Corporate Social Responsibility, Democracy, and the Politicization of the Corporation
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The article refers to research by Stephen Barley (2007) and replies to criticism by Peter Edward and Hugh Willmott concerning the authors' own research on the political aspects of corporate social responsibility. The Barley study suggests that business's influence on politics can negatively impact representative democracy. The reply comments on private- and public-sector cooperation, economic theory that separates the sectors' respective activities, conditions that maintain legitimacy for the social institutions of business and government, and voluntary philanthropy.
Source: Academy of Management Review
Authors: Guido Palazzo, Andreas Georg Scherer
Institutions: University of Lausanne, University of Zurich
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2042541973