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“A Necessary Supplement”: What the United Nations Global Compact Is and I…
The United Nations Global Compact is with currently more than 6,000 voluntary participants the worlds largest corporate citizenship initiative. This article first analyzes three critical allegations often made against the Compact by looking at the academic and nonacademic literature. (1) The Compact supports the capture of the United Nations by big business. (2) Its 10 principles are vague a…
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- Vol. 48 no. 4, December 2009.pp. 511-537
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When the Whistle Is Blown: Legal Defenses and Practical Guidelines for Managi…
The recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Garcetti v. Ceballos decided that public employees are not necessarily protected under the law if they make statements about alleged improprieties committed by their employers, and can in fact be disciplined for such disclosures. The controversy over this case, combined with the recent publicity surrounding whistle-blower actions, indicates that many peo…
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- Vol. 48 no. 4, December 2009.pp. 467-488
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NGOs, Social Venturing, and Community Citizenship Behavior
Growing concerns about corporations business and accounting practices have contributed to increased scrutiny and the adoption of new laws to govern corporate behavior. Nonprofit nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have also come under investigation for their activities, especially when engaging in social venturing. Because NGOs are largely supported by taxpayer dollars and private donations, …
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- Vol. 48 no. 4, December 2009.pp. 538-564
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Institutional Determinism and Political Strategies: An Empirical Investigation
This article offers a rare study of the content and performance of political strategies in Chinas highly institutionalized setting. A conceptual framework based on institutional theory findings is proposed to develop a set of expected political behavior. This is then confronted to data from a convenient sample of 233 firms. The results show that there are indeed recognizable patterns of politi…
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- Vol. 48 no. 3, September 2009.pp. 284-325
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Corporate Responsiveness to Community Stakeholders: Effects of Contextual and…
Corporate community responsiveness relates to business activities that are integral parts of a firms operations and are designed to benefit the firm through benefiting the local communities. Using data from commercial banks in the United States between 1997 and 2000, the authors measured banks corporate community responsiveness by their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) lending activities and …
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- Vol. 48 no. 3, September 2009.pp. 326-359
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The Nature of Giving: A Theory of Planned Behavior Examination of Corporate P…
Scholars of social issues in management have consistently argued that corporate philanthropy is one key factor of a firms discretionary responsibilities. Several researchers have examined the links between philanthropy and such outcomes as financial profit and organizational reputation. It is interesting to note that the determinants of corporate philanthropy have been left largely unexamined;…
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- Vol. 48 no. 3, September 2009.pp. 360-384
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Perceptions on Social Responsibility: The Entrepreneurial Vision
This article outlines the results of an inquiry into the nature of entrepreneurial commitment to social responsibility as a business philosophy. Findings show that the respondents, as a group, reported a strong orientation to this view. Several social responsibility topics emerge in a position of special prominence to entrepreneurs, and their preferences for these topics do not widely vary. Fur…
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- Vol. 48 no. 3, September 2009.pp. 385-405
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The Vicissitudes of Corruption: Degeneration, Transgression, Jouissance
This thesis explores different manifestations of corruption structured around the notion of modernity. It claims that the modern definition is related to transgression. It also maps out a premodern alternative based on degeneration of character, as well as a psychoanalytical understanding related to stolen enjoyment. This thesis is a study of corruption as bribe taking in purchasing and procure…
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- Vol. 48 no. 3, September 2009.pp. 406-419
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A Look at Firm—Regulator Exchanges: Friendly Enough or Too Friendly?
