‘Free Us Up So We Can Be Responsible!’ The Co-Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility and Neo-Liberalism in the UK, 1977-2010

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Theory: New Perspectives on Private Governance (2012, background): “In his analysis of the UK, Kinderman (2012) shows how the emergence of business activity promoting CSR was deeply bound together with the rise of neoliberal economic policies associated with Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.”
Government Policies for Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Support and Institutionalization (2013, unknown): “Reflecting Crouch’s (2005) distinction between two institutional complementarities, CSR is understood to fit in with domestic institutional structures by either ‘substituting’ (Jackson and Apostolakou, 2010; Kinderman, 2012; Matten and Moon, 2008) or ‘mirroring’ (Campbell, 2007; Gjølberg, 2009) exta”
Too Much of a Good Thing? On the Relationship Between CSR and Employee Work Addiction (2019, background): “As CSR helps companies gain legitimacy and avoid criticism, it is used by companies to preempt government regulation and control (Kinderman 2011).”