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301. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Caddie Putnam Rankin The Benefits of Benefit Forms: Legal, Peer, and Stakeholder Benefits
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This article explores adoption rates of B Corps certification and Benefit Corporation incorporation in order to discuss what benefits exist for organizations to adopt sustainable business forms. The analysis of the data identifies states with low and high adoption rates. The study is based on historical analysis of 4686 incorporated Benefit Corporations from 2007 to 2016 and 837 certified B Corps during the same time period. Patterns of adoption are identified and states with high and low adoption rates are categorized, analyzed, and discussed. The patterns reveal which states are most likely to support lasting or short lived legal, peer, and stakeholder benefits for sustainable business.
302. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Saeed Rahman, Stefano Pogutz, Monika Winn Inventing Regenerative Sustainability: Theoretically, Empirically, Practically
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Despite growing engagement by business practitioners in regenerative sustainability, there is little research into what factors contribute to its successful implementation. This paper offers first steps to close that gap. It examines theoretical foundations of and proposes empirical research for studying such innovative business practices. Our literature review draws on research in natural sciences, organization and management studies, corporate sustainability, and business strategy to theoretically (1) define regenerative sustainability, (2) explore how adopting principles of regeneration can help firms achieve “true business sustainability” (Dyllick & Muff, 2016: 163), and (3) assess potential benefits, obstacles, and enablers of such radically different business models. We then propose an in-depth interpretive case study methodology to empirically investigate the phenomenon of interest, namely how proactive firms effectively enact regenerative sustainability principles. The paper closes with potential implications of the proposed study for management theory and practice and offers ideas for future research.
303. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Bryan M. Robinson, Bennett Cherry, Catalin Ratiu Sustaining Cameroon’s Exotic Wood Species: A Case Study on Transmogrifying Suboptimal Product Aesthetics into Desired Aesthetics
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Bob Taylor of US based Taylor Guitars tells a story, on YouTube, of the felling of 10 endangered ebony trees in Cameroon to find one with jet-black ebony – the remaining nine were left to rot. The story continues: Bob Taylor decided to purchase all the ebony, even that regarded as b-grade ‘streaked-ebony’ and incorporate the wood in guitar fretboards. Taylor Guitars used social media to communicate the environmental rationale behind the incorporation of streaked-ebony in the fretboards, and in so doing, consumers were able to view the guitars from the perspective of environmental sustainability, and the aesthetic appeal and sound of the streaked-ebony was appreciated and well received. The initiative created a competitive advantage for the guitar manufacturer and contributed significantly to the sustainability of this endangered wood species.
304. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Kimberly Reeve, Dami Kabiawu Corporate Social Responsibility as Legitimacy in the Oil and Gas Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Longitudinal Analysis of CSR Initiatives and Stock Prices
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The oil and gas industry is viewed as controversial because of its adverse impacts on the environment. This study draws on legitimacy theory to analyze how CSR factors (including GRI compliance, EITI membership, and internal and external factors of gender diversity on the board and management team, and spending on social projects in the host sub-Saharan countries,) correlate with an increase or decrease in stock prices from 2006 – 2019.
305. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Tara Ceranic Salinas Mezcal: When Culture and Consumption Collide
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Mezcal is a spirit distilled from the heart of the agave plant. It has been produced via traditional methods in Mexico for centuries, but recently has found popularity in the United States and other countries. The rise in demand for this artisanal product could greatly benefit the eight states in which it is legally distilled with an influx of capital from tourism and export. However, with this popularity comes outside influence and the potential for unfair business practices and cultural appropriation. This case provides a general overview of mezcal and the Mexican state of Oaxaca in which it is produced. Discussion questions are presented as well as a brief teaching note.
306. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Natalie M. Schneider Corporate Social Responsibility and Stigma Management: Normalization Strategies for Dirty Work
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Workers of stigmatized jobs classified as dirty work normalize the physical, social, and/or moral taint of their occupation to cope with the negative aspects of their daily work. Such normalization strategies include recalibrating, reframing, and refocusing (Ashforth & Blake, 1999). Social identity theory proposes that individuals seek to identify with a positively perceived in-group, and dirty work literature suggests stigmatized workers use these normalization strategies to separate their personal and work identities. Additionally, corporate social responsibility meets the instrumental, relational, and moral-based motivational needs of employees, suggesting it may serve as a pathway for managing negative aspects of an occupation. Thus, as a part of the Discussion of New Perspectives on CSR and CSP in the 2020 IABS virtual conference, this proposal theorizes corporate social responsibility initiatives as a possible organizational level intervention to help dirty workers normalize their work and manage its associated stigma through applications of social identity theory.
307. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Tyler K. Wasson The End of Corporate Political Activity: A Call to Update CPA Theory
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Corporate political activity (CPA) is one of the most prolific academic literatures which examines the political behaviors of corporations. CPA researchers often define it as a non-market strategy which corporations can engage in to influence political outcomes that complement their market objectives. In this paper I argue that, despite continuous theoretical development, CPA has not kept pace with changes in the political role and behaviors of corporations, particularly multinational corporations (MNCs), which has resulted in an inaccurate view of the corporate political environment. Therefore, CPA theory ought to be updated to be more descriptively and theoretically accurate.
308. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Steven van Klooster Conflict as Business: The Moral Implications of the Privatisation of War
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The state monopoly on violence is a core concept of modern public law, wherein only sovereign nation-states may lay claim to the legitimised usage of physical force. In recent years, however, this is commonly outsourced through Private Military Companies. Using Satz’s model and Weber’s definition of modern democracies, we argue that the market of Private Military Companies is a noxious one with severe ramifications in regards to democracy, freedom, and the autonomy of nation-states globally.
309. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 2020
Harry Van Buren Orcid-ID Message from the 2020 Conference Chair
310. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Alejandro Ibarra Yunez NAFTA in the Mexican Process of Economic Opening
311. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Terri Egan, Monika Winn, Mark Starik "Voices": A Series of Participatory Working Sessions
312. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Barry M. Mitnick Organizing Research in Corporate Social Performance: The CSP System as Core Paradigm
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The field of business environment studies has never had a single, accepted, systematic, integrating logic to organize thinking about theory and practice. This paper introduces the concepts of a "sorting" or "classification logic" and of a "theory logic." After noting some persistent problems in the nature of research in business and society, the paper reviews major works that identify "corporate social performance" as the most appropriate focus for the field. Building on the recent work of Donna Wood, the paper then proposes a true systems model as a sorting logic able to systematically subsume all of the previous work. The systems model is found both to include all the components of previous models and to suggest additional features.
313. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Kathleen A. Getz Firm Compliance With International “Regulatory” Policy
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A model of firm compliance with international regulatory policy is advanced. Critical variables include the enforcement action of international organizations, policy-related variables, and environmental and organizational factors. Extensive further empirical and theoretical work is needed if scholarship is to keep apace of international policy developments.
314. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Robert D. Richards, John W. Bagby An Embattled Corporate Image: Balancing the First Amendment and Competition in Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
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A burgeoning category of lawsuits is challenging aspects of fundamental constitutional doctrine. In recent years more than one thousand of these lawsuits have been identified. The scenario presents the business community perched as plaintiffs filing suit against citizens and activists who have spoken out against a project or activity. A variety of reputational and business torts is being used to encroach upon an area of constitutional law that has remained relatively tranquil over the past few decades—the petition clause of the First Amendment. But not all those petitioning the government do so in good faith. Some petitions may be aimed solely at thwarting a competitor. Consequently, a need to balance the First Amendment and competition has developed.
315. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
D. Jeffrey Lenn, Steven N. Brenner, Lee Burke, Diane Dodd-McCue, Craig S. Fleisher Managing Corporate Public Affairs and Government Relations: The Case of U.S. Multinational Corporations in Europe
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This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of the public affairs/govemment relations function (PA/GR) of U.S. multinational corporations. A series of in-depth interviews with executives in major American and European corporations with offices in Brussels provided the data base about the structure, activities and staff of their public affairs offices. Initial conclusions about the impact of the merging integration of the European Community on the MNC public affairs/govemment relations function are discussed.
316. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Barbara Bigelow, Margarete Arndt Corporate Political Strategy in the Hospital Industry
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The intent of this paper is to examine the nature of corporate political strategy in the hospital industry. The role of government as both regulator and purchaser, the emphasis on social performance and the hospital as an essential community service, as well as the simultaneous involvement of the business community as board members and as concerned purchasers and of physicians as providers, consumers and sometimes competitors all influence corporate political strategy in ways unique to this industry.
317. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
A Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: Building on Preston, Carroll, Wartick and Cochran, and Wood
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This article describes the results of empirical tests, over a period of five years, of the theories and models of Corporate Social Performance proposed by Preston, Carroll, Wartick and Cochran. It was found that these theories and models lacked empirical reality. The data from mote than forty field studies of corporate social performance showed that these ferns were managing relationships with their primary stakeholders groups rather than with society as a whole. When the level of analysis is society, it is appropriate to define and analyse social issues and responsibilities; when the level of analysis is the corporation, it is appropriate to define and analyse stakeholder issues and responsibilities. As a consequence of clarifying the appropriate level of analysis, earlier models of CSP have been revised in order to reflect empirical reality. Based on four years of testing and applying the new model, a stakeholder theory of the firm is proposed and several predictive propositions are advanced for testing.
318. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Michel G. Bédard A Multi-Factor Model for Analysis of the Socioeconomic Contribution of Privatized Enterprises In Canada
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Over the past several years a good number of federal and provincial crown corporations have been yielded up to the private sector within the sweep of a vast economic reform movement. Legislators and neoiiberals alike believed the firms in question would, once privatized, do roundly better than before the change. The assertion bears verification and therefore an analytical model is proposed with the stated objective being to assess the socioeconomic contribution, if any, of privatized enterprises. The author is presently using the model within the context of a research project on privatized enterprises (including Bombardier - Canadair, Teleglobe Canada and the like), with a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
319. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Chris Huxham Processes for Collaborative Advantage: A Gentle Exploration of Tensions
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This paper discusses some of the issues involved in the design of processes for effective collaboration between organisations. It considers, firstly, the relevance of, and barriers to, formal processes and argues for an incremental learning process as a way of moving organisations towards acceptance of these. Secondly, it introduces the notion of a balance of tensions in factors affecting the success of collaboration. Finally, it argues that formal processes which involve participants in an exploration of the factors relevant to their own collaborative context, are more likely to lead to achievement of collaborative advantage than those based on prescriptive guidelines.
320. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society: 1993
Jeriy M. Calton, Lawrence J. Lad Collaborative Governance: The Firm, the Intel-organizational Field, and "Negotiated Order"