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Unions and Decisionistic-Restricted Involvement in the CSR Debate – An Explanation to a Cooperative Approach

Journal of Contemporary Issues in Economics and Business

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Title Unions and Decisionistic-Restricted Involvement in the CSR Debate – An Explanation to a Cooperative Approach
 
Creator Zemla, Nataniel; PhD Student at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria and Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Economics and Tourism „Dr. Mijo Mirković”
 
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corporate social responsibility, unions, industrial relations, CSR debate in EU, CSR actors
 
Description Corporate social responsibility (CSR) implies the responsibility of companiesfor sustainable management in economic, ecological and social terms. Themajority of CSR works in science and research were written primarily with thefocus on ethics (moral vs. market economy), bearer of responsibility (state vs.companies) and management (e.g. best practice, manuals). This article comesfrom the perspective of a stakeholder group that is constantly mentioned butreceive insufficient attention: unions. Research indicated early on that unionsleaned back in the European CSR-debate since its beginning 2001. Based on thecase of German unions, the author will analyse their motivation by studying theirstatements. The systematic literature review provides the basis for his qualitativecontent analysis of reasonable motives. The results show the unions encounteringa complex environment with diverse interests, in which it is difficult to positionthemselves. Furthermore CSR requirements placed on companies were considered,by economy, to be set very high. Although CSR is not driven by legal regulations, itunfolds quasi-binding rules. For those reasons, it is not surprising that unions weresceptical and restrictive. With its analysis of a defensive CSR strategy, the studycontributes to progress in the field of engagement in international debates. Theauthor deals in a theoretical-conceptual way with the existing research resultsin this field, invalidates them and presents his own attempt with explanation.His explanatory approach extends the existing explanatory patterns by a newperspective for the problem described.
 
Publisher Faculty of Economics and Business
 
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Date 2019-12-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ng-epf.si/index.php/ngoe/article/view/220
 
Source Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy; Vol 65, No 4 (2019); 81-98
2385-8052
0547-3101
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ng-epf.si/index.php/ngoe/article/view/220/193
 
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