Keeping the enemies close: The contribution of corporate social responsibility to reducing crime against the firm

Barbara Del Bosco and Nicola Misani

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2011, vol. 27, issue 1, 87-98

Abstract: Summary We explore how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can contribute to the security of the firm, looking at the mechanisms that can help a socially responsible firm to achieve outcomes - such as firm legitimacy, stakeholder satisfaction, and perception of fairness - that can be useful in reducing crimes. We suggest that these outcomes impact on the motivation of potential offenders to act or make it more difficult for them to justify their illegal intentions; the same outcomes of CSR also influence stakeholders who do not participate in crime but can develop attitudes and behaviours that restrict opportunities for criminal action by potential offenders. We also suggest that these crime-reducing effects of CSR vary according to whether the offenders belong to a legitimate stakeholder category or not, and according to the legitimate or non-legitimate nature of the claim they advance through their illegal actions.

Keywords: Corporate; security; Crime; Stakeholder; theory; Corporate; social; responsibility; Legitimacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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