Bridging the Great Divide? Making Sense of the Human Rights-CSR Relationship in UK Multinational Companies

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NC-NDen
dc.contributor.authorObara, Louise Jayneen
dc.contributor.authorPeattie, Kenen
dc.date.acceptance2017-10-05en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T09:39:00Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T09:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-12
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractHuman rights (HR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are both fields of knowledge and research that have been shaped by, and examine, the role of multi-national enterprises in society. Whilst scholars have highlighted the overlapping nature of CSR and HR, our understanding of this relationship within business practice remains vague and under-researched. To explore the interface between CSR and HR, this paper presents empirical data from a qualitative study involving 22 international businesses based in the UK. Through an analysis based on sensemaking, the paper examines how and where CSR and HR overlap, contrast and shape one another, and the role that companies’ international operations has on this relationship. The findings reveal a complex and multi-layered relationship between the two, and concludes that in contrast to management theory, companies have bridged the ‘great divide’ in varying degrees most notably in their implementation strategies.en
dc.funderESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)en
dc.identifier.citationObara, L. and Peattie, K. (2017) Bridging the great divide? making sense of the human rights-CSR relationship in UK multinational companies. Journal of World Business, 53 (6), pp. 781-793en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2017.10.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/14880
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidNo ID code (PhD scholarship)en
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.researchgroupResearch in Accountability, Governance and Sustainability (CRAGS)en
dc.subjectCSRen
dc.subjectHuman rights and businessen
dc.subjectInternational businessen
dc.titleBridging the Great Divide? Making Sense of the Human Rights-CSR Relationship in UK Multinational Companiesen
dc.typeArticleen

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