Index

Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility

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ISSN: 0742-3322

Publication date: 10 August 2018

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(2018), "Index", Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility (Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 38), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-332220180000038002

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INDEX

Abatement spending
, 45, 53, 55, 60–64

Abductive method
, 298

Access World News database (NewsBank)
, 350

Acciona Energy
, 184

Accounting, rating, and reporting standards
, 290, 297

for Responsible Investment
, 293–294, 298

Acquisitions
, 148–149, 154, 283

Advertising intensity
, 40, 43, 54, 55, 57, 64

Agency theory
, 18, 21

Air quality
, 108

AlgaEnergy
, 182

Alstom
, 184

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
, 347, 349

Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
, 45

Anti-abortion movement
, 345

Atlas.ti software
, 266, 298

Aviation
, 260, 263, 267, 271

civil
, 260–261, 263–264

democratization of
, 271

ethos
, 276, 279

Axial coding
, 266

Bertrand model
, 323

Biotechnology drugs
, 342

Boolean logical operators
, 350

British Columbia government
, 138

Bundling
, 274–275, 280

Business-to-business firms (B-to-B firms)
, 235

Business-to-customer firms (B-to-C firms)
, 235

Buyers’ cooperatives
, 25

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA)
, 138–139

Capabilities mechanisms
, 229, 231, 242

firms
, 242–243, 245–248

stakeholders
, 243–245

Capital expenditures
, 57, 59–60

Capital-intensive production processes
, 57

Carbon markets
, 242

Casino gambling
, 23

Cenit Ocean Lider project
, 184

Cenit Vida project
, 182

Census of Manufactures (CM)
, 39

CERES
, 298, 299

Chevron
, 101, 106

China Stock Market Trading Database (CSMAR)
, 79

Chinese Communist Party
, 79

Chinese firms
, 78, 79

Chinese NOCs
, 102, 104

PetroChina and Sinopec
, 103

Civic associations
, 218

Civil aviation
, 260–261, 263–264

Civil society actors
, 237, 240

Clean Air Act
, 40, 56, 59, 64

Clean Air Act Amendments (1977)
, 54

Clean energy (CE)
, 146, 147

Cleveland Federation for Charity and Philanthropy
, 206

Climate change
, 126–129, 132–133, 135, 139, 147, 177, 180, 260, 263–264, 270, 278, 376

Coasean tradition
, 23

Cobb-Douglas production function
, 46

Cocreation process
, 129–130

Cognitively legitimate markets
, 342

Command-and-control regulation
, 135

Community Chest organizations
, 198, 207, 209

Community participation
, 206

Community philanthropy
, 6, 198

corporate contributions
, 200–204, 210, 213

See also Corporate philanthropy

Community social capital
, 202

Community stakeholders
, 124

Comparative analysis of ESG standards
, 298–300

Comparative capitalism
, 10

Competition
, 314, 317, 319

nonmarket
, 322

relationship between CSR curvilinear and
, 320

Concept-ethos resonance
, 279–280

Cooperatives
, 25, 28

Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)
, 208–209

Corporate financial performance (CFP)
, 6

See also CSP–CFP linkage

Corporate governance
, 113

Corporate philanthropy
, 70, 74–77, 82, 201

in China
, 77–79

effect of political patronage on
, 74–77

stakeholder pressure in
, 72

See also Community philanthropy

Corporate social performance (CSP)
, 6

See also CSP–CFP linkage

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 1, 7, 19, 20, 70, 98, 146, 170, 198, 229, 230, 262, 291, 302, 313–315, 317, 318, 369, 379–380

