Purpose – The paper proposes a normative reinterpretation of the stakeholder concept. It argues that all stakeholders are morally considerable, and only those parties are stakeholders, which are morally considerable. Business organizations affect the fate and survival of natural ecosystems and...

Purpose – To develop the self‐interested, business rationale for the export of socially responsible business behavior by multinational firms to developing economies. Design/methodology/approach – Review the rationale for the ascendance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to conceptualize the field of child and teen consumption as a system of social practices at the cross roads of six strongly intermingled subsystems covering social, institutional, technological, narrative, economic, and political stakes. Children's and teens'...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question the status of trade unions on corporate social responsibility (CSR) today in the European Union (EU). How do they go from being social partners to a full‐fledged stakeholder status? The paper examines this question both from the point of...

Purpose – Sustainable development has first been perceived as a hindrance to economic growth. Today, the opposition between innovation and sustainable development is less evident. The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential complementarities that could emerge between innovation...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore CEO corporate social responsibility (CSR) rhetorical choices in response to stakeholder pressures. CEOs often search for legitimacy through CSR rhetoric. It contributes to maintaining or developing pragmatic, moral and cognitive legitimacy in a...

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 develop a typology of sustainable business strategies that may help to guide future empirical research. Design/methodology/approach The approach involves a review of prior typologies and an application of the resource-based view of the firm to identify the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expound on the idea that informal economy is a “conforming” situation, based on the informal sale of medicines in Lomé. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a case study based on interviews. Findings – The case makes it...