This article examines the relational characteristics of firmregulator interactions. Many political economists have focused on the relevance, costs, processes, and beneficiaries of regulation. Alternatively, most management researchers treat regulation as one of many environmental factors firms must consider in developing strategy. This article extends management research by examining the subje…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 147-178
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Evaluating Corporate Environmental Reporting on the Internet: The Utility and…
Extant literature has noted that traditional paper-based reporting is becoming less timely and less useful to decision makers. Stakeholder pressure is making companies use communication channels other than paper-based reporting, such as the Internet. This article seeks to contribute to the literature by analyzing the extent to which firms are using the Internet to communicate their corporate en…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 179-205
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Differential Economic Impacts of Corporate Responsibility Issues
The study examined whether there are systematic differences in the economic impacts of different corporate responsibility issues and found that the content of corporate responsibility does have an effect on economic impact. Economic impacts were more positive for corporate responsibility issues that reduce negative externalities than for those that generate positive externalities and more posit…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 206-224
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Economic and Social Roles of Companies in the Mass Media: The Impact Media Vi…
Businesses play an important social role in society that goes beyond their traditional economic role. The way in which these roles are carried out and communicated to the stakeholders can influence the company's corporate reputation. The first step in constructing a corporate reputation is corporate visibility. The mass media plays an important role in developing corporate visibility. Media vis…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 225-242
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A Conceptual Model for Organizational Citizenship Behavior Directed Toward th…
This article extends the literature of organizational citizenship behavior in the context of environmental efforts. The authors provide support for the development of the construct, organizational citizenship behavior directed toward the environment (OCBE). They define OCBE as environmental efforts that are discretionary acts, within the organizational setting, not rewarded or required from the…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 243-256
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How Politically Correct Is Political Correctness?: A SWOT Analysis of This Ph…
Political correctness (PC) seems to have exploded beyond all expectations in view of the weight that is currently attributed to this phenomenon in some societies on the globe. Indeed, PC can be considered an important factor in determining the success of an individual or group. At the same time, an overdose of PC, as with any other aspect of life, can lead to devastating effects. In this arti…
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- Vol. 48 no. 2, June 2009.pp. 257-266
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To What Extent Is Business and Society Literature Idealistic?
The purpose of this article is to investigate to what extent is business and society literature idealistic as it advocates the adoption of high moral norms for business performance. The author discusses the central theses of mainstream themes in this literaturecorporate social responsibility, corporate social responsiveness, social issues, corporate social performance, stakeholder management, …
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- Vol. 48 no. 1, March 2009.pp. 10-38
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Collective Versus Individualist National Cultures: Comparing Taiwan and U.S. …
The business environment has increasingly expanded outside single nations or regions of the world to encompass many differing countries. Along with this expansion come business opportunities and challenges when facing business practices and attitudes not so similar to our own. In studying how these national cultural differences affect ethical decision making, managers and employees alike gain a…
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- Vol. 48 no. 1, March 2009.pp. 39-59
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Private Management and Public Opinion: Corporate Social Responsiveness Revisited
This article presents a conceptual exploration of public opinion (PO) from the point of view of corporate social responsiveness (CSR2). The proposed PO-CSR2 framework encompasses four complementary means of framing public opinion: the philosophy of measurement of the market view (PO1); the action theory of the mobilization view (PO2); the negative, constraining mode of the social control view (…
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- Vol. 48 no. 1, March 2009.pp. 60-87
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Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation, Goals, and Behavior: A Study of …
Corporate social responsibility orientation (CSRO) remains an important topic of researchers. However, one aspect of CSRO that has not been well researched is how it relates to behaviors and goals of managers. In this article, the authors explore that relationship, testing whether emphasis on a particular domain of social responsibility affects time spent dealing with specific stakeholder group…
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- Vol. 48 no. 1, March 2009.pp. 88-104
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Vices and Virtues of Corporate Political Activity: The Challenge of Internati…
The authors give a critical reading of the research interests of state-of-the-art corporate political activity (CPA) literature. They demonstrate that a noncritical tendency in the literature to view CPA as a strategic activity, aimed at making profit, may encourage firms to sociopathic behavior in their political activities. Using psychiatric literature, the authors explore the nature of socio…
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- Vol. 48 no. 1, March 2009.pp. 105-132
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Transparency in Global Environmental Governance: A Coming of Age?
This introductory article draws on the contributions to this special issue to consider the implications of a transparency turn in global environmental and sustainability governance. Three interrelated aspects are addressed: why transparency now? How is transparency being institutionalized? And what effects does it have? In analyzing the spread of transparency in governance, the article highligh…
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- Vol. 10, No. 3, August 2010. Pages 1-9
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