{"title":"Big Profits, Big Harm? Exploring the Link Between Firm Financial Performance and Human Rights Misbehavior","authors":"E. Giuliani, Federica Nieri, A. Vezzulli","doi":"10.1177/00076503221144994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221144994","url":null,"abstract":"We examine whether, relative to their global peers, the financial performance of firms from developing countries leads to increases in human rights abuses. We also study the institutional conditions that qualify this relationship. Based on a combination of behavioral and neo-institutional theories, we suggest there is a positive relationship between financial performance and human rights misbehavior as home country liabilities motivate firms to misbehave to achieve their primary goal of economic leadership. We also suggest that strong regulatory and normative pressures attenuate the abovementioned positive relationship, as failure to comply with norms endangers such firms’ secondary goal of achieving international legitimacy. Our analysis, based on a sample of 245 large companies from eight developing countries studied over a 20-year period, supports our hypotheses. Our empirical results suggest that such companies misbehave when they endeavor to strike a balance between maintaining their global economic leadership and sustaining their social legitimacy.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1248 - 1299"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42840164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana M. Aranda, Wesley S. Helms, Karen Patterson, Thomas J. Roulet, B. Hudson
{"title":"Standing on the Shoulders of Goffman: Advancing a Relational Research Agenda on Stigma","authors":"Ana M. Aranda, Wesley S. Helms, Karen Patterson, Thomas J. Roulet, B. Hudson","doi":"10.1177/00076503221148441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221148441","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing from Goffman’s original observations on stigma and the consequences of interactions between the stigmatized and supportive or stigmatizing audiences, we conduct a 20-year review of the diverse literature on stigma to revisit the collective nature of stigmatization processes. We find that studies on stigma’s origins, responses, processes, and outcomes have diverged from Goffman’s relational view of stigma as they have overlooked important relational mechanisms explaining the processes of (de)stigmatization. We draw from those conclusions to justify the need to study stigma as a collective phenomenon. We develop a relational perspective on stigma based on understanding how attributes are stigmatized (or not) by audiences in their interactions. We argue that to advance stigma research, it is necessary to build on Goffman’s theory to include the stigmatizers (i.e., the normal) and supporters (i.e., the wise); how they create, sustain, or remove stigma; and how they relate to the stigmatized (i.e., the targets). Accordingly, we provide a research agenda on stigma as a collective phenomenon that theorizes a relational perspective, proposes a typology of how audiences relate to stigmatization, and identifies patterns of relations between audiences. We thus offer a missing piece to existing accounts of stigma by focusing on the key role of audiences (i.e., stigmatizers or supporters of the stigmatized) rather than on the targets of stigma (i.e., the own).","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1339 - 1377"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45711372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tolls, Schools, and Tips: The Reproduction of Social Inequality Through Day-to-Day Practices","authors":"Ajnesh Prasad, Paulina Segarra","doi":"10.1177/00076503221148442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221148442","url":null,"abstract":"How is social inequality reproduced through day-to-day practices? In this commentary, we use the geographical context of Mexico City to argue that social inequality is maintained by “class work” of elites. Specifically, we discuss how (1) urban planning crystallizes class boundaries, (2) private school education reproduces them, and (3) tipping prevents their disruption.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1543 - 1548"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44403992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joanna Vogeley, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, E. Lundmark
{"title":"From Nirvana to Shiva in Impact Investing: Value (In)congruence in Investor–Investee Relationships","authors":"Joanna Vogeley, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, E. Lundmark","doi":"10.1177/00076503221145004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221145004","url":null,"abstract":"In the rapidly emerging field of impact investing, investors and investees collaborate to generate financial returns while addressing social and environmental challenges. This article conceptualizes impact investing as a value-based activity whereby value (in)congruence shapes relationships between investors and investees. Based on Schwartz’s basic values theory and the concept of value congruence, we examine 18 investor–investee dyads and identify four types of dynamic value–(in)congruent relationships: Nirvana, Yin and Yang, Soul-Searching, and Shiva. We capture these dynamic relationship types in the proposed impact-investing value (in)congruence model, showing the complexity of value (in)congruence in such relationships, as both congruence and incongruence have positive and negative outcomes. The article provides the implications for practice and directions for further research.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1300 - 1334"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46762468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership for Inclusion and Impact: A Renewed Vision for Business & Society","authors":"Hari Bapuji, C. Higgins","doi":"10.1177/00076503221140175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221140175","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"3 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42114220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Talk on Twitter: Informal Deliberation About (Ir-)responsible Business Conduct in Social Media Arenas","authors":"Daniel Lundgaard, M. Etter","doi":"10.1177/00076503221139838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221139838","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research has damped initial promises for democratic deliberation in social media arenas. Empirical studies find only low degrees of direct reciprocal interaction among participants, a lack of consensus orientation, and accelerated forms of communication that fail to meet traditional ideals of deliberation. In line with recent literature, we argue that traditional deliberative ideals are too narrow to embrace the potential contribution of social media for deliberation about (ir-)responsible business conduct. Instead, we propose to conceptualize social media as arenas for everyday talk, that is, everyday communication practices through which participants informally discuss and express opinions about current issues, thereby contributing to a broader deliberative system. In adopting this lens, we ask: How can everyday talk in social media contribute to deliberation about (ir-)responsible business conduct? Drawing on the latest insights from online deliberation studies, we develop a framework for evaluating everyday talk and propose that its deliberative quality depends on social media appropriate forms of justification, interactivity, equality, and civility. We apply this framework with an analysis of 260,224 tweets about the role of business in climate change. Based on our findings, we critically discuss how everyday talk in social media can contribute to deliberation at the intersection of business and society.