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Dynamics of corporate social responsibility: towards a new ‘conception of control’?

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  • LAMARCHE, THOMAS
  • RUBINSTEIN, MARIANNE

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was long associated with the ethics of company heads but now falls within an institutional process whereby practices give rise to rules which in turn modify company actions. CSR has spread as a result of social demand for a more ecological society, but it also constitutes a response to the crisis of shareholder governance. Drawing on the notion of ‘conception of control’ set out by Neil Fligstein (1990), we argue that CSR has given rise to a new ‘conception of control’, which we term ‘shareholder–CSR compatible’. Such a conception reflects how governance changes when environmental and societal responsibilities are combined with responsibility to shareholders. Shareholder value is still central within the enterprise, but top managers must now assume the position of mediators between these two imperatives.

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  • Lamarche, Thomas & Rubinstein, Marianne, 2012. "Dynamics of corporate social responsibility: towards a new ‘conception of control’?," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(2), pages 161-186, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jinsec:v:8:y:2012:i:02:p:161-186_00
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    1. Thomas Lamarche & Catherine Bodet, 2018. "Does CSR Contribute to Sustainable Development? What a Régulation Approach Can Tell Us," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 50(1), pages 154-172, March.
    2. Chassagnon, Virgile & Dubrion, Benjamin, 2015. "Responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise et manipulation des salariés au travail : un éclairage institutionnaliste à partir d’une analyse de la littérature sur les codes de conduite," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 17.
    3. Dziri Houda & Jarboui Anis, 2017. "The venture capitalist’s cognitive approach: Validation through the Tunisian context," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 1323371-132, January.
    4. Andrey A. Gnidchenko & Vladimir A. Salnikov, 2015. "Net Comparative Advantage Index: Overcoming the Drawbacks of the Existing Indices," HSE Working papers WP BRP 119/EC/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

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