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
- 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.
- Last update
-
25.03.2025, 1:50 PM CET
Data provider
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.
Associated
- Antal, Ariane Berthoin
- Sobczak, André
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Time of origin
- 2004