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A New Future for Business? Rethinking Management Theory and Business Strategy
In this introductory article, we discuss the need for a rethinking of the theoretical foundations of management and the practice of business strategy in view of a range of social, environmental and ethical challenges that highlight the limits of ‘business as usual’. Calls for a reconsideration of current approaches have come to the fore in the fields of management, accounting, marketing and fin…
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- Vol. 49 no. 3, September 2010.pp. 385-401
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Conceptions of the Business-Society-Nature Interface: Implications for Manage…
This article explores the implicit and explicit conceptions of the relationship between business, society, and nature that are evident in the management literature. The authors derive three conceptions, termed the disparate, intertwined, and embedded views, and consider how they relate to the economic, social, and environmental challenges of our time. It is argued that an embedded view is best…
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- Vol. 49 no. 3, September 2010.pp. 402-438
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Demystifying the Struggles of Private Sector Paradigmatic Change: Business as…
In this article, the author applies complex systems theory (CST) to help understand why, after 14 years of management scholar advocacy for a paradigmatic shift in management behavior, the field of management has been unable to move away from a technocentric paradigm. Using four principles of complex adaptive systems (CAS), the author shows that focusing exclusively on business behavior limits o…
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- Vol. 49 no. 3. September 2010. pp. 439-476
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Beyond Adaptation: Resilience for Business in Light of Climate Change and Wea…
Scientific findings forecast that one of the major consequences of human-induced climate change and global warming is a greater occurrence of extreme weather events with potentially catastrophic effects for organizations, industries, and society. Current management and adaptation approaches typically focus on economic factors of competition, such as technology and innovation. Although offering …
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- Vol. 49 no. 3, September 2010.pp. 477-511
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Beyond Corporate Environmental Management to a Consideration of Nature in Vis…
This article examines the potential for visionary small-enterprise to operate with a fundamentally different conception of nature from the environmental management mode offered within the business case for sustainable development. Corporate environmental management is critiqued for not offering any fundamental reassessment of the business—nature relationship, which would be required to achieve …
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- Vol. 49 no. 3, September 2010. pp. 512-547
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Review Essay: Disagreeing About the Climate
This review article reflects on the current controversy concerning climate change. The article does so through a review of Hulme’s book Why We Disagree About Climate Change . The article also considers the implications of the Stern Report.
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- Vol. 49 no. 3, September 2010. pp. 548-557
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Organizational Responses to Negative Evaluation by External Stakeholders: The…
The authors offer a framework based on the stakeholder, organizational identity, and strategic response literatures to specify how organizational identity influences an organization’s responses to negative evaluation in the public domain by external stakeholders. The framework proposes how the number of organizational identities possessed by an organization and the level of perceived organizati…
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- Vol. 48 no. 4, December 2009.pp. 438-466
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The Impact of External Monitoring and Public Reporting on Business Performanc…
This study examines the importance of external monitoring and public reporting on the performance of firms in the global apparel industry. By focusing on the relevance of company reputation in the global community, the authors examine financial performance and stock market reaction to the release of information describing the manufacturing practices of firms made available by a third-party moni…
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- Vol. 48 no. 4, December 2009.pp. 489-510
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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 world’s 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 China’s 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 firm’s 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 firm’s 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 firm—regulator 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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