The Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility

Die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen ist heute ein weltweites Thema. In den letzten Jahren gibt es hier viele globale Initiativen, etwa den UN Global Compact. Ursula Mühle zeigt, dass die Corporate Social Responsibility sich von einem politischen Regulierungsinstrument zu einer globalen Unternehmensnorm wandelt und Unternehmen zunehmend als politische Akteure verstanden werden müssen.

Autorentext

Ursula Mühle, Dr. phil., ist Geschäftsführerin der Graduiertenschule Graduate School of Information Science in Health (GSISH) der TU München.

Inhalt

Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgements

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Global Institutionalization of CSR
1.1 Questions and Hypotheses
1.2 The Current State of CSR Research and First Suggestions
1.3 A Norm Approach to CSR - Neo-Institutional Suggestions
1.4 CSR - A Controversial Concept?
1.5 The Scope of the Book

Part II: Identifying and Theorizing CSR

Chapter 2: The History and Current Situation of CSR
2.1 What is CSR? Getting the Concepts Clear
2.2 The Global Expansion of CSR
2.3 CSR and Social Policy Beyond the Nation-state
2.4 Conclusion

Chapter 3: World Society Actors and the Global Diffusion of World Cultural Models
3.1 Agents and Actors in World Society
3.2 The World Culture: Norms, Institutions and Models
3.3 Diffusion Processes
3.4 Conclusion

Chapter 4: The Norm Cycle Model of CSR
4.1 Dynamic Approaches to Institutionalization
4.2 Definition: CSR as a Global Norm
4.3 The Norm Cycle Model
4.4 Conclusion: A Heuristic Model of CSR Development and Business Involvement

Part III: The Research Process

Chapter 5: The Research Process
5.1 Research Design
5.2 The Role of Theory
5.3 Data Collection
5.4 Systematizing the Data: the CSR Text Corpus
5.5 Data Analysis
5.6 Conclusion

Part IV: Empirical Analysis and Theoretical Considerations

Chapter 6: The Role of Business in the Organizational Field of CSR
6.1 The Organizational Field of CSR and its Hubs - the UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative
6.2 Business and CSR - Adopters and Actors
6.3 Conclusion

Chapter 7: The Role of Political Actors
7.1 International Organizations (IOs)
7.2 Regional Actors
7.3 The States' Involvement in CSR
7.4 Conclusion

Chapter 8: The Role of the Intermediate Sector
8.1 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
8.2 Consulting and Services Agencies
8.3 Science
8.4 Conclusion

Chapter 9: Modeling the Global Spread of CSR
9.1 Causes
9.2 Mechanisms
9.3 Conditions
9.4 Implications
9.5 Conclusion

Part V: Conclusion

Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Social Responsibility of Business in the World Society
10.1 The Primary Results
10.2 Contributions of the Study
10.3 Critical Discussion
10.4 Future Research Outlook

References
Literature
Internet Sources
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Acronyms
Index