CSR in business start-ups: An application method for stakeholder engagement

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 324-336

  Retolaza, Jose Luis ^a   Ruiz, Maite ^b   San Jose, Leire ^b,c  

^a AURKILAN Business Ethics Research Institute   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSR; Entrepreneurship; Social responsibility method; Stakeholder engagement; Stakeholder theory; Start up companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450201984     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.191     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Alchian A, Demsetz H. 1972. Production, information cost and economic organization. American Economic Association 62(5): 777-795.
2. Argandoña A. 1999. Business ethics in Spain. Journal of Business Ethics 22(3): 155-173.
3. Barney JB. 1991. Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage. Journal of Management 17(1): 99-120.
4. Boatright J. 1997. Ethics and the conduct of business. Prentice Hall: USA.
5. Boatright J. 2008. Ethics in finance. Blackwell: Malden, MA (2nd edition).
6. Carroll AB. 1999. Corporate social responsibility - evolution of a defnitional construction. Business and Society 38(3): 268-295.
7. Carter CR, Jennings MM. 2004. Role of purchasing in corporate social responsibility: a structural equation analysis. The Journal of Business Logistics 25(1): 145-187.
8. Castka P, Balzarova, M, Bamber C, Sharp J. 2004. How can SMEs effectively implement the CSR agenda? A UK case study perspective Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11: 140-149.
9. Clarkson MB. 1995. A stakeholder framework for analyzing and evaluating corporate social performance. Academy of Management Review 20(1): 92-117.
10. Dahlsrud A. 2008. How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 15: 1-13.
11. De la Vega I, Coduras A, Justo R, Cruz C. 2007. Global entrepreneurship monitor, Informe Ejecutivo GEM España 2006. Instituto de Empresa: Madrid.
12. Donaldson T, Preston LE. 1995. The Stakeholder Theory of the corporation: concept, evidences and implications. Academy of Management Review 20(1): 65-91.
13. Donaldson T. 1999. Making Stakeholder Theory whole. Academy of Management Review 24(2): 237-241.
14. Etxeberria X. 2004. La Empresa Solidaria en el marco de los Derechos Sociales. In La Economía Solidaria y su Inserción en la Formación Universitaria, Mugarra A. (ed.). Instituto de Derechos Humanos: Bilbao.
15. Festinger L. 1957. A theory of cognitive dissonance. Stanford University Press: Stanford, CA.
16. Freeman RE. 1984. Strategic management: a stakeholder approach. Pitman Press: Boston.
17. Freeman RE, Harrison JS, Wicks A. 2007. Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success. Yale University Press: New Haven & London.
18. Friedman AL, Miles S. 2002. Developing Stakeholder Theory. Journal of Management Studies 39(1): 1-21.
19. Friedman M. 1962. Capitalism and freedom. University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
20. Goodpaster KE. 1991. Business ethics and stakeholder analysis. Business Ethics Quarterly 1(1): 53-72.
21. Grant RM. 1991. The resource-based Theory of Competitive Advantage: implications for Strategy Formulation. California Management Review 33(3): 114-135.
22. Gregg S. 2001. Stakeholder Theory. Policy 17(2): 33-39.
23. Hamel G. 2007. The future of management. Harvard Business Press: Boston, MA.
24. Hill CWL, Jones TM. 1992. Stakeholder-agency Theory. Journal of Management Studies 29(2): 131-154.
25. Jensen M. 2002. Value maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the corporate objective function. Business Ethics Quarterly 12(2): 235-255.
26. Jones TM, Wicks AC. 1999. Convergent Stakeholder Theory. Academy of Management Review 24(2): 206-220.
27. Joyner BE, Payne D. 2002. Evolution and implementation: a study of values, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics 41(4): 297-311.
28. Kaplan RS, Norton DP. 1992. The Balanced Scorecard: measures that drive performance. Harvard Business Review 70(1): 71-80.
29. Kaplan RS, Norton DP. 2000. The strategy-focused organization: how Balanced Scorecard companies thrive in the new competitive environment. Harvard Business Press: Boston, MA.
30. Kaplan RS, Norton DP. 2004. Strategy maps: converting intangible assets into Tangible Outcome. Harvard Business Press: Boston, MA.
31. Kaplan RS, Norton DP. 2006. Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to create corporate synergies. Harvard Business Press: Boston, MA.
32. Kim WC, Mauborgne R. 2005. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant. Harvard Business Press: Boston, MA.
33. Luetkenhorst W. 2004. Corporate Social Responsibility and the development agenda: the case for actively involving small and medium enterprises. Intereconomics May/June: 157-166.
34. Melé D, Debeljuh P, Arruda MC. 2006. Corporate ethical policies in large corporations in Argentina, Brazil and Spain. Journal of Business Ethics 63(1): 21-38.
35. Mintzberg H. 1983. Power in and around organizations. Prentice-Hall: New Jersey.
36. Moir L. 2001. What do we mean by corporate social responsibility? Corporate Governance 1(2): 16-22.
37. Murillo D, Lozano J. 2006. SMEs and CSR: An approach to CSR in their own words. Journal of Business Ethics 67: 227-240.
38. Nelson RR, Winter SG. 1982. An evolutionary theory of economic change. Harvard University Press: Boston, MA.
39. Peteraf M. 1993. The cornerstones of competitive advantage: A resource-based view. Strategic Management Journal 14: 179-191.
40. Retolaza JL, Mugarra A, Enciso M. 2005. Solidarity-based enterprises: new Comprising concept for the enterprise of the future. In The future of cooperatives in a growing Europe, Chaves R, Monzón JL, Stryjan Y, Spear R, Karafolas S. (eds). Ed. CIRIEC.
41. Smith HJ. 2003. The Shareholders versus Stakeholders debate. MIT Sloan Management Review 44(4): 85-91.
42. Snider J, Hill R, Martin D. 2003. Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st century: A view from the world's most successful firms. Journal of Business Ethics 48: 175-187.
43. Williamson O. 1985. The economic institutions of capitalism. The Free Press: New York.
44. Williamson O, Winter SG. 1993. The nature of the firm: origins, evolution, and development. Oxford University Press: New York.