Corporate Governance: Volume 9 Issue 4

Towards an internal change management perspective of CSR: evidence from project RESPONSE on the sources of cognitive alignment between managers and their stakeholders, and their implications for social performance

Maurizio Zollo, Mario Minoja, Lourdes Casanova, Kai Hockerts, Peter Neergaard, Susan Schneider, Antonio Tencati

This paper aims to juxtapose two separate perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in terms of their ability to explain the cognitive alignment between managers and…

From risk management to citizenship corporate social responsibility: analysis of strategic drivers of change

Itziar Castelló, Josep Lozano

The purpose of this paper is to understand whether firms evolve towards more comprehensive postures of CSR and what strategic factors drive the change.

Building a sustainability strategy into the business

Peter White

This paper aims to present a case study of how a global consumer company, with over 300 brands sold in 180 countries, and 138,000 employees, is building sustainability into the…

Embedding corporate responsibility and sustainability – everybody's business

Michael Rake, David Grayson

This paper aims to deal with the significance of leadership as driver of corporate responsibility and complementary, dynamic organizational change. It seeks to focus on the…

Environmental engagement, organizational capability and firm performance

Sofía López‐Rodríguez

The aim of this paper is to understand the connection between the motivations that drive firms to adopt green commitments and the impact of these engagements on firm performance.

Embedding corporate responsibility: the development of a transformational model of organizational innovation

Dean Bartlett

This paper aims to describe a model for embedding corporate responsibility through innovation and organizational transformation.

Toward an integrated model of leadership for corporate responsibility and sustainable development: a process model of corporate responsibility beyond management innovation

Alessia D'Amato, Nigel Roome

The literature on corporate responsibility (CR) increasingly recognizes the importance of leadership in support of organizational change. This is particularly the case when CR…

Context, complexity and connectedness: dimensions of globalization revealed

David Bevan, Matthew Gitsham

This paper sets out to reveal the extent to which the experience of senior managers as organizational change leaders in a time of contemporary crisis may be discerned to reflect…

CSR: the role of leadership in driving ethical outcomes

Isaac Mostovicz, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse

This paper aims to explain why CSR policies have failed to render organizations more ethical and to propose concepts for using CSR for improving the ethics of organizations.

Ethical context of the participative leadership model: taking people into account

Boleslaw Rok

This paper aims to explore how the model of participative leadership may operate in the context of partnership with internal stakeholders. By linking the moral claims of an…

A corporate's responsibility to employees during a merger: organizational virtue and employee loyalty

Rosa Chun

A company may ignore its non‐obligatory responsibilities to employees during a major change such as a merger, leading to their disaffection and feeling of insecurity. The purpose…

The challenge of integrating sustainability into talent and organization strategies: investing in the knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieve high performance

Peter Lacy, James Arnott, Eric Lowitt

This paper aims to address the importance of a framework for developing employees' sustainability knowledge, skills, and behaviors.

The development of governance structures for corporate responsibility

Heiko Spitzeck

This paper seeks to explore patterns of integrating corporate responsibility issues into corporate governance mechanisms and their development over time.

Embedding corporate responsibility through effective organizational structures

Luis R. Perera Aldama, Patricia Awad Amar, Daniela Winicki Trostianki

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which companies are embedding the corporate responsibility function in different organizational structures, and to identify…

A knowledge management perspective of corporate social responsibility

Lutz Preuss, Jose‐Rodrigo Córdoba‐Pachon

Companies increasingly find themselves under pressure to adopt socially responsible forms of operation. Since organizational change is crucially influenced by knowledge creation…

Questioning the corporate responsibility (CR) department alignment with the business model of the company

Tanguy Jacopin, Joan Fontrodona

This paper seeks to question the corporate responsibility (CR) department alignment with the business model of the company to provide some insights concerning the strategic focus…

Corporate responsibility and sustainability: leadership and organizational change

Gilbert Lenssen, Shaun Tyson, Simon Pickard, David Bevan