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Beyond CSR: Organizational learning for global responsibility

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  • Ariane Berthoin Antal
  • André Sobczak

    (Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School)

Abstract

This article first outlines the logic for "global responsibility," then it discusses the organisational learning implications of taking the concept seriously and provides several illustrations of learning processes that different organisations have experienced. In so doing, this article illustrates the fruitfulness of learning from different theories and from different actors in the field, a strategy that is increasingly called for by researchers and experts. The article then addresses the question of how to speed up organisational learning for global responsibility beyond the limited number of early innovators. To this end it builds on lessons learned from experiences in different countries over the past four decades with voluntary and mandatory approaches to corporate social reporting. From this analysis of related initiatives, conclusions are drawn for the specification of key criteria for a framework for global responsibility and supporting processes. At a time when practitioners stress that "corporate social responsibility is an ongoing learning process for companies and stakeholders," academics are criticising theories of corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance for being too static.

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  • Ariane Berthoin Antal & André Sobczak, 2004. "Beyond CSR: Organizational learning for global responsibility," Post-Print hal-00765241, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00765241
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    1. Ariane Berthoin Antal & André Sobczak, 2007. "Corporate social responsibility in France: A mix of national traditions and international influences," Post-Print hal-00765278, HAL.
    2. Verena Hermelingmeier & Timo von Wirth, 2021. "The nexus of business sustainability and organizational learning: A systematic literature review to identify key learning principles for business transformation," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 1839-1851, May.
    3. Ariane Berthoin Antal & André Sobczak, 2014. "Culturally Embedded Organizational Learning for Global Responsibility," Post-Print hal-01074565, HAL.
    4. Nelly Oelze & Stefan Ulstrup Hoejmose & Andre Habisch & Andrew Millington, 2016. "Sustainable Development in Supply Chain Management: The Role of Organizational Learning for Policy Implementation," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(4), pages 241-260, May.
    5. S. Prakash Sethi & Terrence F. Martell & Mert Demir, 2016. "Building Corporate Reputation Through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reports: The Case of Extractive Industries," Corporate Reputation Review, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 19(3), pages 219-243, October.
    6. Nikodemus Solitander & Martin Fougere & André Sobczak & Heidi Herlin, 2012. "We Are the Champions: Organizational Learning and Change for Responsible Management Education," Post-Print hal-00956969, HAL.
    7. Fuisz-Kehrbach, Sonja-Katrin, 2015. "A three-dimensional framework to explore corporate sustainability activities in the mining industry: Current status and challenges ahead," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(P1), pages 101-115.
    8. Affaf Zahra & Muhammad Zia-ur Rehman & Asia Baig, 2018. "Economic or Organisation Perspective?: Triangulation of Workplace Spirituality, Organisational Learning Capacity (OLC) and Organisational Trust," Global Economics Review, Humanity Only, vol. 3(2), pages 20-33, December.
    9. Claus Dierksmeier, 2020. "From Jensen to Jensen: Mechanistic Management Education or Humanistic Management Learning?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 166(1), pages 73-87, September.
    10. Cathy Krohmer & Christine Naschberger & André Sobczak, 2010. "Le rôle de l'activité de régulation sociale dans le processus d'affirmation de nouvelles parties prenantes : l'exemple des réseaux de promotion de la diversité," Post-Print hal-00771156, HAL.
    11. Berthoin Antal, Ariane & Sobczak, André, 2014. "Culturally Embedded Organizational Learning for Global Responsibility," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 53(5), pages 652-683.
    12. Metaxas, Theodore, 2016. "Corporate social responsibility in European organizations: A universal idea?," MPRA Paper 71104, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    13. Carine Girard & André Sobczak, 2012. "Towards a Model of Corporate and Social Stakeholder Engagement: Analyzing the Relations Between a French Mutual Bank and Its Members," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 107(2), pages 215-225, May.
    14. André Sobczak, 2012. "Ensuring the effective implementation of transnational company agreements," Post-Print hal-00956968, HAL.
    15. Carine Girard & André Sobczak, 2012. "Towards a Model of Corporate and Social Stakeholder Engagement: Analyzing the Relations Between a French Mutual Bank and Its Members," Post-Print hal-00813154, HAL.
    16. Enying Zheng & Wenjie Liao & Yan Xing & Jiajia Zheng, 2023. "Institutionalizing corporate social responsibility disclosure: Historical webpages of the Fortune global 500 companies, 1997–2009," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(2), pages 661-676, March.
    17. André Sobczak & Christelle Havard, 2012. "Stakeholders' Influence on French Unions' CSR Strategies," Post-Print hal-00978743, HAL.
    18. Silvia Ayuso & Mercè Roca & Jorge A. Arevalo & Deepa Aravind, 2016. "What Determines Principle-Based Standards Implementation? Reporting on Global Compact Adoption in Spanish Firms," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 553-565, February.

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