Intrinsic and extrinsic corporate social responsibility /

This book explores the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The former is driven by an assumed positive relationship between CSR activities and financial performance, while the latter stems from a moral duty. These differences can be both banal and profo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Looser, Stéphanie Ursula (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Abbreviations; Preface; 1; 1.1 Research Questions and Aim; 1.2 The Wide Spectrum of CSR Methodology; 1.2.1 This book's research framework and methodological approach; 2; 2.1 Where CSR, business, and society intersect; 2.2 From corporate conformance to performance; 2.2.1 CSR-related guidelines in a nutshell; 2.2.2 Voluntary and compulsory CSR-related lab; 2.3 Why care about stakeholders?; 3; 3.1 CSR in Switzerland; 3.2 CSR and stakeholders; 3.3 Methodology on Swiss CSR stakeho; 3.3.1 Document analysis
  • 3.3.2 Interviews: sample description of stakeholder study3.3.3 Interview analysis: qualitative coding; 3.3.4 Triangulation and quantitative analysis; 3.3.5 Network analysis: software and parameters; 3.4 Findings; 3.4.1 MNEs and large national companies; 3.4.2 SMEs; 3.4.3 Consumers; 3.4.4 Trade unions; 3.4.5 NPOs: not cooperating and cooperating NPOs; 3.4.6 Support providers; 3.4.7 Capital providers; 3.4.8 Media; 3.4.9 Government; 3.4.10 Aggregation of results: network analysis; 3.5 Discussion and conclusions from stakeholder and network analyses; 4
  • 4.1 The SME-CSR nexus: a complicated relationship4.2 "Unternehmertum": the "sustainable "approach to CSR?; 4.3 Methodology on CSR patterns in Swiss SMEs; 4.3.1 Interview analysis: qualitative content analysis; 4.3.2 Delphi process to elaborate the Swiss business model for CSR; 4.4 Findings; 4.4.1 Idiosyncrasies of Swiss small business CSR; 4.4.2 Findings from the Delphi process assessing the draft business model; 4.4.3 L'EPOQuE: A Swiss business model for; 4.5 Discussion and conclusions from the analysis of small business patterns; 5; 5.1 The convergence of CSR and business models
  • 5.1.1 The current mainstream in business models5.2 Methodology on business model feasibility and validity check; 5.2.1 Delphi process: assessing the consistency with the mainstream and feasibility; 5.3 Findings; 5.3.1 L'EPOQuE; 5.3.2 The power struggle of "conventional" vs. "Swiss"; 5.3.3 L'EPOQuE 2.0; 5.4 Discussion and conclusions from model validation; 6; 6.1 Doing well or doing good? Intrinsic and extrinsic CSR; 6.2 Methodology on the motives and manifestation of CSR in Switzerland; 6.2.1 Focus-group discussion on CSR motives and manifestations
  • 6.2.2 Qualitative content analysis of focus-group discussions6.3 Findings; 6.3.1 Intrinsic vs. extrinsic CSR in MNEs and Swiss SMEs; 6.3.2 Different manifestations of CSR in MNEs and Swiss SMEs; 6.4 Discussion and conclusions from motivation analysis; 6.5 Colour centrefold; 7; 7.1 Institutional effects on CSR; 7.1.1 Isomorphic pressure; 7.2 Implicit and explicit CSR; 7.3 Methodology of comparative analysis; 7.4 Findings; 7.4.1 Swiss SMEs and their implicit approach; 7.4.2 15 countries under scrutiny: a comparative analysis; 7.4.3 Universally implicit CSR in SMEs?; 7.4.4 Global shifts