scholarly journals The relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitiveness: proposition of a theoretical model moderated by participation in global value chains

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 722-739
Author(s):  
Mary de Melo ◽  
Roberta Pião ◽  
Willerson Campos-Silva ◽  
José Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Corporate social responsibility: A supplier-centered perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1700-1709
Author(s):  
Peter Lund-Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Global South ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Global North ◽  
Corporate Social

This article develops a supplier-centered approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global value chains (GVCs) by answering the research question: why are suppliers in the Global South that are integrated into GVCs often highly skeptical of CSR? As CSR constitutes a vague and contested term, we undertake a short review of some of the most dominant CSR conceptions that have emerged in the last 20 years. We argue that these CSR definitions are often framed and promoted by key actors in the Global North, the home of many lead firms, in ways that overlook the unique challenges and broader circumstances faced by suppliers and countries in the Global South. We conclude by combining the key considerations of local suppliers in a more consolidated supplier perspective on CSR in GVCs.

Corporate Governance and Organizational Social Responsibility: discussion about the Multilatinas case

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (71) ◽  
pp. e2310975
Author(s):  
Carlos Tello-Castrillón
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the relationship between Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (or Organizational Social Responsibility). To this end, the document is based on a case study about a Colombian long-tradition firm known as Organización Carvajal, which has extended its activity all over Latin America. The case study covers the period 2008-2015, between the arrival of a non-family CEO to the last year containing enough information about the subject at the research time. The relationship between the Corporate Governance and the Organizational Social Responsibility is studied based on a model that considers the interest of the majority-owners-block-family and CEO about the firm outlays for the Organizational Social Responsibility. The presentation is built as follows: first, central issues of the disciplinary context are shown. They are centered on placing the Corporate Governance-Organizational Social Responsibility relationship in Multilatinas among the organizational discussion. Second, the literature review explains the conceptual frame to visualize both the relationship mentioned above and the fieldwork. This part sets the theoretical model used as a referent. Finally, the case is described, discussed and the conclusions incorporated. The findings suggest that the CEO – owner agency problem in this Multilatina is not significant enough to become the main reason to alter the relationship between Corporate Governance and Organizational Social Responsibility.

Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains

2017 ◽  
pp. 241-257
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hassan ◽  
Peter Lund-Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Governance Processes

In this chapter, we make a contribution to the literature on corporate social responsibility in global value chains that link dispersed consumers and importers in developed countries with local manufacturers, workers, and communities in developing countries. We create an integrated analytical framework and a methodology that can guide master-level and Ph.D. students as well as practitioners on how they may map the governance processes through which multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in global value chains are formulated, implemented, monitored as well as the impact that MSI standards have on the work conditions of those laboring at the base of global value chains. We use a stylized case study of fair trade in the football manufacturing industry in Pakistan to illustrate how the framework and the methodology might be applied to the empirical analysis of MSI governance processes and their impacts on workers' conditions in export-oriented industries in the South.

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