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BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS JOURNAL
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 231-246Publisher
PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENTATION CENTER
DOI: 10.5840/bpej201231211
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corporate social responsibility; strategic philanthropy; collaborative governance; decision-making; business value
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This article critically examines Porter and Kramer's shared value concept to identify its boundaries and limits as a framework for understanding the role of philanthropy and CSR relative to the role of business in society. Cases of implementation and alternative perspectives on innovation reveal that, despite its appeal and uptake in corporate and philanthropic circles, shared value merely advances the conventional rhetoric that what is good for business is good for society. The shared value approach narrows what counts as social value and avoids the friction between business and society. The consequence is that the approach is problematic as a framework for addressing sustainability and development, and an insufficient basis for decision-making about philanthropy and CSR.
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