Domestic Institutions and Market Pressures as Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility: Company Initiatives in Denmark and the UK
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Domestic Institutions and Market Pressures as Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility : Company Initiatives in Denmark and the UK. / Brown, Dana; Knudsen, Jette Steen.
In: Political Studies, Vol. 63, No. 1, 03.2015, p. 181-201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Domestic Institutions and Market Pressures as Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility
T2 - Company Initiatives in Denmark and the UK
AU - Brown, Dana
AU - Knudsen, Jette Steen
PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - In recent research, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by companies with a home base in different countries have been explained in terms of their relation to national institutions or business systems. This set of explanations sees CSR as fitting in with domestic institutional structures by either ‘substituting’ or ‘mirroring’ national models of capitalism. An alternative set of explanations views company CSR programmes as determined by market pressures. We examine the role of domestic institutions and market pressure as drivers of CSR through an evaluation of the content of company CSR initiatives revealed in their external reporting. We conduct case studies of two large British companies (Glaxo Smith Kline and Barclays) as well as two large Danish companies (Novo Nordisk and Danske Bank). We find that market pressures rather than domestic institutions determine the content of company CSR programmes.
AB - In recent research, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by companies with a home base in different countries have been explained in terms of their relation to national institutions or business systems. This set of explanations sees CSR as fitting in with domestic institutional structures by either ‘substituting’ or ‘mirroring’ national models of capitalism. An alternative set of explanations views company CSR programmes as determined by market pressures. We examine the role of domestic institutions and market pressure as drivers of CSR through an evaluation of the content of company CSR initiatives revealed in their external reporting. We conduct case studies of two large British companies (Glaxo Smith Kline and Barclays) as well as two large Danish companies (Novo Nordisk and Danske Bank). We find that market pressures rather than domestic institutions determine the content of company CSR programmes.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - varieties of capitalism
KW - corporate social responsibility (CSR)
KW - domestic institutions
KW - sector
KW - companies
U2 - 10.1111/1467-9248.12092
DO - 10.1111/1467-9248.12092
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
SP - 181
EP - 201
JO - Political Studies
JF - Political Studies
SN - 0032-3217
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 107052049