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Board-level codetermination: A driving force for corporate social responsibility in German companies?
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Abstract We examine the relationship between board-level codetermination and corporate social responsibility in German companies, engaging with two distinct literatures. Most quantitative studies of codetermination focus on its economic impact, with little attention to other outcomes. Studies of corporate so... view more
We examine the relationship between board-level codetermination and corporate social responsibility in German companies, engaging with two distinct literatures. Most quantitative studies of codetermination focus on its economic impact, with little attention to other outcomes. Studies of corporate social responsibility rarely consider the role of worker representatives. Our new measure of the strength of codetermination, the Mitbestimmungsindex (MB-ix), shows a positive relationship with 'substantive' policies such as the adoption of targets for reducing pollution, but not with 'symbolic' policies, such as membership of the UN Global Compact. We therefore shed new light on the role of codetermination and provide a more differentiated view of the spread of what has been termed 'explicit' corporate social responsibility in Germany.... view less
Keywords
corporate social responibility; codetermination; workers' representation; worker participation; sustainability; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 233-246
Journal
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 25 (2019) 3
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214273
ISSN
1461-7129
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications