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Objective The main objective of the book is to voice issues and challenges faced by women and pro... more Objective The main objective of the book is to voice issues and challenges faced by women and provide guidance for organizations in developing strategic initiatives to involve women in decision making processes and improve women's well-being in the workplace. In this respect, the book will provide a forum of presentation where issues are discussed and future directions for research and practice are specified.

by Mark Camilleri, Basak Ucanok Tan, Raquel Gómez-López, Michael Devereux, Roland Berberich, Vesela Milorad Radovic, María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández, José Ramón Cardona, Elisa Baraibar-Diez, José Ignacio Elicegui-Reyes, Catalina Soriana Sitnikov, and Misra Cagla Gul

CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship, Mar 2017

This book’s theoretical underpinnings and empirical studies suggest that businesses can do well b... more This book’s theoretical underpinnings and empirical studies suggest that businesses can do well by doing good. It builds on the previous theoretical underpinnings of the CSR agenda, including Business Ethics (Crane and Matten, 2004); Stakeholder Engagement (Freeman, 1984); Corporate Citizenship (Carroll, 1998; Waddock, 2004; Matten and Crane, 2004), Creating Shared Value (Porter and Kramer, 2011; 2006), as it presents the latest Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR2.0) perspective (Visser, 2011,2014; Camilleri, 2015). This promising notion is being recognized as a concept that offers new ways of thinking and behaving. It has potential to deliver significant benefits to both business and society as it is an easy term that may appeal to business practitioners. CSR2.0 is linked to improvements in economic performance, operational efficiency, higher quality, innovation and competitiveness. At the same time, it raises awareness on responsible behaviors. Therefore, CSR2.0 can be considered as strategic in its intent and purposes, as businesses are capable of being socially and environmentally responsible ‘citizens’ whilst pursuing their profit-making activities. This latter perspective suggests that responsible behavioral practices may be re-conceived to confer competitive advantage over rival firms. Therefore, this contribution makes reference to laudable investments that could unleash value business and society. It implies that CSR2.0 demands business to build adaptive approaches with stakeholders for the benefit of the firm and for societal advancement.
Chapter 1 provides a thorough literature review on the CSR strategy. It presents relevant theoretical underpinnings and empirical studies that may have used other related constructs, including corporate citizenship, stakeholder engagement and business ethics. Hence this chapter reported on how CSR has evolved to reflect the societal realities. At the same time, it raises awareness of the key notions representing CSR. In conclusion, it implies that CSR2.0 demands business to build adaptive approaches with stakeholders for the benefit of the firm and for societal advancement. Chapter 2 reviews the different definitions of the corporate responsibility paradigms and draws comparisons between related concepts. It also explains the evolution of corporate responsibility as it provides a brief overview of how corporate responsibility has changed in the past 30 years. The author contends that organization studies; economic, institutional, cultural and cognitive perspectives are shaping the corporate responsibility agenda. She cleverly presents the benefits of integrating multiple perspectives and discusses about the possible research avenues in the realms of corporate responsibility.
Chapter 3 suggests that the field of CSR is ushering a new era in the relationship between business and society: the CSR 2.0 era. The author puts forward a Total Responsibility Management (TRM) approach that may be useful for business practitioners who intend adopting CSR behaviors. This chapter posits that CSR strategies including managing relationship with stakeholders will contribute to the companies´ success and will also bring community welfare. Chapter 4 focuses on the national governments’ regulatory role of raising awareness on CSR behaviors among businesses. The author suggests that there is scope for the state agencies to promote CSR as a business case for companies. She provides an outline of the current state of “supranational regulative policies on public procurement” within the European Union context. Chapter 5 uses a stakeholder perspective to encapsulate the CSR concept. The authors investigated social value cocreation (SVCC) through a qualitative study among different stakeholders (customers, employees, and managers). They implied that businesses ought to clarify their motives, by opening channels of communication with stakeholders. This way, there will be a higher level of SVCC with increased (stakeholder) loyalty toward the firms.
Chapter 6 sheds light on Porter and Kramer’s (2011) shared value proposition. The author explains how collaborative stakeholder interactions could lead to significant improvements in the supply chain. Chapter 7 involved a longitudinal study that investigated how four different State Owned Enterprises communicated with Māori communities between 2008 to 2013. This study contributes to the extant literature research on the legitimacy theory and CSR communication with ethnic minorities in the Aotearoa (New Zealand) context. Chapter8 links the CSR paradigm with risk management. The author suggests that Serbian businesses ought to adopt corporate sustainable and responsible approaches in terms of their disaster risk reduction in case of environmental emergencies. Chapter 9 involved a quantitative analysis that explored the CSR practices within the hospitality industry. The authors suggested that there were distinct social and environmentally responsible behaviors in different geographical areas. They argued that institutions can take their results into account when drawing up policies that are aimed at fostering responsible tourism practices. Chapter 10 examined how CSR communication of self-serving motives can lead to more credibility and corporate reputation. The authors implied that the marketers should be aware of how the public perceive CSR behaviors. Chapter 11 suggests that corporate or organizational storytelling, is being used as a promotional tool to communicate CSR information to stakeholders. The authors present four companies that have used storytelling with the aims of transmitting values, fostering collaboration, leading change and sharing knowledge:
Chapter 12 relates corporate sustainability to emotional capital. The authors maintain that emotional capital enables businesses to attract and retain talent. This results in significant improvements to the firms’ bottom lines. Chapter13 suggests that the transition from the CSR to CSR 2.0 requires the adoption of five new principles - creativity, scalability, responsiveness, glocality and circularity. The authors posit that these principles ought to be embedded within the organizations management values and culture. The authors propose a new framework that can be used to manage the processes of socially responsible organization. Chapter 14 investigated the banks’ behavior during the economic crisis in Turkey. The author reported on the bank’s CSR strategies as they supported small and medium sized enterprises, as well as local communities during the financial turmoil. Chapter 15 offers insights on sustainable tourism as the authors investigated the constraints that explain why an attitude–behavior gap exists as they analyzed the responsible tourists’ behavior. Chapter 16 examines three leading networks that are intended to promote corporate sustainability and responsibility. The author explores their growing influence as he reviews their objectives, organizational structures, types of activities, practices and impacts

