书目名称 | NGOs as Legitimate Partners of Corporations |
副标题 | A Political Conceptu |
编辑 | Dorothea Baur |
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概述 | First systematic conceptualization of NGOs as partners of corporations.Innovative and critical view on the much applauded role of NGOs as partners of corporations.First typology to clarify the blurred |
丛书名称 | Issues in Business Ethics |
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描述 | The interaction between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has become an important topic in the debate about corporate social responsibility (CSR). Yet, unlike the vast majority of academic work on this topic, this book explicitly focuses on clarifying the role of NGOs, not of corporations, in this context. Based on the notion of NGOs as political actors it argues that NGOs suffer from a multiple legitimacy deficit: they are representatives of civil society without being elected; the legitimacy of the claims they raise is often controversial; and there are often doubts regarding the legitimacy of the behaviour they exhibit in putting forward their claims. Set against an extended sphere of political action in the postnational constellation this book argues that the political model of deliberative democracy provides a meaningful conceptualization of NGOs as legitimate partners of corporations and it develops a conceptual framework that specifically allows distinguishing legitimate partner NGOs from two related actor types with whom they share certain characteristics but who differ with respect to their legitimacy. These related actor types are interest groups on t |
出版日期 | Book 2012 |
关键词 | Business Ethics; Business-NGO partnerships; CSR; Civil Behaviour; Civil Disobedience; Civil Society; Commu |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2254-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-3758-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-2254-5Series ISSN 0925-6733 Series E-ISSN 2215-1680 |
issn_series | 0925-6733 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 |