Framing Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chemical Industry
(2013) STVK02 20122Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been around for many years and has been viewed in different forms, aspects and by different actors because of the ever changing society. In 1984 a terrible incidence happened when a leaking chemical by the name of methyl isocyanate (MIC) was leaking in and outside of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) Pesticide Plant in Bhopal, India. This thesis will describe the disaster as being an external shock of creating an enriched concept of CSR when placed in the context of the chemical industry. By using framing theory by Chong & Druckman, Goffman, and Schön & Rein, it is possible to frame CSR with using the CSR layers by Carroll as guidance. A massive chemical disaster as Bhopal can,... (More)
- The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been around for many years and has been viewed in different forms, aspects and by different actors because of the ever changing society. In 1984 a terrible incidence happened when a leaking chemical by the name of methyl isocyanate (MIC) was leaking in and outside of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) Pesticide Plant in Bhopal, India. This thesis will describe the disaster as being an external shock of creating an enriched concept of CSR when placed in the context of the chemical industry. By using framing theory by Chong & Druckman, Goffman, and Schön & Rein, it is possible to frame CSR with using the CSR layers by Carroll as guidance. A massive chemical disaster as Bhopal can, in fact, happen today. However, chemical regulations as Responsible Care and product stewardship that emerged after 1984, to satisfy the economic responsibility layer of chemical companies, combined with the CSR-risk that companies are aware of, have made this unlikely. (Less)
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- author
- Åkerberg, Frida LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- The Bhopal Disaster
- course
- STVK02 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Product Stewardship., Responsible Care, Conceptual Stretching, Framing Theory, CSR
- language
- English
- id
- 3357948
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-25 09:39:37
- date last changed
- 2013-02-25 09:39:37
@misc{3357948, abstract = {{The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been around for many years and has been viewed in different forms, aspects and by different actors because of the ever changing society. In 1984 a terrible incidence happened when a leaking chemical by the name of methyl isocyanate (MIC) was leaking in and outside of the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) Pesticide Plant in Bhopal, India. This thesis will describe the disaster as being an external shock of creating an enriched concept of CSR when placed in the context of the chemical industry. By using framing theory by Chong & Druckman, Goffman, and Schön & Rein, it is possible to frame CSR with using the CSR layers by Carroll as guidance. A massive chemical disaster as Bhopal can, in fact, happen today. However, chemical regulations as Responsible Care and product stewardship that emerged after 1984, to satisfy the economic responsibility layer of chemical companies, combined with the CSR-risk that companies are aware of, have made this unlikely.}}, author = {{Åkerberg, Frida}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Framing Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chemical Industry}}, year = {{2013}}, }