Against CSR ? (www.mallenbaker.net)

Arguments against Corporate Social Responsibility
If the arguments against a socially responsible approach were widely accepted, nobody would even be talking CSR because everyone would be doing it. Those of us who spend our time marshalling the case for would do well to spend a little time hearing the case against, and considering what should be [...]

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Private equity vs CSR ( www.mallenbaker.net )

Private equity - Agents or destroyers of responsible business?

Article by Mallen Baker

It has entered the popular consciousness in some areas of debate around
corporate responsibility that there is a new breed of powerful
barbarian at the gates. Good, socially responsible companies are being
taken over by private equity vultures and stripped of assets and any
semblance of values for [...]

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Moral meltdowns

How to spot moral meltdowns in companies… Before it’s too late. Explanation of
the Seven Signs Of Ethical Collapse of Marianne Jennings. (2006)

 

What are the Seven Signs Of Ethical Collapse? Description
The Seven Signs Of Ethical Collapse from Professor of Legal and
Ethical Studies Marianne Jennings can
help boards, executives, employees, analysts and investors to evaluate
those company traits that, [...]

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Corporate Reputation Quotient (12MANAGE)

Measuring
corporate reputation by capturing the perceptions of stakeholder
groups. Explanation of Corporate Reputation Quotient of Harris-Fombrun.

The Corporate Reputation Quotient of Harris-Fombrun
is a comprehensive measuring method of corporate reputation that was
created specifically to capture the perceptions of any corporate
stakeholder [...]

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Crisis communications

 In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need crisis communications, because everything would go well and people would all be happy.

But the real world is untidy and chaotic, as the internal communications team at mobile phone maker Nokia have been [...]

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Sustainability reporting central

One of the best definitions of “corporate responsibility” I have come across is as follows:“Corporate responsibility is the basis on which business renegotiates and aligns the boundaries of its accountability.” (Source).
Business’ negotiating partners are governments and civil society at large. Accountability for who is responsible for positive and negative outcomes is [...]

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Stakeholder commitment

Normative approaches towards
stakeholder theory hold that:
Managers ought to pay attention to key stakeholder
relationships.
According to this perspective, managerial relationships with
stakeholders are based on normative, moral commitments. Rather than on a
desire to use those stakeholders solely to maximize profits. In short, a
firm establishes certain fundamental moral principles. These guide how
the company does business, in particular with respect [...]

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Strategic Stakeholder Management

Instrumental approaches towards stakeholder theory hold that:
To maximize shareholder value over an uncertain time frame, managers ought to pay attention to key stakeholder
relationships.
Firms have a stake in the behavior of their stakeholders. Prudent management of firms’ operating environments, including relationships [...]

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The Stakeholder Value Perspective

 
The Stakeholder Value Perspective (also: Stakeholder Values Perspective) emphasizes responsibility over
profitability and sees organizations primarily as coalitions which must serve all parties involved.

 
Stakeholder Value advocates believe that the success of an
organization should be measured by the satisfaction among all
stakeholders. And they see stakeholder management both as an end/purpose
and as a means. They [...]

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The Shareholder Value Perspective

Introduction
Over the last 200 years, the influence of business corporations on our society has grown quickly and tremendously. No wonder that the corporate purpose they should serve is discussed by many people with different backgrounds, including:

Academics in the fields of economics, law, political science and sociology,
Business ethics and philosophic scientists,
Political parties, labor unions, various communities, [...]

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