Mightier than the Sword

2019 ◽  
pp. 571-604
Author(s):  
Theodore L. Waldron ◽  
Chad Navis ◽  
Gideon D. Markman
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Cognitive Structures ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Inappropriate Behaviors ◽  
Managerial Perception ◽  
Activist Organizations

This chapter examines how, as activist organizations pressure firms to act in more socially responsible ways, the activists influence managers’ perceptions of their firms’ existing practices. We conduct two studies to explain how, using rhetoric, activists attempt to convince managers that their firms’ practices constitute inappropriate behaviors. The first study discerns the types and functions of the rhetorical strategies used by activists, and the second study discerns the sequence, interplay, and implications of these strategies when used during activists’ campaigns in industries. Our findings indicate that activists enact three rhetorical strategies through an intricate process, the essence of which involves using managers’ own cognitive structures to problematize their firms’ practices. Overall, by specifying activists’ methods for facilitating managerial perception change, we enrich interdisciplinary research on activism in industries.

The Rhetoric of Restraint: The Struggle for Legitimacy of the Dutch Temporary Work Agency Industry, 1961–1996

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-600
Author(s):  
Bas Koene ◽  
Hugo van Driel
Keyword(s):  
Trade Association ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Temporary Work ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Post War ◽  
Temporary Work Agencies ◽  
Core Message

In many countries governments and labor unions have contested the post-war rise of temporary agency work, arguing that this innovation infringed on workers' rights and security. We investigate the rhetorical strategies used by Dutch temporary work agencies (TWAs) to gain legitimacy for their business between 1961 and 1996. Our conclusion is that the TWAs' trade association ABU developed a sophisticated rhetoric of “self-restraint” to legitimize the deployment of a non-standard labor arrangement. The core message was that – if applied properly - agency work did not threaten permanent employment. The complexity of the inclusive nature of this rhetorical approach, aiming to acknowledge the concerns of multiple stakeholders, was reflected in ABU's difficulty in aligning its claims of socially responsible behavior with an effective defense of the sector's economic interests. Still, the consistent focus on restraint lent credibility to the claimed function of “allocating” workers to their jobs that eventually gained the TWA industry fundamental acceptance as a responsible labor market actor.

scholarly journals 2017 Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Lecture: why philosophy of science matters to science

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-367
Author(s):  
Michela Massimi
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Speak Up

In an era where science is increasingly specialized, what is the value of interdisciplinary research? I argue that research across disciplinary boundaries plays a pivotal role in scientific inquiry, and it has a threefold value: it is exploratory ; it is unifying ; and it offers critical engagement . Philosophy of science is an interesting example of interdisciplinary research at the junction between the sciences and the humanities. What good can philosophy of science do for science? Despite anecdotal reports to the contrary, philosophy of science can in fact do important work for science. When it comes to critical engagement, I highlight what I call the social function of philosophy of science and I illustrate it with three examples taken from contemporary debates about evidence, progress and truth in science. A socially responsible philosophy of science—which is not afraid to speak up for evidence, progress and truth in science—best serves the needs of science in a tolerant, pluralist and democratic society.

Determining the managerial perception on triple bottom line performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Munjal ◽  
Deergha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bank Managers ◽  
Managerial Perception ◽  
Social And Environmental Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine managerial perception on social and environmental performance and its effect on financial performance in the Indian banking industry. In addition, the study tests moderating role of gender and experience of bank managers in influencing the association between the constructs. Design/methodology/approach The empirical study is conducted using survey methodology. Responses were collected from 182 bank managers covering the private sector, public sector, foreign, regional rural and cooperative banks. Structural equation modelling technique was used to test hypothesized relationships between the constructs using Smart partial least squares software (3.3.2 version). Findings Results of the study endorse the stakeholder perspective. Bank managers perceive that involvement in socially responsible practices strengthens the relationship between stakeholders and banks, which eventually improves financial performance. Conversely, results indicate that environmental practices by banks do not influence financial performance, thereby sustaining shareholder perspective. Further, results suggest that gender and experience of bank managers are not effective moderators in determining the relationship between the constructs. Practical implications Findings would be valuable for investors to better assimilate social and environmental performance along with its effect on the financial performance of banks. The study would also facilitate policymakers and regulators to outline pertinent policies and rules to uphold financial strength and integrity in the banking industry. Further, bank managers’ perception would have a marked influence on customers’ understanding of social and environmental activities that might shape customer satisfaction, trust, engagement and loyalty. Originality/value The study underscores the eminence of endorsing socially responsible practices in the banks. This would facilitate in improving the sustainability in the Indian banking industry.

The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise S. Dan-Glauser ◽  
Klaus R. Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
French Translation ◽  
French Version ◽  
Inappropriate Behaviors ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Instrument Measuring ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Psychopathological Disorders

Successful emotion regulation is a key aspect of efficient social functioning and personal well-being. Difficulties in emotion regulation lead to relationship impairments and are presumed to be involved in the onset and maintenance of some psychopathological disorders as well as inappropriate behaviors. Gratz and Roemer (2004 ) developed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), a comprehensive instrument measuring emotion regulation problems that encompasses several dimensions on which difficulties can occur. The aim of the present work was to develop a French translation of this scale and to provide an initial validation of this instrument. The French version was created using translation and backtranslation procedures and was tested on 455 healthy students. Congruence between the original and the translated scales was .98 (Tucker’s phi) and internal consistency of the translation reached .92 (Cronbach’s α). Moreover, test-retest scores were highly correlated. Altogether, the initial validation of the French version of the DERS (DERS-F) offers satisfactory results and permits the use of this instrument to map difficulties in emotion regulation in both clinical and research contexts.

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