Responsible Practices are Culturally Embedded: Theoretical Considerations on Industry-Specific Corporate Social Responsibility

Thomas Beschorner () and Thomas Hajduk ()
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Thomas Beschorner: University of St.Gallen
Thomas Hajduk: University of St.Gallen

Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, vol. 143, issue 4, No 1, 635-642

Abstract: Abstract In this introduction to the special issue of industry-specific corporate social responsibility (CSR), we develop our argument in three steps: Firstly, we elaborate on some theoretical perspectives for industry-specific CSR by referring to cultural business ethics, a theoretical approach which is located between purely business perspectives and purely normative perspectives on CSR. Secondly, we briefly introduce the papers of this special issue, which covers a wide range of theoretical approaches and empirical studies in the field of industry-specific CSR. Thirdly, we draw attention to shortcomings of an industry-specific approach and sketch some theoretical—but also empirically applicable—perspectives for further research that stress cross-sectoral perspectives based on societal needs.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Cultural business ethics; Cultural studies; Embeddedness; Industrial sectors; Stakeholders; Organizational fields (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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