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The dominant economics paradigm and corporate social responsibility
Author(s) -
Korhonen Jouni
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
corporate social responsibility and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1535-3966
pISSN - 1535-3958
DOI - 10.1002/csr.7
Subject(s) - paradigm shift , modernity , corporate social responsibility , field (mathematics) , foundation (evidence) , sociology , positive economics , social responsibility , neoclassical economics , environmental ethics , economics , social science , political science , epistemology , public relations , law , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
For many centuries, industrial societies in the Western modernity have been driven by a dominant social paradigm (DSP). It is argued in this paper that this paradigm has some serious difficulties in the light of the development of the field of corporate social responsibility and in the light of its practice. Therefore, a new paradigmatic foundation is required for corporate social responsibility. The dominant social paradigm is contrasted with metaphors and principles that are derived from sources that are outside the paradigmatic basis of Western modernity, and outside the paradigm of neoclassical economics. These new metaphors and principles may be suitable for further development of the corporate social responsibility paradigm as well as for reconsideration of the economics paradigm. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment