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Transcending the Confines of Economic and Political Organization? The Misguided Metaphor of Corporate Citizenship

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  • van Oosterhout, J. (Hans)

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Although the critical reconceptualization of Corporate Citizenship (CC) proposed by Néron and Norman appropriately focuses on connotations that enable us to distinguish between CC and the all-inclusive notion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), I argue that they fail to properly account for the misguiding potential of the features of political citizenship they propose to develop further in CC theorizing. It is concluded that the notion of CC is better dispensed with altogether, and that a reorientation on concepts that can truly transcend the boundaries of economic and political organization would benefit the field of business and society.

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  • van Oosterhout, J. (Hans), 2008. "Transcending the Confines of Economic and Political Organization? The Misguided Metaphor of Corporate Citizenship," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(1), pages 35-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:18:y:2008:i:01:p:35-42_00
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    2. Aurélien Feix & Georg Wernicke, 2024. "When Is CEO Activism Conducive to the Democratic Process?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 190(4), pages 755-774, April.
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    4. Alexander Kruggel & Victor Tiberius & Manuela Fabro, 2020. "Corporate Citizenship: Structuring the Research Field," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-19, June.
    5. Pies, Ingo & Hielscher, Stefan, 2014. "Miteinander oder Gegeneinander? Zur Verhältnisbestimmung von Unternehmen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen," Discussion Papers 2014-3, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics.
    6. David Silver, 2015. "Business Ethics After Citizens United: A Contractualist Analysis," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 127(2), pages 385-397, March.
    7. Pierre-Yves Néron, 2010. "Business and the Polis: What Does it Mean to See Corporations as Political Actors?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 94(3), pages 333-352, July.

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