Corporate Social Responsibility in Scandinavia: A Turn Toward the Business Case?

Scandinavian companies have a long history of integrating issues of ethics and social responsibility into corporate strategies, and today these issues seem to appear with a renewed urgency in the wake of globalization. While Scandinavian companies since the 1980s have been exposed to strong environm...

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Published inThe Debate Over Corporate Social Responsibility
Main Authors Morsing, Mette, Midttun, Atle, Palmås, Karl
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Oxford University Press 12.04.2007
Subjects
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Economic Sociology
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Summary:Scandinavian companies have a long history of integrating issues of ethics and social responsibility into corporate strategies, and today these issues seem to appear with a renewed urgency in the wake of globalization. While Scandinavian companies since the 1980s have been exposed to strong environmental regulation and so have integrated environmental concerns into their business strategies for a number of years, many Scandinavian managers also claim that ethics and social responsibilities always have been an inherent way of doing business.
ISBN:9780195178838
0195178831
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780195178838.003.0007