Search for dissertations about: "csr"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the word csr.
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1. Corporate Social Responsibility under Construction : Ideas, Translations, and Institutional Change
University dissertation from Uppsala : Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Although ideas about the social responsibility of business have a long history, the debate over corporate social responsibility (CSR) has escalated worldwide during the past decade under the label of CSR. This thesis contributes to new-institutional organizational approaches by exploring how and why CSR has been constructed into a widespread idea and by introducing a discussion on the interrelationship between ideas and institutional change. READ MORE
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2. Contextualising Constructions of Corporate Social Responsibility Social Embeddedness in Discourse and Institutional Contexts
University dissertation from Stockholm : Department of Sociology, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) and ‘socially responsible investment’ (SRI) have become predominant frameworks connecting business to society that have spread across the globe. They comprise a shared set of ideas and practices, such as those promoted in global reporting standards and by international organisations such as the UN Global Compact. READ MORE
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3. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Swedish Financial Services Sector Translating an Idea into Practice
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : This thesis focuses on how popular ideas in society influence corporate behavior, as corporations adapt to normative ideas in society in order to achieve legitimacy. However, we need more knowledge about how ideas influence organizations and what happens when ideas enter in an organizational context. READ MORE
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4. Toxic Textiles Towards Responsibility in Complex Supply Chains
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : The governance of the environmental and health problems that follow in the wake of globalised trade is one of the great contemporary challenges. One of these challenges is the management of chemical pollution and associated risks, and one sector facing this challenge is the textile industry, which has complex supply chains spread across continents. READ MORE
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5. Managing responsibilities. The formation of Swedish MNC's firm-society policies and practices
University dissertation from Göteborg : Bokförlaget BASAbstract : The role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in society is a frequently debated topic among academics and practitioners. Still, knowledge is lacking in how demands from MNCs’ stakeholders and corporate discretion combine to form MNCs’ firm-society policies and practices. READ MORE