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1201 - 1247"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43860144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Instrumentalization of CSR by Rent-Seeking Governments: Lessons From Tanzania","authors":"Eva Nilsson","doi":"10.1177/00076503221123744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221123744","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can serve as an external source of rents for governments that depend on foreign financing for state-building and development. The strategic, instrumental use of CSR has been overlooked in previous research on governments and CSR, especially in the Global South. To understand how CSR can serve as a lever for rents, the concept of “extraversion” is introduced to describe the way in which rent-seeking African governments instrumentalize their asymmetric external relations for political and private benefit. The connection between CSR and rent-seeking is analyzed through a case study of large gas investments in Tanzania. The article finds that the government has set up regulation that enables local and central government authorities to appropriate, mediate, reclaim, or possibly trick CSR practices to gain rents. Based on the study, two contributions are made to the literature on CSR and governments. First, the instrumental use of CSR in the Global South is added to the variety of perspectives that can be taken when studying government agency. Second, CSR is conceptualized as a potential stream of rents for governments to exploit. The article ends with discussing that the outcome of CSR in a rent-seeking environment depends on whether the leveraged resources are managed well to support peaceful and locally beneficial economic development or whether they serve private accumulation through corruption.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1173 - 1200"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42607826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"As Clear as Black and White: Racially Disparate Concerns Over Career Progression for Remote Workers Across Racial Faultlines","authors":"Daniel G. Bachrach, Pankaj C. Patel, F. Pratto","doi":"10.1177/00076503221121823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221121823","url":null,"abstract":"With increasing complexity in the evolving structure of work in organizations, employees’ preferences for working from home (WFH) relative to working on-site can lead to systematic differences in perceived career implications. An emerging tension associated with WFH versus work-at-work is whether this locational divide is associated with concerns over career progression, especially among racial minorities. Here, we seek to determine whether Black employees, relative to their White counterparts, have more concerns over career progression relating to WFH compared with their on-site colleagues. From a sample of employees in the May 2021 cross-section of the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes (SWAA), we find that relative to higher (lower) income White employees, higher (lower) income Black WFH employees have significantly higher (lower) concerns over career progression than their on-site counterparts. These findings speak both to the nontrivial choices employees may be forced to make as the structure of work continues to evolve and consequences for racial inequality.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"62 1","pages":"1145 - 1172"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43752686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikolay A. Dentchev, L. Michelini, A. Verbeke, J. Hall, Jenny Hillemann
{"title":"New Perspectives on Base of the Pyramid Strategies","authors":"Nikolay A. Dentchev, L. Michelini, A. Verbeke, J. Hall, Jenny Hillemann","doi":"10.1177/00076503221125420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221125420","url":null,"abstract":"The early literature on base of the pyramid (BOP) strategies argued that multinational enterprises can contribute significantly to poverty alleviation of the poorest population in the world. An emergent perspective suggests that the solution to poverty lies within the BOP itself. Here, entrepreneurship within the BOP population is seen as the more credible solution to poverty. In this Special Issue introduction, we briefly present how the literature has further shifted the discussion of BOP strategies toward issues such as innovation, networks, business models, and sustainability at the BOP. This analysis signals a gap in our knowledge related to the success factors in business models of BOP entrepreneurs, with attention to economic, social, and environmental impacts. We present the five articles accepted for publication in this Special Issue, of which three contribute to our knowledge of BOP business models and two to our knowledge of sustainability at the BOP. In conclusion, we propose several avenues for future research.","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"61 1","pages":"1977 - 1991"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49135737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jill A. Brown, A. Spicer, K. Rehbein, C. Higgins, F. D. de Bakker, Hari Bapuji
{"title":"More Than an Umbrella Construct: We Can (and Should) Do Better With CSR by Theorizing Through Context","authors":"Jill A. Brown, A. Spicer, K. Rehbein, C. Higgins, F. D. de Bakker, Hari Bapuji","doi":"10.1177/00076503221126642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503221126642","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of context in theory development is well recognized across multiple fields of study in management and organization (Bamberger, 2008; Cappelli & Sherer, 1991; Johns, 2006; Maloney et al., 2016; Rousseau & Fried, 2001; Xu & Zhang, 2022). At its most basic level, context adds scope conditions to basic hypotheses: Condition A may lead to Condition B under Context X but not in Context Y. Ignoring situational contingencies may lead to systemic bias, to overgeneralizing results based on a lack of awareness of context-based range restrictions, or to reversed causal directions and sign reversals in academic research (Hackman, 2003; Johns, 2006; Maloney et al., 2016). It also may contribute to overly-optimistic beliefs in one-size-fits-all solutions that overlook the need for careful adaption of practices to match local conditions (Ragin, 2000). In line with these long-standing calls, we argue that within the domain of business and society, and arguably of management and organization studies more broadly, we still need to pay more attention to context theorizing. As Bamberger (2008) asserted: “context counts and, where possible, should be given theoretical consideration” (p. 839, italics in original). Looking back at our term as co-editors, in this Editors’ Insights, we chose to revisit the benefits of theorizing through context for issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and related topics such as corporate social performance (CSP), corporate citizenship, corporate responsiveness, and civic","PeriodicalId":48193,"journal":{"name":"Business & Society","volume":"61 1","pages":"1965 - 1976"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46817688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}