Measuring Legitimacy
| Abstract | As Oil Sands operators face increasing criticism within the global environmental debate, companies are using a range of global, regional and industry-basedmeasurement frameworks as a means of accounting for environmental impacts and responding to stakeholder pressure. Through examination of an Oil Sands study group, this preliminary study considers the practical role of measurement frameworks in demonstrating sustainability accountability, and ultimately as sources of legitimacy. But responsiveness to stakeholders is not even across frameworks. Those most tied to the economic performance and investor audiences have momentum. While frameworks based on investor demand may have significant power in swaying compliance, their selfreported measures contain little oversight and do little to move disclosures out of the PR suite | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,701 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesAdele Santana (2012). Three Elements of Stakeholder Legitimacy. Journal of Business Ethics 105 (2):257-265.
Gabriel Eweje (2006). Environmental Costs and Responsibilities Resulting From Oil Exploitation in Developing Countries: The Case of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Journal of Business Ethics 69 (1):27 - 56.
Robin W. Roberts (forthcoming). Toward a More Coherent Understanding of the Organization–Society Relationship: A Theoretical Consideration for Social and Environmental Accounting Research. Journal of Business Ethics.
Robert Phillips (2003). Stakeholder Legitimacy. Business Ethics Quarterly 13 (1):25-41.
Irene M. Herremans, M. Sandy Herschovis & Stephanie Bertels (2009). Leaders and Laggards: The Influence of Competing Logics on Corporate Environmental Action. Journal of Business Ethics 89 (3):449 - 472.
Robert A. Phillips (2009). Private Security Companies and Institutional Legitimacy. Business Ethics Quarterly 19 (3):403-432.
Martin Mueller, Virginia Gomes dos Santos & Stefan Seuring (2009). The Contribution of Environmental and Social Standards Towards Ensuring Legitimacy in Supply Chain Governance. Journal of Business Ethics 89 (4):509 - 523.
Jiafeng Zhu (2012). Legitimacy as a Mere Moral Power? A Response to Applbaum. Diametros 33 (33):120-137.
Burkard Eberlein (forthcoming). Legitimating Transnational Standard-Setting: The Case of the International Accounting Standards Board. Journal of Business Ethics.
Joanna Becker (2007). How Frameworks Can Help Operationalize Sustainable Development Indicators. World Futures 63 (2):137 – 150.
Anita Jose & Shang-Mei Lee (2007). Environmental Reporting of Global Corporations: A Content Analysis Based on Website Disclosures. Journal of Business Ethics 72 (4):307 - 321.
Cyrlene Claasen & Julia Roloff (2012). The Link Between Responsibility and Legitimacy: The Case of De Beers in Namibia. Journal of Business Ethics 107 (3):379-398.
Annika Beelitz & Doris M. Merkl-Davies (2012). Using Discourse to Restore Organisational Legitimacy: 'CEO-Speak' After an Incident in a German Nuclear Power Plant. Journal of Business Ethics 108 (1):101-120.
Johnson & M. Holub (2003). Questioning Organizational Legitimacy: The Case of U.S. Expatriates. Journal of Business Ethics 47 (3):269 - 293.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2012-03-18Total downloads2 ( #232,575 of 549,117 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,361 of 549,117 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
