a truly dialogical approach facilitating voice in those usually excluded (Simola, 2007). In fact, assessing the nature of such moral obligations, that exist because the company in its practices is directly or indirectly related to children whose well-being may be affected by its activities, is obviously not solely the responsibility of company managers.…”

How do Leading Retail MNCs Leverage CSR Globally? Insights from Brazil

“…Luciano Barin Cruz and Dirk Michael Boehe demands expressed by local stakeholders) and on the development of native capabilities (Simola, 2007) (i.e., the capabilities that are novel to the firm). Local responsiveness in CSR constitutes a particularly strong challenge because MNC subsidiaries' CSR projects do not only take into account the players in their business environment (clients, suppliers, and competitors).…”

“…The authors mean that instead of a strategic orientation (Porter and Kramer, 2006), the adoption of best practices from other companies (in a mimetic process) or the imposition of rules from control agencies have an important role in the CSR current direction. To reap the potential advantages of local responsiveness and the development of native CSR capabilities (Simola, 2007), MNCs may grant decision-making autonomy to their subsidiaries. The concept of subsidiary decision-making autonomy can be considered as the counterpart of headquarters hierarchical decision-making centralization (O'Donnell, 2000).…”