Why should you choose this book?
This publication is primarily intended to academia, including post graduate students pursuing research degrees. It explores the core aspects of contemporary corporate strategies, public policies and practices that create value. This publication is a concise and authoritative guide on the business case for corporate social responsibility (CSR). It provides a thorough understanding on the theoretical underpinnings of corporate social responsibility, business ethics, corporate citizenship and creating shared value, among other notions. Moreover, its empirical studies show how stakeholder engagement and sustainability strategies can create synergistic value for both business and society in a global context. It suggests that both academia and business practitioners can employ corporate sustainability and responsibility practices as a guiding principle for their business success.

Mark Anthony Camilleri, PhD (Edinburgh)

Papers by Basak Ucanok Tan

Advances in human resources management and organizational development book series, Mar 17, 2023

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2016

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, both practitioners and academics faced surmountable issues that creat... more Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, both practitioners and academics faced surmountable issues that created a massive toll on both organizations and employees. The new complexities surrounding organizations call for novel approaches in understanding the future of work and its components. HR carries a critical strategic function for organizations to adapt to the various complexities and develop strategies that enable them to manage people when uncertainty prevails. The “ecosystem” emerged as a concept that drove theoretical and HR strategy discussions in the last two decades. Its advancement reflects a growing interest regarding the interdependence in elements, structures, and actors across organizations and activities. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the critical importance of interconnectedness for surviving in today's highly volatile environment. Thus, this work proposes a preliminary theoretical model of the HR ecosystem in the COVID-19 context using the arguments of systems and com...

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage, 2017

The aim of this chapter is to outline the growing interest on corporate responsibility, how it ha... more The aim of this chapter is to outline the growing interest on corporate responsibility, how it has evolved and transpired itself in the form of CSR. In this respect the chapter begins by reviewing the definitions of corporate responsibility and emphasizing its difference from related concepts. In the following section major cornerstones in the evolution of corporate responsibility are explained along with a brief outlook of how the modern approaches to corporate responsibility have changed in the past 30 years. The main focus of the chapter is on factors that shape corporate responsibility. In this respect attention is directed to four perspectives used in organization studies; economic, institutional, cultural and cognitive. Theoretical underpinnings, empirical research and examples are provided for the drivers of corporate responsibility. The chapter demonstrates benefits of integrating multiple perspectives and discusses directions for the future of corporate responsibility.

CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship, 2017

There has been a retreat from the “conventional” work organization to new forms of contemporary o... more There has been a retreat from the “conventional” work organization to new forms of contemporary organizations. Parallel to this shift in organizational forms, the composition of the workforce also changed. Greater numbers of women entered the labour market and began occupying managerial positions. Despite the increase of women in the workforce, progress towards equality lagged behind. The intention of this chapter is to provide an overall picture of the representation of women in organizations and to acquaint the readers with some of the major issues that play role in women's career advancement. The chapter begins by introducing macro and micro level barriers that hinder representation of women in the contemporary workplace. Some of these major barriers, such as stereotypes attached to women, occupational segregation, the gender pay gap, and discrimination are then detailed and theoretical and practical implications are provided. The chapter also covers studies on the leadership...

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

One of the key drivers of the development of societies over the past century has been the shift i... more One of the key drivers of the development of societies over the past century has been the shift in women's social and economic position. Women have since been increasingly moving into the labor market, into employment, and into work organizations. According to the 2017 ILO report, women's overall labor participation is estimated to be 49.4%, and this rate increases to 53% for the East European countries. Even though women's participation in the labor force and in the front-line managerial positions is increasing, we are still far from achieving gender equality. Apart from the participation of women, a number of other issues remain to be tackled such as the under-representation of women in decision-making positions, the gender pay gap, and male-dominated work cultures. This chapter explores the effects of values and gender role perceptions on attitudes towards women managers.

Research Anthology on Challenges for Women in Leadership Roles

Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Managerial and Leadership Psychology

With the dawn of a new century, there is an emerging and exponentially accelerating force for glo... more With the dawn of a new century, there is an emerging and exponentially accelerating force for global, societal, and organizational change. The socio-cultural and economic turbulence, the fast-paced technological developments are leading people towards a search for meaning especially at work. An average individual spends most of their adult life working and therefore seeks meaning via their work. This implies that our workplaces are one of the most important determinants of our well-being. Spiritual approaches to work are on the rise among today's working population. People search for solutions to be more grounded and not to get lost between the tensions created by their external world. Krieger underlines that there is clearly a deep crisis in human affairs at all levels from the individual to the organizational and to the societal. In this respect, this chapter aims to highlight the importance of spirituality in the workplace and discuss the role of spiritual leadership in the s...

MEJM, 2014

"The main aim of this paper is to investigate the conceptual and empirical grounds of how wo... more "The main aim of this paper is to investigate the conceptual and empirical grounds of how work alienation and work centrality differ from one another. The concern that these two variables may lie on different axes of the same concept is tackled in relation to work values. In this respect, the effects of work values (intrinsic vs. extrinsic work values) on both work alienation and work centrality have been examined. Turkish employees working in SMEs are targeted to fill out a questionnaire which includes Turkish work values inventory developed by Tevrüz and Turgut (2004), Mottaz’s (1981) work alienation scale and Kanungo’s (1982) work centrality inventory. In total 209 Turkish employees participated in the study. The preliminary findings showed that work alienation and work centrality are distinct concepts and that only work centrality could be predicted by work values. "

CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship, Mar 2017

Mark Anthony Camilleri, PhD (Edinburgh)

Advances in human resources management and organizational development book series, Mar 17, 2023

Journal of East European Management Studies, 2016

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage, 2017

CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship, 2017

Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development

Research Anthology on Challenges for Women in Leadership Roles

Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Managerial and Leadership Psychology

MEJM, 2014