dynamic evolution of concepts and industry practices
, 6–8

MNE stakeholder governance and
, 177–180

Corporate sustainability
, 228, 284

Counter movement

activity
, 350

rising of
, 345–346

Cournot model
, 323, 327

CSP–CFP linkage
, 228

business case failures
, 249–250

capabilities mechanism
, 242–248

conceptual framework
, 248–249

firm behavior
, 227–228

markets and social responsibility
, 229–231

relational/reputational mechanism
, 231–242

Democratization of aviation
, 271

Dissonance
, 270

Diversification
, 319

Domestic markets, sustainability and role of energy in
, 103–104

Duty of care
, 25

Duty of loyalty
, 25

Dynamic evolution of concepts and industry practices
, 6–8

Economics of property rights
, 21

Ecopetrol
, 106

Elasticities
, 46

Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
, 53

Emissions-trading schemes
, 268

Employee productivity
, 97

Employees
, 80

Energy
, 39, 347

Energy efficiency
, 46–47, 51–52, 55–58

Energy Policy Act
, 347, 349

ENH (Mozambique)
, 105

Entrepreneuship
, 340–358

Environment
, 124–125

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
, 290, 292, 300, 301

dimensions of ESG standards
, 7, 295–296

Index
, 107

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
, 39

TRI program
, 45–46, 53

Environmental(ism)
, 44, 107, 267, 291, 318

Equity
, 3, 26, 80

Ethics
, 372–375, 381–382

Ethos
, 284

aviation
, 276, 279

concept-ethos resonance
, 279–280

image-ethos dissonance
, 270–272

industry
, 267, 271, 276–279, 283–284

External directors
, 102–103

ExxonMobil
, 101, 113

Corporate Citizenship Report
, 107

Forest conservation and biodiversity
, 138

Fossil fuels, burning
, 128

Foxconn
, 236

Frames
, 342

Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE)
, 218

Freeman
, 124

Friedman
, 30

G4 standards
, 98, 298

Gazprom
, 100, 104

Generalized method of moments (GMM)
, 159, 335–336

Global capital markets
, 236

Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR)
, 294, 298, 303

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 98, 291, 298, 299, 303, 305

Global strategy
, 170, 178

Global warming
, 243

Globalization
, 104–105, 234

Golden Observatory
, 192n3

Governance
, 100–103

Government
, 125–126

budget deficit
, 100

intervention
, 135

role in sustainability
, 133–136

Grassroots pressure
, 240

Great Bear Rainforest
, 138

Great Recession
, 349

“Green” electric power
, 342

Greenhouse gases emissions
, 280

“Greening” initiative
, 314

Grounded theory
, 264, 266

Human capital
, 24, 28, 304

Iberdrola
, 172–176, 179, 182, 184

Imprinting
, 290–291

organizational
, 294–297

Incomplete contracts theory
, 21, 22

Independent directors
, 102–103

Industrial consolidation
, 250

Industry simulation
, 327–329

Inertia
, 151–152

Information providers
, 234

Information technology (IT)
, 147

Institutional complexity
, 172, 181, 183

Institutional investors
, 57

Institutional logic
, 297

Institutional relational/reputational mechanism
, 239, 242

capture of information on firm’s environmental and social impact
, 240–241

financial impact
, 242

marketized environmental and social impact
, 239–240

material and/or symbolic gain or loss
, 241–242

regulatory proceedings, fines, and lawsuits
, 240

social movement and grassroots pressure
, 240

See also Market-based relational/reputational mechanism

Institutional theory
, 181

Institutions

institutional context
, 99, 180

Integrated strategy
, 315

Interdependence of stakeholder pressure
, 74

Intergenerational dilemmas
, 133

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
, 177

International exposure
, 111

International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)
, 294, 298, 299, 302

