One vision, different paths: an investigation of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Europe

Maon, François, Swaen, Valérie and Lindgreen, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-7350 2017. One vision, different paths: an investigation of corporate social responsibility initiatives in Europe. Journal of Business Ethics 143 , pp. 405-422. 10.1007/s10551-015-2810-2

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Abstract

This comparative study explores 499 corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives implemented by 178 corporations in five distinct, institutionally consistent European clusters. This study provides an empirically grounded response to calls to develop comprehensive, nuanced pictures of CSR in the composite European business environment. In so doing, the article stresses three distinct, non-exclusive approaches that characterize the embedding of CSR considerations in corporations’ strategies across Europe and the CSR challenges for corporations operating in different socio-political contexts. Furthermore, the study reaffirms the CSR notion as a contextualized concept, shaped by socio-political drivers, and contributes by bridging macro-level, socio-political facets of CSR with its meso-level, organizational implications.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Corporate social responsibility Sustainability Stakeholder management Comparative analysis Europe
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Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0167-4544
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	3 August 2015
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 14:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/75562

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