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CATEGORIES:CISA Talks - Cambridge International Studies Assoc
 iation
SUMMARY:Corporate Social Responsibility and Business’ Cont
 ribution to Governance in Areas of Regulatory Void
  - Dr. Christian Thauer\, Free University of Berli
 n
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20111102T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20111102T183000
UID:TALK32131AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/32131
DESCRIPTION:*Seminar Room B\, not SCR as usual*\n\nIn the past
  20 years\, transition countries in the South and 
 East – such as the BRIC states (Brazil\, Russia\, 
 India\, China) and other G20 countries – have expe
 rienced\nimpressive economic growth. While these c
 ountries are comparatively strong in the internati
 onal system and vis-à-vis their societies\, their 
 intense economic growth is often not balanced by s
 ufficiently strict social\, health and environment
 al regulations\nor by comprehensive service and co
 mmon good provision. It is in this context that po
 litical scientists have become intrigued by the ph
 enomenon of corporate social\nresponsibility (csr)
  as the attempt to close such gaps in governance. 
 Why and under which conditions do firms make an at
 tempt to engage in csr and contribute to governanc
 e in areas where the state is limited or weak? And
  under which conditions may such attempts be succe
 ssful\, and when do they fail? The talk\nmakes the
  case for the importance of paying attention to th
 e internal dynamics of business in order to unders
 tand why and under which conditions firms engage i
 n csr.\nThe argument is that csr assists decision-
 makers in firms to resolve managerial dilemmas. A 
 managerial dilemma is a situation whereby the exec
 ution of\nmanagement’s decisions transforms the in
 tra-organizational mode of social coordination fro
 m a hierarchy to one in which managers become depe
 ndent on\, and vulnerable to the behavior of subor
 dinates. I argue that it is in these situations th
 at corporate decision-makers introduce csr in thei
 r attempt to avoid the foreseeable loss of control
  and organizational efficiency. The talk illustrat
 es this argument with\nempirical examples and in t
 his context also discusses factors that make attem
 pts by business to contribute to governance a succ
 ess.
LOCATION:Seminar Room B\, 17 Mill Lane\, Cambridge CB2 1RX
CONTACT:Nicole Janz
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