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The Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility The Rise of a Global Business Norm

:	Ursula Mühle
:	The Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility The Rise of a Global Business Norm
:	Campus Verlag
:	9783593409900
:	1
:	CHF 42.60
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:	Politik und Wirtschaft
:	English

:	368
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Die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen ist heute ein weltweites Thema. In den letzten Jahren gibt es hier viele globale Initiativen, etwa den UN Global Compact. Ursula Mühle zeigt, dass die Corporate Social Responsibility sich von einem politischen Regulierungsinstrument zu einer globalen Unternehmensnorm wandelt und Unternehmen zunehmend als politische Akteure verstanden werden müssen.

Ursula Mühle, Dr. phil., ist Geschäftsführerin der Graduiertenschule Graduate School of Information Science in Health (GSISH) der TU München.

	Contents	6
	Abstract	10
	Acknowledgements	12
	Part I – Introduction	14
	Chapter 1 The Global Institutionalization of CSR	16
	1.1 Questions and Hypotheses	19
	1.2 The Current State of CSR Research and First Suggestions	23
	1.3 A Norm Approach to CSR – Neo-Institutional Suggestions	27
	1.4 CSR – A Controversial Concept?	29
	1.5 The Scope of the Book	32
	Part II – Identifying and Theorizing CSR	36
	Chapter 2 The History and Current Situation of CSR	38
	2.1 What is CSR? Getting the Concepts Clear	38
	2.2 The Global Expansion of CSR	42
	2.3 CSR and Social Policy beyond the Nation-state	47
	2.4 Conclusion	54
	Chapter 3 World Society Actors and the Global Diffusion of World Cultural Models	56
	3.1 Agents and Actors in World Society	57
	3.2 The World Culture: Norms, Institutions and Models	64
	3.3 Diffusion Processes	68
	3.4 Conclusion	74
	Chapter 4 The Norm Cycle Model of CSR	76
	4.1 Dynamic Approaches to Institutionalization	76
	4.2 Definition: CSR as a Global Norm	79
	4.3 The Norm Cycle Model	81
	4.4 Conclusion: A Heuristic Model of CSR Development Business Involvement	89
	Part III – The Research Process	92
	Chapter 5 The Research Process	94
	5.1 Research Design	95
	5.2 The Role of Theory	97
	5.3 Data Collection	98
	5.4 Systematizing the Data: the CSR Text Corpus	110
	5.5 Data Analysis	112
	Part IV – Empirical Analysis and Theoretical Consideration	120
	Chapter 6 The Role of Business in the Organizational Field of CSR	122
	6.1 The Organizational Field of CSR and its Hubs – the UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative	124
	6.2 Business and CSR – Adopters and Actors	135
	6.3 Conclusion	165
	Chapter 7 The Role of Political Actors	168
	7.1 International Organizations (IOs)	169
	7.2 Regional Actors	196
	7.3 The States’ Involvement in CSR	199
	7.4 Conclusion	210
	Chapter 8 The Role of the Intermediate Sector	212
	8.1 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)	213
	8.2 Consulting and Services Agencies	232
	8.3 Science	254
	8.4 Conclusion	257
	Chapter 9 Modeling the Global Spread of CSR	260
	9.1 Causes	262
	9.2 Mechanisms	266
	9.3 Conditions	282
	9.4 Implications	288
	9.5 Conclusion	295
	Part V – Conclusion	298
	10.1 The Primary Results	300
	10.2 Contributions of the Study	306
	10.3 Critical Discussion	309
	10.4 Future Research Outlook	311
	References	314
	Literature	314
	Internet Sources	335
	Interviews	347
	Tables	350
	Figures	352
	Acronyms	353
	Index	356