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  • 1.  Question

    Posted 05-21-2008 19:03
    Colleagues:

    I am prepping a summer course and need some advice. What are the top (best?)
    articles for my students to read that focus on the relationship between CSR
    and organizational performance? Obviously, Orlitzky et al., but who else?

    Thanks,

    Dale
    Illinois State University

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  • 2.  Question

    Posted 05-22-2008 05:48
    Dear Dale,

    I have designed a module for 3rd years BSc students in a course where a
    term paper was the focus. The students have a background in economics
    and business and usually no clue about CSR.

    I use one of the Wood papers (see below for references) to get them
    started on the topic, and the Friedman newspaper entry to give them the
    classical economists' view. I proceed with stakeholder theory, using
    e.g. Clarkson or Jawahar/McLaughlin. I tend to give an example of what
    this looks like, using either the insightful Waddock/Graves paper or
    -when I want to give myself a break- my own paper. Finally, as
    meta-analysis is not part of the statistics curriculum over here, I tend
    to present Wood/Jones, Orlitzky et al., and Margolis/Walsh, but more as
    a source of additional literature then as a key contribution. I guess
    the extent to which you can use the meta-analyses depends on the level
    of the students, though a review like Wood/Jones is very accessible.

    I would be interested to learn what others have to say. Maybe you can
    compile a list based on the replies you have obtained?

    Thanks,
    Gerwin

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    Gerwin van der Laan, MSc
    University of Groningen
    Faculty of Economics and Business
    Room WSN 509
    PO Box 800
    9700 AV Groningen
    The Netherlands
    T: (0031)(0)50 363 7075
    http://www.gerwinvanderlaan.nl

    Clarkson, M. B. E. 1995. A stakeholder framework for analyzing and
    evaluating corporate social performance. Academy of Management Review,
    20: 92-117.

    Friedman, M. 1970. The social responsibility of business is to increase
    its profits, New York Times Magazine: September 13th.

    Jawahar, I. M., & McLaughlin, G. L. 2001. Toward a descriptive
    stakeholder theory: An organizational life cycle approach. Academy of
    Management Review, 26: 397-414.

    Margolis, J. D., & Walsh, J. P. 2003. Misery loves companies: Rethinking
    social initiatives by business. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48:
    268-305.

    Orlitzky, M., Schmidt, H. L., & Rynes, S. L. 2003. Corporate social and
    financial performance: A meta-analysis. Organization Studies, 24: 403-441.

    Van der Laan, G., Van Ees, H., & Van Witteloostuijn, A. 2008. Corporate
    social and financial performance: An extended stakeholder theory, and
    empirical test with accounting measures. Journal of Business Ethics, 79:
    299-310.

    Waddock, S. A., & Graves, S. B. 1997. The corporate social
    performance-financial performance link. Strategic Management Journal,
    18: 303-320.

    Wood, D. J. 1991a. Corporate social performance revisited. Academy of
    Management Review, 16: 691-718.

    Wood, D. J. 1991b. Social issues in management: Theory and research in
    corporate social performance. Journal of Management, 17: 383-406.

    Wood, D. J., & Jones, R. E. 1995. Stakeholder mismatching: A theoretical
    problem in empirical research on corporate social performance.
    International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 3: 229-267.


    Dale Fitzgibbons wrote:
    > Colleagues:
    >
    > I am prepping a summer course and need some advice. What are the top (best?)
    > articles for my students to read that focus on the relationship between CSR
    > and organizational performance? Obviously, Orlitzky et al., but who else?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Dale
    > Illinois State University
    >
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