Why would corporations behave in socially responsible ways? An institutional theory of corporate social responsibility

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Campbell, John L.
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 946-967
• 关键词: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; Stakeholder theory; UNITED-STATES; governance; ORGANIZATIONS; PERSPECTIVE; management; movements; Europe; POLICY

摘要

I offer an institutional theory of corporate social responsibility consisting of a series of propositions specifying the conditions under which corporations are likely to behave in socially responsible ways. I argue that the relationship between basic economic conditions and corporate behavior is mediated by several institutional conditions: public and private regulation, the presence of nongovernmental and other independent organizations that monitor corporate behavior. institutionalized norms regarding appropriate corporate behavior, associative behavior among corporations themselves, and organized dialogues among corporations and their stakeholders.