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When business associations and a federal ministry jointly consult civil society: a CSR policy case study on the development of the CSR Austria Guiding Vision

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  • Astrid Konrad
  • Andre Martinuzzi
  • Reinhard Steurer

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In 2002, Austrian business organizations and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour decided to raise the awareness of CSR in Austria by formulating a CSR guiding vision for Austrian businesses after consulting a broad variety of stakeholders. This paper describes the development of the ‘CSR Austria Guiding Vision’ from 2003, and it gives a brief overview of other public CSR initiatives launched in Austria since then. Since the authors were involved drafting the CSR Austria Guiding Vision as consultants, the paper describes success factors, lessons learned and recommendations relevant for other large‐scale stakeholder dialogues on CSR from an insider perspective. Overall, we conclude that a clear idea about the structure, the type and the rules of the stakeholder involvement (conceptual issues), in combination with a timely, honest and empathic approach towards stakeholders (procedural issues), are important success factors for any stakeholder dialogue. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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  • Astrid Konrad & Andre Martinuzzi & Reinhard Steurer, 2008. "When business associations and a federal ministry jointly consult civil society: a CSR policy case study on the development of the CSR Austria Guiding Vision," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(5), pages 270-280, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:corsem:v:15:y:2008:i:5:p:270-280
    DOI: 10.1002/csr.152
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    1. Enrico Fontana, 2018. "Corporate Social Responsibility as Stakeholder Engagement: Firm–NGO Collaboration in Sweden," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(4), pages 327-338, July.
    2. Reinhard Steurer & Andre Martinuzzi & Sharon Margula, 2012. "Public Policies on CSR in Europe: Themes, Instruments, and Regional Differences," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(4), pages 206-227, July.
    3. Uwafiokun Idemudia & Cynthia Kwakyewah, 2018. "Analysis of the Canadian national corporate social responsibility strategy: Insights and implications," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(5), pages 928-938, September.
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