Sub-theme 20: The business firm as a political actor: A new theory of the firm for a globalized world
Convenors:
Andreas Georg Scherer, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Dirk Matten, York University, Canada
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 09:00 to 10:30, E1-1-15
Looking outside - External factors influencing corporate behavior
Chair: Andreas Georg Scherer
Frank de Bakker
Networks of activism. How activist groups and firms operate in shaping corporate social responsibility
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Grahame Thompson
Alison Kemper
After the Fall: Reconsidering business and society after the 2008 collapse of the financial markets
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christian Vögtlin
The business firm as a political actor: exploring the political misuse of shareholder activism in Nigeria
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Florian Schreiber
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, E1-1-15
Political actors and global public goods
Chair: Dirk Matten
annabel mauve bonnefous
The Corporate Capture of the Political Sphere: Democracy, Business and Politics in the Governance of Water Rights
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Duane Windsor
Wayne Norman
Responsible rule-making and the ethics of competition
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ian Maitland
Robert Phillips
The Corporation as Political Actor: Security
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Frank de Bakker
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, E1-1-15
From left to right - Political schools of thought and the implications for corporations
Chair: Guido Palazzo
A Political Theory of the Global Firm
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Roger Martin
Knowing left from right: The dynamic, ideological embeddedness of the contest for CSR
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Martin Fougère
Corporations as Political Actors: Liberal and Republican Perspectives Compared
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Pierre-Yves Néron
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, E1-1-15
Leaders and companies as responsible citizens; Legitimacy in theory and practice
Chair: Guido Palazzo
Companies as ‘Cyborgs’? Reflections on Limited Liability, Legal Personality and Citizenship
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ben Neville
Moritz Patzer
Responsible Leadership: A Research Agenda
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Friederike Schultz
Linking "New Theory of the Firm" and Communications Studies
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Judith Schrempf
Session V: Friday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, E1-1-15
Legitimacy in theory and practice
Chair: Andreas Georg Scherer
Josep M. Lozano and David Barbera
Transformational and Transactional CSR Strategies: Searching for Change in the Tourism Industry
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jukka Mäkinen
Changes in Discursive Legitimation of Codes of Conduct within the German Textile and Apparel Industry from 1997 to 2007
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kenneth Amaeshi
The Interplay of Input and Output Legitimacies in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Marcelo Bucheli
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, E1-1-15
Motivation for CSR - Strategic or philantrophic?
Chair: Dirk Matten
Jukka Mäkinen
Blurring the Boundaries of Responsibility – The Rise of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Finland
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Itziar Castelló
Marcelo Bucheli
Corporate Political Activity of Multinationals from Newly Developed Countries in Emerging Economies: Spanish Multinational
Corporations in Chile, 1990-2005
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sébastien Mena
THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC: FAST-FOOD CORPORATIONS AS POLITICAL ACTORS
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Heather Elms
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, E1-1-15
Critical Perspectives - Are business firms really political actors?
Chair: Guido Palazzo
A Critique of the New Global Corporate Social Responsibility
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Bobby Banerjee
The Business Firm as a Political and Unpolitical Actor
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jeremy Moon