CSR and the Politicization of Multinational Corporations: A Foucauldian Governmentality Framework

Assâad El Akremi () and Ines Douadi
Additional contact information
Assâad El Akremi: RH - CRM - Centre de Recherche en Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This paper scrutinizes an emerging political conception of CSR, and its power dynamics. By exploring CSR programs, this paper analyzes new micro-powers and their instrumentation by knowledge on CSR. We ground and contextualize these mechanisms by relying on a case study (75 interviews) of Shell Tunisia. First, this study identified different conditions associated with the politicization of Shell Tunisia. Second, the study highlighted that economic motives determined Shell Tunisia's social welfare initiatives, normally provided by the Tunisian State. Finally, this study revealed that the politicization of Shell Tunisia constituted a new regime of governmentality of the business and society relationship

Keywords: CSR; Governmentality; Power-Knowledge; "CSR"; "Governmentality"; " Power-Knowledge" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08-03
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Academy of Management Annual Meeting " The informal Economy", Aug 2012, Boston, United States. pp.2

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00743512

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().