RT Article
T1 Dynamics of Stakeholders’ Implications in the Institutionalization of the CSR Field in France and in the United States
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 115
IS 1
SP 115
OP 133
A1 Avetisyan, Emma
A1 Ferrary, Michel
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178564789X
AB This study supports the idea that fields form around issues, and describes the roles of various stakeholders in the structuring, shaping, and legitimating of the emerging field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A model of the institutional history of the CSR field is outlined, of which a key stage is the appearance of CSR rating agencies as the significant players and Institutional Entrepreneurs of the field. We show to which extent the creation and further development of CSR rating agencies, and the activism of other significant stakeholders of the field (typically portrayed as “standard setters” and “regulatory agents”), contribute to the institutionalization of CSR. With this in mind, among various stakeholders that legitimate the field of CSR, we present the efforts of global and local stakeholders such as the European Union, the United Nations, the International Organization for Standardization, and governments and their interactions. We suggest that the different paths of CSR development and institutionalization in France and in the United States depend on the nature of local and global stakeholders’ involvement in this process and their interactions.
K1 Stakeholder Theory
K1 Institutional Theory
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility rating agencies
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility
DO 10.1007/s10551-012-1386-3