International oil companies (IOCs)
, 96

Interpretation
, 260, 275

industry-level processes
, 262–263

interpretive process of naturalization
, 276

sustainability
, 261–262

IPOs
, 148–149, 154

Iranian Revolution (1978)
, 347

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
, 148

Knightian uncertainty
, 23

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
, 314

Legitimacy
, 25, 26

threat
, 267–270

Legitimization
, 283

Lenders’ cooperative
, 25, 29

Liability of foreignness (LOF)
, 178, 185

Libertarian principles
, 126

Limited partners (LPs)
, 148

Local community
, 304

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
, 54

Management attention
, 371

Market expansion

and declining impact of social movements
, 344

and growing importance of resources
, 345

Market-based logics
, 229

Market-based relational/reputational mechanism
, 231, 233, 240

capture of information
, 233–234

change in stakeholder behavior
, 236–237

changes in corporate image and legitimacy
, 235–236

diffusion of information to key stakeholders
, 234–235

financial impact
, 237–239

See also Institutional relational/reputational mechanism

Market-based relationships
, 232

Market-to-book ratio (MBR)
, 319, 336

Markets
, 229–231

legitimacy
, 344

solutions
, 135

structure and industry CSR
, 328

Materiality
, 294, 300–303

Materiality Map
, 302

materiality matrix
, 303

“Mediating hierarchy”
, 27

Microlevel processes
, 9

Mobilization
, 343

Monopoly
, 237, 314, 317, 337

Moral capital
, 71, 74

Moral implications of stakeholder approach
, 380–384

Moral reasoning
, 370

boundaries of stakeholder theory based on moral principles
, 371–372

ethical arguments
, 372

ethics drives stakeholder theory
, 373–375

Multinational enterprises (MNEs)
, 169

CSR and international operations
, 172–177

CSR initiatives
, 172–180

direct and indirect influence of stakeholders on subsidiary
, 188

extreme alignment
, 183, 184, 185

extreme misalignment
, 183, 184, 185

liability of foreignness, stakeholders, and CSR
, 185–187

multinational corporations (MNC)
, 10

network embeddedness, stakeholders, and CSR
, 187–190

stakeholder demands and CSR
, 180–185

stakeholder governance and CSR
, 177–180

subsidiaries’ CSR implementation
, 180–190

NASDAQ
, 208

National hydrocarbon wealth
, 111

National oil companies (NOCs)
, 4, 96, 101, 105, 106, 111

global
, 99

importance of sustainability in oil and gas industry
, 97–99

Russian
, 102, 104

stakeholders, and performance imperatives
, 96–97

sustainability

and benefits of globalization
, 104–105

disclosure, monitoring, and performance outcomes
, 99–100

ownership, and governance
, 100–103

and role of energy in domestic markets
, 103–104

Natoil (Uganda)
, 106

Natural resources
, 96, 380

Naturalization
, 7–8, 267, 283

antecedents of
, 267–272

affirming industry ethos
, 276–279

concept corruption
, 280

concept-ethos resonance
, 279–280

image-ethos dissonance
, 270–272

legitimacy threat
, 267–270

outcomes of
, 276

Naturalizing sustainability
, 272

adoption of management concepts
, 282–283

bundling
, 274–275

industry ethos
, 283–284

naturalization process
, 281–282

outcomes of naturalization
, 276–281

relabeling
, 272–274

zooming out
, 275–276

Neoclassical theory of firm
, 18

Network embeddedness
, 187–190

New York Stock Exchange
, 208

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
, 104

Nonmarket competition
, 322

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
, 77, 99, 138, 177, 260, 262, 267, 313

