The nature and management of ethical corporate identity: A commentary on corporate identity, corporate social responsibility and ethics

被引:102
作者
Balmer, John M. T.
Fukukawa, Kyoko
Gray, Edmund R.
机构
[1] Univ Bradford, Sch Management, Bradford BD9 4JL, W Yorkshire, England
[2] Loyola Marymount Univ, Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA
关键词
AC(2)ID test; corporate social responsibility; corporate identity; stakeholders; ethical identity;
D O I
10.1007/s10551-006-9278-z
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In this paper we open up the topic of ethical corporate identity: what we believe to be a new, as well as highly salient, field of inquiry for scholarship in ethics and corporate social responsibility. Taking as our starting point Balmer's (in Balmer and Greyser, 2002) AC(2)ID test model of corporate identity - a pragmatic tool of identity management - we explore the specificities of an ethical form of corporate identity. We draw key insights from conceptualizations of corporate social responsibility and stakeholder theory. We argue ethical identity potentially takes us beyond the personification of the corporation. Instead, ethical identity is seen to be formed relationally, between parties, within a community of business and social exchange. Extending the AC(2)ID test model, we suggest the management of ethical identity requires a more socially, dialogically embedded kind of corporate practice and greater levels of critical reflexivity.
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