Title

"Managing" Corporate Community Involvement

Department/School

Ethics and Business Law

Date of this version

2009

Document Type

Article

Keywords

corporate community involvement, corporate social responsibility, employee volunteering, social movement, framing, mobilization, double-edged effect

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0051-y

Abstract

In academic research, many attempts have been undertaken to legitimize corporate community involvement by showing a business case for it. However, much less attention has been devoted to building understanding about the actual dynamics and challenges of managing CCI in the business context. As an alternative to existing predominantly static and top-down approaches, this paper introduces a social movement framework for analyzing CCI management. Based on the analysis of qualitative case study data, we argue that the active role of employees pressuring for CCI policies and practices, as well as the organization audience responses to their efforts, are at the core of the challenges involved in managing CCI. These challenges also pose limits to how far CCI can be extended to a ‘‘business as usual’’ activity.

Volume

90

Published in

Journal of Business Ethics

Citation/Other Information

Van der Voort, J., Glac, K. & Meijs, L. C. (2009). "Managing" Corporate Community Involvement. Journal of Business Ethics, 90, 311-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0051-y

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