Corporate Social Responsibility as Subsidiary Co-Responsibility: A Macroeconomic Perspective

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Abstract

Recent discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mainly focuses on two aspects of CSR: from a technical perspective, CSR aims to improve ethical standards in the organizational decision-making process, and should guarantee that management practices are in accordance with commonly accepted standards of behavior. From a political perspective, CSR describes corporate engagement with ecological and social issues that extend beyond the firm's economic activities. The latter perspective in particular leaves unclear whether such corporate contributions to solve environmental and societal problems should be seen as voluntary additional services or whether corporations bear specific duties in this field. Based on the tenet of subsidiarity derived from Catholic thought, this article emphasizes that the common interpretation of CSR should be extended by a third perspective that addresses corporations as intermediate actors bearing specific subsidiary co-responsibilities

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)115-128
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftJournal of Business Ethics
Jahrgang99
AusgabenummerNo. 1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Ieee 10.1007/s10551-011-0744-x
Scopus 79952071000

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Subsidiarity, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics