Beyond CSR: organizational learning for global responsibility

Abstract: "This contribution argues that it is time to move beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR) to 'global responsibility'. As long as the field retains its old label, the learning agenda for organizations will be too narrow to address the full range of challenges for a sustainable world. It sets too small a stage, invites too few actors to participate and restricts the types of roles they can play. Global responsibility reframes the way issues are defined and the paths along which solutions may be found. After building the argument for the term, the contribution draws on research about organizational learning to identify the kinds of learning that organizations must become skilled at in order to tackle global responsibility. It then illustrates learning processes in a cooperative bank and an international non-governmental association, a multinational corporation, and a multi-stakeholder platform created by the United Nations. These cases show how organizations are combining various

Alternative title
Weiter als CSR: Organisationslernen für globale Verantwortung
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 35 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Organisationen und Wissen, Abteilung Innovation und Organisation ; Bd. 2004-112

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2004
Creator
Antal, Ariane Berthoin
Sobczak, André
Contributor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-118361
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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