Managerial Sources of Corporate Social Responsibility - The Spread of Global Standards

Drawing on transaction cost economics, Christian R. Thauer argues for the importance of internal drivers of corporate social responsibility.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of internal drivers of corporate social responsibility; 3. Corporate social responsibility: an inside-view approach and perspective; 4. Internal driver 1: the human resources dilemma; 5. Internal drivers 2 and 3: the technological specialization and foreign direct investment dilemmas; 6. Internal driver 4: the brand reputation dilemma; 7. Conclusion: internal drivers, corporate social responsibility and the spread of global standards.

About the author

Christian R. Thauer is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Freie Universität Berlin and Visiting Fellow at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy (ISA-IPE) Best Dissertation Prize 2010–11 for his award-winning thesis.

Summary

Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian R. Thauer argues for the importance of internal drivers of corporate social responsibility and suggests a transaction cost economics-based explanation, using examples from firms in the automotive and textile industries in South Africa and China.

Product details

• Authors: Christian R Thauer, Christian R. Thauer, Christian R. (Freie Universitat Berlin) Thauer, Thauer Christian R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107651906
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65190-6
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Business and Public Policy; Business and Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Economics, Business and Management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Business & management, Finance & accounting, Industry & industrial studies, Industry and industrial studies, Finance and accounting