When in Rome … Moral Maturity and Ethics for International Economic Organizations

Organizational Moral Learning: What, If Anything, Do Corporations Learn from NGO Critique?

“…However, most of the research so far has been of a theoretical nature (Falkenberg, 2004;Logsdon and Yuthas, 1997;Reidenbach and Robin, 1991;Snell, 2000). As a result, researchers have formulated diverging conceptions which lead to significantly different postulates regarding organizational moral learning, as Table I demonstrates.…”

“…The social perspective depicts the relation between the organization and society. On the lowest level, the organization acts in a purely self-interested manner and considers society as something separate from the economic sphere (Falkenberg, 2004). On an intermediate level, the organization recognizes its embeddedness in a local community with its values, social expectations, and laws (Logsdon and Yuthas, 1997;Sridhar and Camburn, 1993).…”

“…To differentiate stages 1 and 2 within the preconventional level through the criterion of opportunism has also been suggested by Falkenberg (2004).…”

“…In today's globalized world, corporations are faced with increasing expectations towards their conduct, not only from financial analysts but also from other parts of society. Criticisms from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) do not ask organizations to become more efficient or effective but to become more responsible (Falkenberg, 2004;Zadek, 2004).…”

Cultural Competences: An Important Resource in the Industry–NGO Dialog

“…Conflicts between corporations and civil society advocacy groups can be seen as typical cases in which the general trust in corporate behaviors and their social acceptability are severely challenged (e.g., Falkenberg, 2004;Grolin, 1998;Palazzo and Scherer, 2006;Sethi, 2002).…”