•  44
    The Legitimacy of CSR Actions of Publicly Traded Companies Versus Family-Owned Companies
    with Rajat Panwar, Karen Paul, Erlend Nybakk, and Eric Hansen
    Journal of Business Ethics 125 (3): 1-16. 2014.
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the ways through which companies gain legitimacy. However, CSR actions themselves are subject to public skepticism because of increased public awareness of greenwashing and scandalous corporate behavior. Legitimacy of CSR actions is indeed influenced by the actions of the company but also is rooted in the basic cultural values of a society and in the ideologies of evaluators. This study examines the legitimacy of CSR actions of publicly traded fore…Read more