Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the links among standardization, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and critical management. It also aims at understanding the implication of the normalization process for CSR but also questions the nature of this concept. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms build and develop corporate discourse in the field of corporate social responsibility (CRS). The paper has two main objectives: to clarify notions that are used when analyzing discourse; and to provide a qualitative methodology to...

Purpose – The notion of professionalism is polysemic in nature. This paper aims at analysing the development of this notion and identifying its components. The paper examines the process that leads to the development of professionalism based on the interaction between the actors and the...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to address the question whether and how firms can follow a standard management process to cope with emerging corporate social responsibility (CSR) challenges? Both researchers and practitioners have paid increasing attention to the question because of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the convergence of the social reporting guidelines available in Italy. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a documentary analysis of four selected social reporting guidelines provided by Italian institutions...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of an integrative approach to CSR. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the qualimetrics intervention-research methodology. It is an exploratory research project. Findings – The intervention-research case study...

Purpose – This paper aims to open a dialogue between academic accounts of the subprime crisis and The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare. Design/methodology/approach – Andre Orlean’s analysis of the crisis published in 2009 is closely examined to trace the ways in which it...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify difficulties and tension fields encountered in a Social Accountability (SA) 8000 certification process. The paper is based on a case study within a multinational small–medium enterprise (SME) during the implementation of a SA8000 standard....

The topics of the social and environmental responsibility for the companies, deontological rules, codes of control and ethical charters, exercise of the voting rights to the service of the durable development, choices of investment of the funds, ethical placements are more and more often...