Society and Business Review: Volume 9 Issue 3

Potential contribution of the socio-economic approach to management to a better integration of CSR norms and economic standards: Case study of a pastry company

Henri Savall, Véronique Zardet, Michel Péron, Marc Bonnet

– The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of an integrative approach to CSR.

The Rubik’s cube of social accountability: An institutional analysis of the standardization of Italian(ized) social reporting guidelines

Paolo Rossi

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the convergence of the social reporting guidelines available in Italy.

Implementing SA8000 certification standards: An analysis of managerial cognitive maps

Eric Davoine, Delphine Gendre

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…

Dynamic capabilities for CSR management: towards identifying common processes:

Qiang Wu, Qile He, Yanqing Duan

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…

Towards a critical study of standardization: Corporate social responsibility, discourse and management practices

Claudiu George Bocean, Miguel Delattre, Rodolphe Ocler, Catalina Soriana Sitnikov

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…

Shall we dance? A Shakespearian reading of the subprime crisis

Yoann Bazin

– This paper aims to open a dialogue between academic accounts of the subprime crisis and The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare.

Guest editorial

Claudiu Bocean, Miguel Delattre, Rodolphe Ocler, Catalina Sitnikov