(Re)discovering the social responsibility of business in Germany

Ariane Berthoin Antal, Maria Oppen and André Sobczak ()
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Ariane Berthoin Antal: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School
Maria Oppen: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
André Sobczak: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School

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Abstract: The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a relatively recent addition to the agenda in Germany, although the country has a long history of companies practicing social responsibilities. The expectations of society had remained stable for many years, encapsulated in laws, societal norms, and industrial relations agreements. But the past decade has seen significant changes in Germany, challenging established ways of treating the role of business in society. This contribution reviews and illustrates the development of diverse forms of social responsibility in German corporations and analyzes how actors in business and society can build on traditional strengths to find new institutional arrangements for sharing tasks and responsibilities in the interests of achieving a better balance between societal, economic, and environmental needs.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; Business ethics; Germany; Global responsibility; Intentional experimentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Journal of Business Ethics, 2009, 89 (supp.3), pp.285-301. ⟨10.1007/s10551-010-0390-8⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0390-8

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