"Responsible Care" and Sustainable Management: The Reciprocal Influence of Society - Management Practices

Nicolas Berland and Marie-Claire Loison ()
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Nicolas Berland: DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Marie-Claire Loison: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: Chemical industry's managers have developed since mid-1970' a management and prevention risk policy named "Responsible Care". This policy was a first draft for a sustainable management even if these two concepts were not exactly synonymous. Through genealogy of this practice and its use in a large French chemical company, this paper asserts that, contrary to the common wisdom developed in research, companies don't simply react to stakeholders' pressures. Companies develop autonomously ways to protect their environment and so they contribute to change society expectations. A theoretical framework adapted from Hopwood, Miller and Giddens' works is used to explain phenomenon we could observe.

Keywords: interactionism; social context; monitoring; sustainable development; interactionnisme; influences sociales; pilotage; développement durable; Responsible care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03
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Published in 29ème congrès annuel de l'EAA, Mar 2006, Dublin, Ireland

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