Kirchhoff, Christian: Individual social preferences of corporate decision makers as a risk factor for the successful implementation of corporate social responsibility. 2015
Content
- 1. Introduction and Overview
- 2. Pro-Social Acting within Organizations and the Forgotten Individual Preferences
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.1.1. Defining Corporate Social Responsibility
- 2.1.2. The Four Responsibility Dimensions of CSR
- 2.1.3. Distinguishing Corporate Social Responsibility
- 2.2. CSR within Business Organizations
- 2.2.1. Stakeholders Requesting Social Responsibility
- 2.2.2. Matching Neoclassical Economic Theory and CSR
- 2.2.3. The CSR Business Case
- 2.3. Psychology of Pro-Social Behavior
- 2.4. Making Socially Responsible Decisions for Someone Else
- 3. Decision Making with other People's Money – Insights from a Real Donation Experiment
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Related Literature
- 3.2.1. Deciding for Someone Else in a High-Responsibility Relationship
- 3.2.2. Deciding for Someone Else in a Medium-Responsibility Relationship
- 3.2.3. Deciding for Someone Else in a Low-Responsibility Relationship
- 3.2.4. Overview of Publications and Derivation of Research Suggestions
- 3.3. Laboratory Experiment
- 3.3.1. Treatment 1: Neutral
- 3.3.2. Treatment 2: Business
- 3.3.3. Subject Pool
- 3.3.4. Experimental Procedure
- 3.3.5. Personality Questionnaire
- 3.4. Hypotheses
- 3.5. Results
- 3.5.1. Basic Findings
- 3.5.2. Hypothesis 3.1: Testing Friedman's Assumption
- 3.5.3. Hypothesis 3.2: Understanding Anchor Function of Round 1
- 3.5.4. Hypothesis 3.3a: Revealing Personality Types
- 3.5.5. Hypothesis 3.3b: Analyzing Adapters
- 3.5.6. Hypothesis 3.3c: Analyzing Punishers
- 3.5.7. Hypothesis 3.4a: Understanding Personality
- 3.5.8. Hypothesis 3.4b: Understanding Personality
- 3.5.9. Results of the Hypotheses' Review
- 3.5.10. Findings on Further Personality Traits
- 3.6. Conclusion
- 4. Please Comply With Our Rules: An Experimental Approach To the Effectivness of Codes of Conduct to Govern a Person's Pro-Social Behavior
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Code of Conduct
- 4.3. Related Literature
- 4.3.1. The Effectiveness of Codes of Conduct
- 4.3.2. Main Influencing Factors of a Code's Effectiveness
- 4.3.3. Overview of Publications and Derivation of Research Suggestions
- 4.4. Laboratory Experiment
- 4.4.1. Adjustment of the Experimental Design of Chapter 3
- 4.4.2. Treatment 3: Charity Preferences
- 4.4.3. Treatment 4: Code of Conduct
- 4.4.4. Subject Pool
- 4.4.5. Experimental Procedure
- 4.4.6. Personality Questionnaire
- 4.5. Hypotheses
- 4.6. Results
- 4.6.1. Basic Findings
- 4.6.1.1. Managers' Donations in Round 1
- 4.6.1.2. Managers' Donations in Round 2
- 4.6.1.3. Owners' Estimations in Round 2
- 4.6.2. Hypothesis 4.1: Revealing Charity Preferences
- 4.6.3. Hypothesis 4.2a: Testing COC Compliance
- 4.6.4. Hypothesis 4.2b: Testing COC Compliance
- 4.6.5. Hypothesis 4.3: Understanding Personality
- 4.6.6. Hypotheses 4.4a to 4.4d: Understanding Personality
- 4.6.7. Results of the Hypotheses' Review
- 4.6.8. Findings on Further Personality Traits
- 4.7. Conclusion
- 5. Summary
- 6. Appendix
- 6.1. Appendix: Chapter 2
- 6.1.1. CSR Interpretation in Germany
- 6.1.2. German Stock Corporation Act
- 6.1.3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumers
- 6.2. Appendix: Chapter 3
- 6.2.1. Treatment 1: Neutral
- 6.2.1.1. Handout: Experimental Instructions
- 6.2.1.2. Z-Tree Screenshots
- 6.2.1.3. Assignment to the Personality Model
- 6.2.2. Treatment 2: Business
- 6.2.2.1. Handout: Experimental Instructions
- 6.2.2.2. Z-Tree Screenshots
- 6.2.2.3. Assignment to the Personality Model
- 6.2.3. Treatment 1 & 2: Handouts across Treatments
- 6.3. Appendix: Chapter 4
- 6.4. Appendix: Chapter 5
- 6.5. Appendix: Dictator Game
- 6.6. Questionnaire
- 6.6.1. Applied Personality Inventories
- 6.6.1.1. SOEP Items
- 6.6.1.2. HEXACO Items
- 6.6.1.2.1. HEXACO and IBES Instructions
- 6.6.1.2.2. HEXACO: Altruism
- 6.6.1.2.3. HEXACO: Fairness
- 6.6.1.2.4. HEXACO: Greed Avoidance
- 6.6.1.2.5. HEXACO: Sentimentality
- 6.6.1.3. IBES Item: Trouble Avoidance
- 6.6.2. Insights into Experimental Participants
- 7. References