Three types of organizational boundary spanning: Predicting CSR policy extensiveness among global consumer products companies

Lim, Alwyn; Pope, Shawn

doi:10.1111/beer.12266

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“…We combine data from “perhaps (the) oldest and best‐known CSR rating schemes in the US” (Lim & Pope, 2020, p. 456) to examine the irresponsible marketing behavior of firms and rivals, as described below, from the Kinder, Lydenberg, and Domini (KLD) Socrates/MSCI ESG database. This widely used CSR database (Chen, 2021; Hillman & Keim, 2001; Oikonomou et al, 2014; Surroca et al, 2010; Waddock & Graves, 1997), includes detailed, annual measures of positive and negative firm behaviors, categorized by stakeholder group (e.g., consumers, employees, etc.).…”

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Irresponsible contagions: Propagating harmful behavior through imitation

Bryant

Griffin

Perry

2022

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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After PPG, owner of the Glidden paint brand, introduced a zero volatile organic compounds (VOC) product in the mid-1990s, all other major paint companies, facing an imminent threat of federal regulations, followed PPG's lead by offering a version of a zero-VOC, eco-friendly product (Esposito, 2005). Corporate compliance with VOC regulations, however, was a protracted challenge due to higher research and development expenses (Valk, 2015). Subsequently, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged two large paint companies PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. and Sherwin-Williams for making deceptive claims that their interior paint products contain "zero" volatile organic compounds, VOCs (FTC, 2012).Why do corporations engage in harmful, unethical behavior toward essential stakeholders and, importantly, proliferate bad behaviors of others' irresponsible practices? We theorize that the mimicry of others' behaviors reduces uncertainty even if imitation propagates irresponsible consumer behaviors. These irresponsible behaviors include actions that violate normative or regulatory standards, such as selling harmful products, deceptive advertising, or other misinformation provision, targeting vulnerable consumers, or inciting other customer-related controversies. Reducing uncertainty through rivalryand information-based imitation (Lieberman & Asaba, 2006), can, we argue, unfortunately, encourage harmful behaviors of large, in-group members to be 'normed' and propagated across an industry sector.Building upon Lieberman and Asaba's (2006) theories of imitation, we

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Irresponsible contagions: Propagating harmful behavior through imitation

Bryant

Griffin

Perry

2022

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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“…Institutional theory is one (DiMaggio & Powell, 1983; Meyer & Rowan, 1977). It concerns the durable structures of organizational life, including the policies, practices, and initiatives by which the global CSR movement has spread (Kaplan & Kinderman, 2020; Lim & Pope, 2020; Strang & Meyer, 1993). Institutional theory suggests that organizations converge upon a similar set of structures to bolster their legitimacy in the eyes of their audiences (Etter et al, 2016).…”

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Where, When, and Who: Corporate Social Responsibility and Brand Value—A Global Panel Study

Pope

Kim

2021

Business & Society

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According to surveys of companies, branding is one of the main objectives of their corporate social responsibility (CSR). With advantageous data from Brand Finance, we address three contextual factors that may condition the relationship between CSR and brand value. First, we hypothesize that the relationship between CSR and brand value obtains across major world regions and industrial sectors (“the convergence thesis”). Second, we hypothesize that the relationship has weakened with time, as companies have had increasing difficulty using CSR to differentiate their brands in a sea of CSR-espousing competitors (“the crowding out thesis”). Third, we hypothesize that the relationship between CSR and brand value is weaker where a brand’s identity is different from that of its corporate owner, which may make it difficult for observers to readily link (corporate-level) CSR with its potential (lower level) brand beneficiaries (“the identity-match thesis”). We support these hypotheses with random-effects, fixed-effects, and instrumental-variable regressions before ending with contributions, limitations, implications, and potential next steps.

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“…Lim and Pope [6] suggest that the rise of the corporate social responsibility movement has increased company policies addressing social issues, mainly related to workers, human rights, supply chains, and the natural environment. Their study finds that firms crossing national borders for global markets incorporate social responsibility in their structure [6]. Yang and Zang [7] recognized that sustainability is a topic that must concern many organizations, especially the environmental dimension.…”

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Exploring Transnational Advocacy Networks for Environmental Sustainability

Vizzoto¹,

Verschoore²,

Gavronski³

2021

IJSDP

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This study aims to explore papers and assess how they have been addressing TAN features to understand better and explore a structure for the effectiveness of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) for environmental sustainability. Based on data collected, papers on the thematic of transnational advocacy networks for the environment were selected and explored to understand better what features are shown and under what light. Transnational advocacy networks for environmental issues are common in the literature, as the topic draws the attention of nongovernmental organizations. Many of the papers explore at least one of three pillars among the results, and frequently more than one is brought up into theoretical and empirical discussion. These results highlight specific features among each of the characteristics, building a framework so that TANs may have a path to structure their activities to achieve their goals more effectively. Further studies may advance this knowledge in practice. This study seeks to contribute to the existing literature from a theoretical perspective, integrating and exploring the dimensions of transnational advocacy networks and considering a possible structure to improve their results.

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Three types of organizational boundary spanning: Predicting CSR policy extensiveness among global consumer products companies

Cited by 6 publications

References 145 publications

Irresponsible contagions: Propagating harmful behavior through imitation

Irresponsible contagions: Propagating harmful behavior through imitation

Where, When, and Who: Corporate Social Responsibility and Brand Value—A Global Panel Study

Exploring Transnational Advocacy Networks for Environmental Sustainability

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