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Bridging the great divide? Making sense of the human rights-CSR relationship in UK multinational companies
Louise Obara,
Ken Peattie
Journal of World Business, Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Pages: 781 - 793
Swansea University Author: Louise Obara
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.10.002
Abstract
Human rights (HR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are both fields of knowledge and research that have been shaped by, and examine, the role of multi-national enterprises in society. Whilst scholars have highlighted the overlapping nature of CSR and HR, our understanding of this relationshi...
| Published in: | Journal of World Business |
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| ISSN: | 1090-9516 |
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Elsevier BV
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61761 |
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Human rights (HR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are both fields of knowledge and research that have been shaped by, and examine, the role of multi-national enterprises in society. Whilst scholars have highlighted the overlapping nature of CSR and HR, our understanding of this relationship within business practice remains vague and under-researched. To explore the interface between CSR and HR, this paper presents empirical data from a qualitative study involving 22 international businesses based in the UK. Through an analysis based on sensemaking, the paper examines how and where CSR and HR overlap, contrast and shape one another, and the role that companies’ international operations has on this relationship. The findings reveal a complex and multi-layered relationship between the two, and concludes that in contrast to management theory, companies have bridged the ‘great divide’ in varying degrees most notably in their implementation strategies. |
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| Keywords: |
Human rights; Corporate social responsibility; UK multinational enterprises; Qualitative research; Sensemaking and Organizing |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
6 |
| Start Page: |
781 |
| End Page: |
793 |