The sustainability problems of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services increasingly challenges the legitimacy of corporations. Corporate legitimacy, however, is vital to the survival of corporations in competitive environments. The literature distinguishes three...

In contrast to prevalent models of CSR that are content based, we propose a process model of organizational sense-making that explains how managers think, discuss and act with respect to their key stakeholders and the world at large. A set of cognitive, linguistic, and conative dimensions are...

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how corporations should play a more active role in fulfilling their global citizenship obligations and responsibilities