Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change A Sensemaki
An increasing number of financial institutions have started to subscribe to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in their investment decisions and use their funds to promote responsible corporate behavior. The financial crisis and the widespread lack of
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GABLER RESEARCH EBS Forschung Schriftenreihe der EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht i. Gr. EBS Business School · Wiesbaden
Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Falko Fecht
Band 79
Die im Sommer 2010 aus der European Business School International University, Schloss Reichartshausen entstandene EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (i. Gr.) gGmbH ist die erste Wirtschaftsuniversität in Deutschland. Dieser Vorreiterrolle fühlen sich ihre Professoren und Doktoranden in Forschung und Lehre verpflichtet. Mit der Schriftenreihe präsentiert die EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht i. Gr. ausgewählte Ergebnisse ihrer betriebs- und volkswirtschaftlichen Forschung.
Elisa M. Zarbafi
Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change A Sensemaking Perspective on How Institutional Investors May Drive Corporate Social Responsibility With a foreword by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Grimm
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Foreword Corporate Social Responsibility has been an appreciative, albeit academic issue for several years. As a result of the recent financial and economic crisis, it is now not only a topical issue in contemporary times, but is also becoming increasingly important in business practice. Leading managers are confronted with the question as to what extent their organizations accept the responsibility to protect the communities and the environment in which they operate.
This book explores how and if at all significant players in capital markets, namely institutional investors, place their focus on socially responsible management and how they are best able to use their influence.
The deep-rooted understanding that managerial decision-making processes are not only the result of objective analyses, but rather are shaped by the many varied interactions within social systems, delivers the theoretical basis of the dissertation a
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