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BUSINESS & SOCIETY
卷 55, 期 5, 页码 635-675出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0007650314536393
关键词
chemicals; consumer products; corporate social responsibility; trust; stakeholders; competitive advantage; business ethics
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资金
- EPA under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Program
- Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
- Stanford University
- University of New Mexico Community and Regional Planning Program
Scholars have studied the various pressures that companies face related to socially responsible behavior when stakeholders know the particular social issues under consideration. Many have examined social responsibility in the context of environmental responsibility and the general approaches companies take regarding environmental management. The issue of currently unregulated, but potentially hazardous, chemicals in consumer products is not well understood by the general public, but a number of proactive consumer product companies have voluntarily adopted strategies to minimize use of such chemicals. These companies are exceeding regulatory requirements by restricting from their products chemicals that could harm human or environmental health, despite the fact that these actions are costly. They do not usually advertise the details of their strategies to end consumers. This article uses interviews with senior environmental directors of 20 multinational consumer product companies to investigate why these companies engage in voluntary chemicals management. The authors conclude that the most significant reasons are to achieve a competitive advantage and stay ahead of regulations, manage relationships and maintain legitimacy with stakeholders, and put managerial values into practice. Many of the characteristics related to the case of chemicals management are extendable to other areas of stakeholder management in which risks to stakeholders are either unknown or poorly understood.
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