The Managerial Sources of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Spread of Global Standards - Couverture rigide

Thauer, Christian R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1107066530 ISBN 13 : 9781107066533

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian R. Thauer looks inside the firm to illustrate the internal drivers of the social conduct of business. He argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) assists decision-makers to resolve managerial dilemmas. Drawing on transaction cost economics, he asks why and which dilemmas bring CSR to the fore. In this context he describes a managerial dilemma as a situation where the execution of management's decisions transforms the mode of cooperation within the organization from a hierarchy to one in which managers become dependent on, and vulnerable to, the behavior of subordinates. Thauer provides empirical illustration of his theory by examining automotive and textile factories in South Africa and China. Thauer demonstrates that CSR is often driven by internal management problems rather than by the external pressures that corporations confront.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christian R. Thauer is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Freie Universität Berlin and Visiting Fellow at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy (ISA-IPE) Best Dissertation Prize 2010–11 for his award-winning thesis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107066530
• ISBN 13: 9781107066533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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