Assessing the Legitimacy of Corporate Political Activity: Uber and the Quest for Responsible Innovation

Gastón de los Reyes () and Markus Scholz ()
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Gastón de los Reyes: Glasgow Caledonian New York College
Markus Scholz: Vienna University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, AT

Journal of Business Ethics, 2023, vol. 184, issue 1, No 4, 69 pages

Abstract: Abstract Building on literature in political CSR and corporate political activity (CPA) as well as responsible innovation and responsible lobbying, we introduce a framework to assess the legitimacy status of corporate political activity. We focus on the fact that companies frequently face sharp regulatory backlash after penetrating markets with their innovations. In response to regulatory backlash, big tech companies often employ an arsenal of corporate political activities to (re-)shape national and local regulatory environments, which raises the important questions about the legitimacy of CPA tactics that we address. To develop and apply this framework, we briefly survey and then assess Uber’s corporate political activities in its 2015 New York City political campaign.

Keywords: Political CSR; Corporate political activity; Responsible innovation; Responsible lobbying (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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