Legitimating Business Activities Using Corporate Social Responsibility: Is there a Need for CSR in Agribusiness?
Legitimating Business Activities Using Corporate Social Responsibility: Is there a Need for CSR in Agribusiness?
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利用企业社会责任使商业活动合法化:农业企业是否需要企业社会责任?
DOI:
10.22004/ag.econ.49851
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
L. Theuvsen
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. Heyder;L. Theuvsen
result, enterprises in the agribusiness sector are increasingly exposed to the public eye (Jansen/ Vellema: 2004). The perception of consumers and other stakeholders - which are according to Freeman “any group or individual who can affect, or is affected by, the achievement of the organization’s objectives” - is of growing criticism and risk-consciousness and manifests itself in changed attitudes towards food production (Jackel/Spiller: 2006; Haddock: 2005). The use of GMO in agriculture, e.g., is regarded to be morally reprehensible (Becker: 1999). The BSE-crisis and other food scares led to growing consumer uncertainty and resulted in decreased meat consumption and in the increasing percentage of outspoken vegetarians and low-meat consumers (von Alvensleben: 1997; Staack: 2005). Moreover, the influence capacity of stakeholders is growing (Gerlach: 2006). As a result these factors have reduced the legitimacy of traditional (e.g., animal production) as well as new production technologies (e.g. bioenergy) in the agribusiness. In the long term the success of enterprises in the agribusiness can be affected by legitimacy losses. Against this background, legitimacy is regarded as a resource that guarantees the long-term survival of an enterprise (Palazzo/Scherer: 2006). Primarily the market based view in general management literature and the macro-institutional approach in neo sociological-institutionalism are employed to understand business operations embedded in societal structures. In this context legitimacy means the conformation of an organization with social norms, values and expectations (Oliver: 1996).
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
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作者:
南道子;松本健;南康文
通讯作者:
南康文
影响因子:
10.4
作者:
SCOTT, WR
通讯作者:
SCOTT, WR