When lesser bad equals good
(2009) MRSA21 20091Human Rights Studies
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- The purpose of this work is to address key factors that should be included when creating an effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR/CR) system. By analysing the connection between different systems fundamental problems in the close relationship contemporary systems have today, the problems of CSR/CR mainstreaming will be shown. It also shows how hard it can be to brake old patterns.
One problem with today's system is the fact that they often use economical terms and language in their arguing to replace an economic value-system to an ethical value-system. By using economic arguments CSR/CR is being sub-ordinated to profit. Therefore can today's mainstreaming of CSR/CR system be showed to actually slow down the effective conversion... (More) - The purpose of this work is to address key factors that should be included when creating an effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR/CR) system. By analysing the connection between different systems fundamental problems in the close relationship contemporary systems have today, the problems of CSR/CR mainstreaming will be shown. It also shows how hard it can be to brake old patterns.
One problem with today's system is the fact that they often use economical terms and language in their arguing to replace an economic value-system to an ethical value-system. By using economic arguments CSR/CR is being sub-ordinated to profit. Therefore can today's mainstreaming of CSR/CR system be showed to actually slow down the effective conversion from shareholder praxis to stakeholder theory. (Less)
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- author
- E. Sjöstedt, Andreas LU
- supervisor
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- Olof Beckman LU
- organization
- alternative title
- An analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Frameworks Purpose, Construction and Result
- course
- MRSA21 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- AA1000, SA 8000, ISO, CR, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Human rights, Corporate Responsibility
- language
- English
- id
- 1405682
- date added to LUP
- 2009-05-27 17:16:16
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:45
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