The non-sense of organizational morality: Processing Corporate Volunteering between formal and informal organizational structures
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Journal articlePublication Year
2015Journal
Journal for Global ResponsibilityPublication Volume
6Publication Issue
1Publication Begin page
19Publication End page
44
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Purpose: Companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities tend to be regarded with suspicion: Taking managerial decision about engaging in CSR or communicating, this decision does not constitute the actual execution of this decision itself. A gulf can exist between deciding, speaking and doing. In fact, this gap between speaking and doing has longed fuelled the discussion about the risks, benefits and pitfalls of CSR, mainly for one reason: It remains unknown what happens to CSR concepts when they are transformed from formal decisions at the top of the hierarchy to concrete action in the rest of the organization. This paper explores this internal transformation process by combining the macro- and micro-levels of observation.Keyword
People Management & LeadershipKnowledge Domain/Industry
People Management & Leadershipae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1108/JGR-11-2014-0030