RT Article
T1 Corporate social monitoring in South Africa: A decade of achievement, an uncertain future
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 8
IS 6
SP 463
OP 469
A1 Paul, Karen
LA English
YR 1989
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785599577
AB Corporate social monitoring has reached its most systematic form and has had the most practical impact with regard to companies doing business in South Africa. The Sullivan Principles have guided the monitoring system for U.S. companies, of which about 166 remain in South Africa and about 140 have withdrawn. However, corporate social monitoring in South Africa is currently subject to certain tensions. The Rev. Sullivan has called for the withdrawal of U.S. companies, and has himself withdrawn from the monitoring effort., This paper discusses the economic climate for U.S. business in South Africa both historically and currently, the conflicting pressures experienced by U.S. companies remaining there, and the effectiveness of strategies aimed to create pressure for companies to withdraw, including divestment resolutions, purchasing restrictions, and sanctions., Current attempts to retain a form of corporate social monitoring are described. The potential politicization of the system is discussed, with particular attention paid to the formation of a new structure which could come to provide the moral leadership formerly provided by the Rev. Sullivan. However, corporate social monitoring could become confused with an anti-sanctions lobbying effort on the part of corporations, and would lose credibility if this were to occur.
K1 Economic Climate
K1 Monitoring Effort
K1 Systematic Form
K1 Monitoring System
K1 Economic Growth
DO 10.1007/BF00381812