The Micro-Process of Social Responsibility in Organizations: A Bottom-Up Perspective Workshop; April 12 and 13, 2016; Anaheim, California

重要性和意义的非技术性描述 组织比以往任何时候都面临着更大的压力，要求它们积极证明自己的社会责任。这种压力来自各种利益相关者，包括员工，消费者，利益集团以及各种行业和监管机构。企业社会责任（CSR）有多种形式，包括企业慈善事业、志愿服务计划、遵守自愿行为准则、环境可持续性倡议以及注重多样性、公平和福祉的人事实践。企业社会责任在公司实践中已经变得无处不在和根深蒂固，因此代表了组织的主要业务考虑因素。尽管企业社会责任在组织中无处不在，利益相关者对企业社会责任的需求也越来越大，但缺乏一个强大的科学文献，特别是关注企业社会责任决策，实施，参与和评估中所涉及的各种多层次的影响。也就是说，企业社会责任的研究主要集中在企业社会绩效和经济绩效之间的关系、企业社会责任的社会学预测因素和结果等方面，而对企业社会责任的结构特征、影响企业社会责任和不负责任行为的心理现象等关注较少。这包括a）领导者和高层管理团队建立企业社会责任组合的动机; B）员工遵守、倡导和/或参与企业社会责任倡议的驱动因素; c）企业层面的企业社会责任行动影响组织成员态度和行为的机制;以及d）企业社会责任倡议对社会的影响。关于动机、决策、亲社会行为、伦理、项目评估等方面的丰富文献可以有效地应用于更全面地理解企业社会责任现象。拟议研讨会的目的是确定关键的概念分歧，整合不同的观点，并制定一个研究议程，重点是“微观”企业社会责任进程，以及企业社会责任研究，这是既多学科和多层次的性质。由于企业社会责任活动将各组织与政府机构和其他监管机构联系起来，因此对企业社会责任的更全面和多层次的理解有助于理解和促进公共部门与私营部门之间的关系。这方面的发现也有助于促进组织和整个社会的多样性、公平性和健康。技术说明 拟议的研讨会将汇集领先的企业社会责任（CSR）学者和组织科学其他领域的学者（例如，领导力、个体差异、跨文化心理学、人力资源管理、人道主义工作心理学、职业健康心理学、多样性）。不幸的是，这两组研究人员之间缺乏直接沟通，因为这两组研究人员的工作都可以为对方做出有意义的贡献。重点将是相互借鉴，以及分享和共同发展新的想法。研讨会将包括主旨演讲、专题演讲、主持讨论、小组工作、多学科讨论者评论和建立联系的机会。一个关键目标将是确定这一领域研究的新方向，在学者之间催化新的合作和多学科项目，否则他们可能会彼此孤立，并应用尚未在这一领域应用的先进研究方法。公开传播的研讨会成果将包括：a）一个研讨会网站，其中包含计划、发言人简介，以及（如果允许的话）演讲材料和录音; B）一份新闻稿，其中包含有关活动的信息以及所有相应材料的链接; c）一份总结研讨会期间产生的结论、建议和议程项目的总体报告。

Nontechnical Description of Significance and Importance There is more pressure than ever before for organizations to actively evidence their social responsibility. This pressure comes from a variety of stakeholders, including employees, consumers, interest groups, and various industry and regulatory bodies. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) comes in many forms, including corporate philanthropy, volunteerism programs, compliance to voluntary codes of conduct, environmental sustainability initiatives, and personnel practices focused on diversity, fairness, and well-being. CSR has become both ubiquitous and entrenched within firm practices, and therefore represents a major operational consideration for organizations. Despite the omnipresence of CSR within organizations, as well as the increasing demand for CSR among stakeholders, there lacks a robust scientific literature focused particularly on the various multilevel influences involved in CSR decision making, implementation, participation, and evaluation. That is, whereas CSR research has largely focused on the relationship between firm social performance and economic performance, as well as the sociological predictors and outcomes of CSR, far less attention has been placed on the structural characteristics of CSR initiatives, as well as psychological phenomena influencing socially responsible and irresponsible behaviors within organizations. This includes a) the motives of leaders and top management teams in building CSR portfolios; b) the drivers of employee compliance with, advocacy for, and/or participation in CSR initiatives; c) the mechanisms by which firm-level CSR actions influence the attitudes and behaviors of organizational members; and d) the impact of CSR initiatives on society. The rich literatures on motivation, decision-making, pro-social behavior, ethics, program evaluation, etc. can be fruitfully applied to more fully understand CSR phenomena. The purpose of the proposed workshop is to identify key conceptual rifts, integrate diverse perspectives, and develop a research agenda focused on "micro" CSR processes, as well as CSR research that is both multi-disciplinary and multilevel in nature. As CSR activities connect organizations to government agencies and other regulatory bodies, a more integrated and multilevel understanding of CSR can aid understanding and facilitation of relations between the public and private sectors. Discoveries in this area can also help to facilitate diversity, fairness, and health within organizations and society at large. Technical Description The proposed workshop will bring together leading corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholars with scholars from other areas within the organizational sciences (e.g., leadership, individual differences, cross-cultural psychology, human resource management, humanitarian work psychology, occupational health psychology, diversity). The lack of direct communication among these sets of researchers is unfortunate insofar as work from both groups can meaningfully contribute to the other. The focus will be on cross-pollination, as well as the sharing and joint-development of new ideas. The workshop will include keynote presentations, topical presentations, facilitated discussions, group work, multidisciplinary discussant comments, and networking opportunities. A key goal will be the identification of new directions for research in this area, the catalyzing of new collaborative and multidisciplinary projects among scholars who might otherwise remain isolated from one another, and the application of advanced research methodologies that have yet to be applied within this domain. Publically disseminated workshop outcomes will include a) a workshop website, containing the program, speaker bios, and where permitted, presentation materials and recordings; b) a press release with information about the event and the link to all of the corresponding materials, c) an overall report summarizing the conclusions, recommendations, and agenda items generated throughout the workshop.