Beyond Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and shareholder theory: Contesting the relevant context of sustainability

(Previously presented in a preliminary form at the 2018 EAEPE conference) Marc Jacquinet December 2024 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has not just become mainstream practice for multinational corporations, it has also become the dominant discourse of responsibility and social obligation on the behalf of private firms, conflating the deeper questions of moral obligation into a management tool, both for communicating and compensating the impact of business as usual. Related to CSR...