scholarly journals How can employment relations in global value networks be managed towards social responsibility?

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 1640-1665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Helfen ◽  
Elke Schüßler ◽  
Jörg Sydow
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Network Management ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Interorganizational Network ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Value Networks ◽  
Management Perspective

Ensuring social responsibility is a continued challenge in value creation processes that are globally dispersed among multiple organizations. We use the literature on interorganizational network management to shed new light on the question of how employment relations can be managed more responsibly in global value networks (GVNs). In contrast to the structure-oriented global value chain perspective, a network management perspective highlights the practices by which employment relations can be addressed in the context of plural forms of network governance. Using examples of GVNs in the automotive and garment industries, we illustrate how the network management practices of selecting, allocating, regulating and evaluating can enable lead firms and suppliers to effectively deal with social responsibility challenges on the level of whole networks. We also discuss how network management practices can handle field-level and firm-level constraints for the management of multi-employer relations in GVNs.

Do Corporate Social Responsibility Engagements Lead to Real Environmental, Social, and Governance Impact?

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 2564-2588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Di (Andrew) Wu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Striking Difference ◽  
Private Firms ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Corporate Social

We construct an event-based outcome measure of firm-level environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact for public and private firms globally from 2007 to 2015 using data from RepRisk. Then we measure the societal impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagements using participation in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) as a proxy. We demonstrate a robust and striking difference between public and private firms: whereas private firms significantly reduce their negative ESG incident levels after UNGC engagements, public firms fail to do so and are more likely to engage in decoupled CSR actions—actions with no subsequent real impact. We then conduct a series of in-depth analyses to examine possible economic mechanisms. Our results are most consistent with shareholder–stakeholder conflicts of interest being the main moderator of decoupling. The intensity of this conflict is further moderated by three factors: ownership type, proximity to final consumers on the value chain, and specific ESG incident types. Other possible mechanisms, such as selective entry into UNGC and heterogeneities in media exposure, country representation, and entry timing, do not survive our analysis. Our results suggest that existing CSR engagements and one-size-fits-all CSR policy mandates might not necessarily lead to better societal outcomes, and a multi-tiered policy targeting different ownership and industry types might be more efficient at maximizing ex post ESG benefits.

Corporate social responsibility reporting and stakeholder management in an emerging market: Perspective of CSR executives

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-81
Author(s):  
Amy Bonuedi ◽  
Daniel Frimpong Ofori ◽  
Samuel Nana Yaw Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and stakeholder management practices are influenced by contextual issues (Abreu, Castro, Soares, & Filho, 2012; Tilt, 2016). This current study examines the CSR reporting and stakeholder management practices, focusing on the perspective of CSR executives in the context of a developing country. A qualitative methodological approach was used for the study, where CSR executives of firms on the Ghana Club 100 (GC 100) from 2010-2012 were interviewed. Information published in annual reports and websites of firms were also analysed. Findings show annual reports are the popular channels for CSR reporting. However, some multinational firms used both annual reports and standalone CSR reports because it is mandatory. The study established that CSR reports are used in correcting negative perceptions and stakeholder scepticism. However, the expected positive interplay between CSR reporting and stakeholder management does not hold for all groups of stakeholders. There is also very little information on the existence of mechanisms that promote the implementation of stakeholder management policies at the firm-level

Incidence of Stakeholders in the corporate social responsibility of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises of Santa Marta

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (62) ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Guillen León ◽  
Sergio Afcha
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The City

This article analyses the perception and application of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in a sample of 499 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the city of Santa Marta (Colombia) following the theory of Stakeholders. Specifically, the interdependence technique of exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the most influential Stakeholders in the execution of CSR practices. It was found that Stakeholders related to the value chain, the environment and corporate management favour social responsibility actions in local MSMEs. In contrast, community and government have less influence on the development of social responsibility practices in MSMEs. Additionally, it was found that the size of the business acts as an important moderator of the development of the CSR. Given that there is a distinctive influence of Stakeholders in the development of responsible practices in the MSMEs of Santa Marta, it is suggested that comprehensive training programs on social responsibility be promoted in smaller companies.

Intervention by Outsiders: A Strategic Management Perspective on Government Industrial Policy

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romano Dyerson ◽  
Frank Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
British Experience ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTAs the debate throughout the eighties has concluded, the efforts of governments to intervene at the firm level has largely been disappointing. Using two examples drawn from the British experience, Rover and Inmos, this paper offers an analysis as to why the Government has encountered difficulties when it has sought to intervene in a strategic fashion. Essentially, public policy makers lack adequate mechanisms to intervene effectively in technology-based companies. Locked out of the knowledge base of the firm, inappropriate financial control is imposed which reinforces the ‘outsider’ status of the Government. Having addressed the limitations of strategic intervention, the paper, drawing on the comparative experience of other countries, then goes on to address how this policy boundary might be pushed back in the long term.

scholarly journals Bringing the Law Back in the Law-Government Nexus in an Era of Network Governance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Zouridis ◽  
Vera Leijtens
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Law

Abstract Recently, scholars have claimed that public management theory has too much ignored law. Consequently, the under-legalized conception of public management has produced a flawed understanding of public management theory as well as public management practices, threatening public institutions’ legitimacy. In this article, we argue that law never left public management theory. Rather, the link between government and law has been redefined twice. We refer to the assumptions that constitute this link as the law-government nexus. This nexus changed from lawfulness in a public administration paradigm, to legal instrumentalism in a (new) public management paradigm, and to a networked concept in the public governance (PG) paradigm. In order to prevent a faulty over-legalized conception of public management, bringing the law back in should be built on lessons from the past. This article elaborates on three strategies to reconnect law and public management. We map the strengths and weaknesses of each law-government nexus and illustrate these with the case of the Dutch tax agency. In our strategies that aim to reconceptualize the current law-government nexus, we incorporate the benefits of each paradigm for public management theory. The revised law-governance nexus enables the PG paradigm to correspond to contemporary issues without encountering old pathologies.

Impact of corporate social responsibility intensity on firm-specific risk and innovation: evidence from Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Megumi Suto ◽  
Hitoshi Takehara
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Idiosyncratic Risk ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Specific Risk ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate investors’ perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its risk-mitigating effects on firm-level innovation in Japan from 2006 to 2017. The authors examine the influence of CSR intensity on firm-specific risks, focusing on the risk-moderating effect of CSR on innovation. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a simple slope analysis and panel data regressions with input and output innovation measures and idiosyncratic risk based on an asset-pricing model. Findings The results demonstrate that CSR intensity not only reduces firm-specific risk directly but also indirectly by negatively moderating the relationship between firm-level innovation and idiosyncratic risk. Research limitations/implications Signaling trust to capital markets, CSR engagements in the manufacturing industry are clearly important for innovative firms with active research and development undertakings. Practical implications Corporate managers should further expand their efforts to make non-financial disclosures available, considering the interactions between CSR intensity and research and development financial risk. Originality/value In the context of Japanese firms, this study demonstrates the interaction between CSR practices and innovation activities from the perspective of long-term management of corporate sustainability.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Tanggung Jawab Sosial Terhadap Manajemen Laba dengan Kepemilikan Keluarga sebagai Pemoderasi

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 92-107
Author(s):  
Sukma Mardaning Poncowati ◽  
Supatmi Supatmi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Earning Management ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Earning management practices are one of the many things that management can do in achieving company’s goals or management’s personal goals. Through earning management, the company can convey positive signals about the value and achievement of the company to the public. This study aimed to determine out how the impact of environmental aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility on earning management with family ownership as a moderation of causal relationships. This research was conducted at manufacturing companies in the consumer goods industry sector on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018-2019. The sample selection in this study used purposive sampling method and obtained 43 sample companies using panel data regression analysis techniques for hypothesis testing and processed using Eviews 10. The results of this study indicate that the environmental aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility have a significant negative effect on firm value and risk management is proven to moderate partially the causal relationship.  ABSTRAK Praktik manajemen laba merupakan satu dari banyak hal yang dapat dilakukan manajemen dalam mencapai tujuan perusahaan maupun tujuan pribadi manajemen. Melalui manajemen laba, perusahaan dapat menyampaikan sinyal-sinyal positif tentang nilai dan pencapaian perusahaan kepada publik. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh tanggung jawab sosial aspek lingkungan terhadap manajemen laba dengan kepemilikan keluarga sebagai moderasi hubungan kausal tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada perusahaan manufaktur sektor barang dan konsumsi yang terdaftar dalam Bursa Efek Indonesia pada tahun 2018-2019. Pemilihan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode purposive sampling dan diperoleh 43 perusahaan sampel dengan menggunakan teknis analisis regresi data panel untuk pengujian hipotesis dan diolah menggunakan Eviews 10. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan tanggung jawab sosial aspek lingkungan berpengaruh negatif terhadap manajemen laba dan kepemilikan keluarga terbukti momedari secara parsial hubungan kausal tersebut.

The intellectual capital needs of a transitioning economy

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan O'Connor ◽  
Kai Du ◽  
Göran Roos
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Industry Sectors

Purpose – Developed economies with high-cost environments face industrial transitions from scale-based manufacturing (MAN) to knowledge, technology and intangible asset-based sectors. The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in employment and value-adding profiles of transitioning industry sectors in Australia and discuss the implications for policy that influences the intellectual capital (IC) profile of industrial sectors in transition. Design/methodology/approach – The approach borrowed concepts from the firm-level strategic management literature and applied them to a macro level of industry analysis. In this paper the authors examine the transitions in the Australian economy which, due to a rising cost base, is experiencing a decline in its value chain-oriented MAN sector. The authors contrast four industry sectors with the MAN sector and examine the different value creation models. Findings – The findings clearly show how the contribution to employment and value added (termed Economic Value Contribution ) of the different sectors vary. The authors extend these findings to a discussion on policy and the dimensions of IC that may have a role to play in facilitating transitions within an economy. The main conclusion is that a more rapid transition and higher value may be created if innovation and entrepreneurship are facilitated by targeted policies in transitioning sector. Research limitations/implications – This work is based on a single country analysis of selected industry sectors. Further work needs to be done across many more countries to contrast the findings across nations/regions that differ in industrial complexity and to refine the analytical framework to improve construct validity and increase analytical power. Practical implications – This work has implications for policy-makers facing the challenges of a transitioning economy, whether national or regional. Governments that are hands-on with respect to interventions to salvage and/or extend the life of sectors are at risk of missing opportunities to build the capacities and capabilities of emerging sectors while those governments that are hands-off, deferring to market mechanisms, risk transitions that are too little and/or too late to maintain a national or regional competitiveness. Originality/value – To the authors knowledge, this is the first attempt to integrate the specific firm-level strategic management perspectives, used in this paper, with the macro-policy level to examine industry sectors with the twin metrics of economic productivity and employment in transitioning economies.

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