CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Dankmeyer, Edda Gudrun Juliana |
|---|---|
| Title | COMPARING NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY: THE GERMAN DEFINITION |
| Summary | Europe has become the most vocal and active region in the world in corporate social responsibility (CSR), since it was placed on the agenda at the Lisbon Summit in 2000 to fill the gap between economic competitiveness and raising social and economic standards. As a founding member, Germany is also commonly viewed as having high ethics, concern for the environment and is a leader in philanthropy and social issues. However, there is a view amongst European neighbors, who do not see Germany as prevalent in corporate social responsibility, instead a quasi “blank spot” in the European CSR landscape.” With a strong welfare state and traditional organizations clinging to historical roles, Germany too is confronted with a need to find new solutions to new social challenges, due to German reunification, the economic recession in the 1990s and the impact of globalization. My thesis investigates the puzzle as to, why is Germany resisting and therefore lagging behind other European countries in adapting and becoming a recognized model of explicit CSR? While debates, discussions and literature cover individual components of the puzzle, this paper aims to explain the “big picture”: where I measure Germany against Britain in the context of the European Union, using the United Kingdom as a benchmark, since it is frequently seen as the “role model” for CSR practices within the European Union. Furthermore, I establish the emergence and evolution of corporate social responsibility, the differentiation of “implicit and explicit” CSR while utilizing concrete explanatory factors, as well as the context of the European Union and the British comparison to solve the German conundrum. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/dankmeyer_edda.pdf |
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