Institutional mirror versus substitute: How regulations affect explicit CSR motivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 15588
Author(s):  
Anna Jasinenko ◽  
Steven Brieger ◽  
Patrick Haack
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Csr

Business News Framing of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States and the United Kingdom: Insights From the Implicit and Explicit CSR Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Ho Lee ◽  
Daniel Riffe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
The United States ◽  
News Framing ◽  
Business News ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Explicit Csr ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

This study aims to contribute to the understanding of business news coverage of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within a comparative international context by investigating two business newspapers, The Wall Street Journal from the United States and The Financial Times from the United Kingdom. Drawing on the news framing research and the implicit and explicit CSR framework of Matten and Moon, this content analysis shows that business news coverage of CSR in the United States and in the United Kingdom differs in terms of news framing (thematic vs. episodic), motive attributions of CSR as a concept, motive attributions of referenced companies in relation to CSR, general tone toward the concept of CSR, and the general tone toward referenced companies in relation to CSR. Most significantly, findings suggest that business news plays different roles in constructing and legitimizing CSR in the two countries. In the United States, CSR’s legitimacy and its conceptual positivity may be more implied through the coverage of singular events or actors (episodic framing), whereas in the United Kingdom, CSR’s illegitimacy and its conceptual negativity may be more exposed for further discussion through the coverage of larger societal contexts (thematic framing). Other theoretical as well as practical implications are also discussed.

CSR in Afghanistan: a global CSR agenda in areas of limited statehood

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Azizi ◽  
Dima Jamali
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Explicit Csr ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the emergence of CSR in Afghanistan as a novel context in the South-Asian CSR debate. Design/methodology/approach – The findings of the paper are based on case studies of four corporations in the Afghan mobile telecommunications industry. Multiple sources of qualitative data are coded according to the analytical framework of the paper to generate the findings. Findings – The findings highlight that the Afghan national setting can be conceptualised as an “area of limited statehood” indicating the weak national institutional setting, which enables space for manoeuvring for non-state actors to play a pivotal role in business-society relations. The paper highlights that the CSR practices are driven by the multi-level organisational field that through a unique blend of global coercive, mimetic and normative pressures lead to convergence around explicit CSR themes. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on CSR practices that are explicitly stated and do not include informal and/or implicit business-society practices in such contexts. Originality/value – This paper combines the literature on areas of limited statehood and the neo-institutional theory to explain the emergence of CSR the Afghan mobile telecommunications industry. The paper advocates for a shift from a national setting focus to a multi-level institutional field lens in providing contextualised explanation of the emergence of CSR in developing countries.

A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. CSR Strategic Alliances, CSR Reporting, and CSR Performance: Insights into Implicit–Explicit CSR

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Thorne ◽  
Lois S. Mahoney ◽  
Kristen Gregory ◽  
Susan Convery
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Explicit Csr

scholarly journals Professionalization and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study on German and US Job Requirements in CSR

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110543
Author(s):  
Diana Benzinger ◽  
Michael Muller-Camen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The Us ◽  
Explicit Csr ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Cross National

Given the steady interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR), this study explores the process of professionalization of CSR. Drawing upon the literature on ‘organizational’ professionals, explicit and implicit CSR, as well as varieties of capitalism, professionalization of CSR is explored in order to trace processes of explicitization and potential cross-national differences between the United States and Germany. In a comparative longitudinal study, we analyse job announcements in the field of CSR and find that although the hybridity of explicit and implicit CSR between the US and Germany is starting to unfold, job characteristics and job requirements in CSR in Germany and the US are still not the same. Our results suggest there is a more distinct trend in professionalization in the US than in Germany in terms of the manifestation of explicit CSR and that the institutional context is linked to how employers drive professionalization processes in non-traditional professions.

Corporate social responsibility of Islamic and conventional banks

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Aracil
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
Explicit Csr ◽  
Corporate Social

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare the sustainability practices of Islamic and conventional banks, with the aim of evaluating whether their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies converge or diverge in response to formal and informal institutions in an emerging country.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on institutional theory, this study contextualizes the competitive scenario through the National Business System (NBS) framework, and showcases the CSR strategies employed by large conventional and Islamic banks in Turkey. CSR patterns are examined from different angles such as motivations, strategy, actions and institutional results.FindingsWithin the same institutional environment, Islamic and non-Islamic banks combine convergent and divergent models to accommodate institutional realities in their CSR policies. Islamic banks exhibit an implicit commitment to CSR that is mostly based on informal institutions, whereas conventional banks use explicit CSR strategies as a means to fill the voids in formal institutions. In addition, philanthropy-oriented CSR prevails in Islamic banks, as opposed to the CSR actions associated with core business that are followed by conventional banks.Social implicationsAn increased focus on formal institutions and explicit CSR actions by Islamic banks may further contribute to social well-being in emerging countries.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the paucity of research, from an institutional perspective, related to CSR practices amongst Islamic and conventional banks in emerging countries.

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