Corporate citizens and the UN Global Compact: explaining cross-national variations in turnout
Corporate citizens and the UN Global Compact: explaining cross-national variations in turnout
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企业公民和联合国全球契约：解释投票率的跨国差异
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2013
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1.8
通讯作者：
Marianne Thissen
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作者：
P. Bernhagen;Neil J. Mitchell;Marianne Thissen
社会责任行为中的企业和公共伙伴关系已成为全球治理的核心支柱，但这一支柱在不同国家的发展并不平衡。尽管商业运作具有跨国特征，但国家背景具有理论和政策意义。为了解释企业社会责任承诺的跨国差异，我们调查了鼓励企业参与联合国全球契约的政治条件。借鉴受自身利益和外部压力驱动的企业社会责任理论，我们研究了外部参与者的影响和当地特定的偏见动员。通过分析 145 个国家的参与水平，我们发现民主政权和反补贴团体对全球契约的参与与企业参与该计划的较高水平相关。与早期依赖较少国家数量的研究相反，我们没有发现任何证据表明一个国家与联合国的关系或环境利益的国内政治力量可以解释企业参与全球契约的跨国差异。
Business and public partnerships in socially responsible behavior have become a central pillar of global governance, but one that is unevenly developed in different countries. Despite the transnational character of business operations, national context is of theoretical as well as policy significance. To explain cross-country variation in corporate commitment to social responsibility we investigate the political conditions that encourage firms to participate in the United Nations Global Compact. Drawing on a theory of corporate social responsibility as motivated by self-interest and external pressure, we examine the influence of external actors and the locally specific mobilization of bias. Analyzing participation levels in 145 countries, we find that a democratic regime and Global Compact participation by countervailing groups are associated with higher levels of business participation in the program. Contrary to earlier studies relying on smaller numbers of countries, we find no evidence that a country's relationship with the UN or the domestic political strength of environmental interests account for cross-national variation in corporate engagement with the Global Compact.