Normative stakeholder approaches
, 18

Not in my backyard (NIMBY) activists
, 347–348, 350, 357

Off-shoring of production
, 250

Oil and gas industry, sustainability in
, 97–99

Oil refinery productivity
, 44

Oil rents
, 109

Organizational imprinting
, 290

Ownership
, 3, 11, 21, 27, 54, 57, 100–103

competence
, 3, 20, 27

and CSR
, 3–4, 30–32

judgment-based view
, 23–24, 28, 31

private
, 109

and stakeholder theory
, 24–29

status
, 38, 40, 51–52

PACE survey
, 53

Path dependent processes
, 151

Peer comparison
, 152–153, 163

PepsiCo
, 314

Petrobras
, 100

Petróleos de Venezuela, S. A. (PDVSA)
, 97, 104

Petronas
, 100

Political connections
, 79–83, 85

former officials
, 86

Political patronage
, 70, 74–77

corporate philanthropy in China
, 77–79

interdependence of stakeholder pressure
, 74–77

Political support
, 74

Pollution
, 39

Pollution abatement

investments
, 44

payoffs from investments in
, 43–45

Porter hypothesis
, 39

Positive stakeholder approaches
, 18

Principal-agent relationship
, 103

Privately Owned Enterprises Research Project Team (POERPT)
, 79

Privatization
, 101

Producers’ cooperatives
, 25

Psychological research
, 153

Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)
, 344, 350

Public vs. private firms
, 39, 41, 42, 62

Publically traded firms
, 84, 85

Publicly owned facilities
, 3–4, 60, 62

R&D intensity
, 319, 321

Rawlsian principles of justice and fairness
, 372

Relabeling
, 272–274, 280

Relational/reputational mechanisms
, 229, 231, 247

firm
, 231–232

institutional relational/reputational mechanism
, 239–242

linking social and financial performance of firms
, 232

market-based relational/reputational mechanism
, 233–239

relational processes
, 232–233

See also Capabilities mechanisms

Renewable portfolio standard policy (RPS policy)
, 350

Reputation
, 24, 147

Reserves to production ratios (R/P ratios)
, 109

Residual rights of control
, 21, 22

Responsible Care program
, 137

Responsible Investment
, 290–291, 294, 298, 300–305

accounting, rating, and reporting standards for
, 293–294

Risk
, 146, 149, 150

Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI)
, 53

Sequoia Capital
, 148

Shareholder wealth maximization
, 32

Short-termism
, 40, 63

Sinopec
, 104

Social capital
, 199

and community philanthropy
, 202–204, 210, 213

elite
, 203, 208

independent variables
, 208–209

working-class social capital
, 203, 208

Social movements
, 7, 240, 340–341, 356–357

evolving impact of social movements on founding rates
, 342–346

market expansion and declining impact of
, 344

market expansion and growing importance of resources
, 345

and new markets
, 342–344

rising of counter movements
, 345–346

Social responsibility
, 229–231, 260, 379

See also Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

Social–financial performance linkage
, 229

See also CSP–CFP linkage

Stakeholder approach
, 28

advantages of perspective
, 378–380

to CSR orientation and CSR behaviors
, 383–384

debating purpose of business
, 375–377

See also Stakeholder theory

Stakeholder management
, 122, 123, 124–126, 373, 384

Stakeholder pressure
, 72, 74–77

Stakeholder relations
, 1, 303–305

Stakeholder theory
, 8, 24, 170, 181, 368, 369, 373, 380

association between ethics and
, 368, 370

ownership
, 24–29

See also Stakeholder approach

Stakeholders
, 5, 20, 70, 73, 96–97, 127–130, 177, 232, 291, 358

alignment
, 11, 190

coalitions
, 4–6

conceptualization of
, 357

in corporate philanthropy
, 72

directions for future research
, 8–11

dynamic evolution of concepts and industry practices
, 6–8

engagement
, 305

expectations
, 184

focal stakeholders
, 70

global stakeholders
, 182, 187

interdependence
, 70, 72, 74–77

internal
, 304

local stakeholders
, 182

management
, 357–358

ownership and implications for
, 3–4

pressures
, 72

public and private stakeholders
, 73–74

relations
, 303–305

State-owned enterprises (SOEs)
, 77–78, 96

Strategic framing
, 342–343

Sustainability
, 1, 95, 100–103, 122–123, 126–130, 133, 146, 260–262, 267, 276, 280, 290, 291, 301, 313, 315, 341

dynamic evolution of concepts and industry practices
, 6–8

importance in oil and gas industry
, 97–99

investment
, 147, 239, 290, 292

naturalizing
, 272–276

ownership and implications for
, 3–4

role of government in
, 133–136

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
, 294, 298, 299–300, 304

Tax Reform Act (1986)
, 347

Taxation
, 135

Team production theory of firm
, 27

Tellus Institute
, 298, 299

Thomson Financial Spectrum database
, 54

Thomson-Reuters (VentureXpert database)
, 153

Top management teams (TMTs)
, 8

Toxic emissions
, 42, 53, 58–60

Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
, 39, 53

Transaction cost theory
, 21

Translation
, 282

Transnational approach
, 178, 179

Triple bottom line
, 126, 261

Union penetration
, 208

United Auto Workers union
, 203

United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
, 169–170

United Way
, 199, 206–212, 216–217

age of United Way in community
, 209

US Census
, 45

Value creation
, 23, 302

value capture framework
, 9

Venture capital (VC)
, 5, 146–165

Venture capitalists
, 146

Vertical disintegration
, 235, 250

Voluntarism
, 126

Vuong test
, 351

Wind energy
, 347–349

Wind Industry
, 340–358

Wind turbine syndrome
, 348

Workers’ cooperatives
, 25

Prelims
Introduction: Contemplating the Connections between Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Part I Ownership and Its Implications for Sustainability, Stakeholder Governance, and CSR
Stakeholders and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ownership Perspective
Public versus Private Firms: Energy Efficiency, Toxic Emissions, and Abatement Spending
The Interdependence of Public and Private Stakeholder Influence: A Study of Political Patronage and Corporate Philanthropy in China
State-Owned Multinationals and Drivers of Sustainability Practices: An Exploratory Study of National Oil Companies
Part II Stakeholder Alignment and Coalitions
Governing the Void between Stakeholder Management and Sustainability
Venture Capital’s Role in Creating a More Sustainable Society: The Role of Exits in Clean Energy’s Investment Growth
CSR Strategic Implementation in MNEs: The Role of Subsidiaries’ Stakeholders
Large Corporations, Social Capital, and Community Philanthropy
Re-thinking the CSP–CFP Linkage: Analyzing the Mechanisms Involved in Translating Socially Responsible Behavior to Financial Performance
Part III Dynamic Evolution of Concepts and Industry Practices
Naturalizing Sustainability: How Industry Actors Make Sense of a Threatening Concept
Doing Well by Doing Good: A Comparative Analysis of ESG Standards for Responsible Investment
The Effect of Market and Nonmarket Competition on Firm and Industry Corporate Social Responsibility
Gone with the Wind: The Evolving Influence of Social Movements and Counter Movements on Entrepreneurial Activity in the US Wind Industry
The Association between Ethics and Stakeholder Theory
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