Is Competition Law an Impediment to CSR?

This paper provides an empirical case study of the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the new competition regulation in the Netherlands. The leading question in this case study is whether the new institutional arrangement has allowed for the possibility that reasonable ex...

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Authors: Dubbink, Wim (Author) ; van der Putten, Frans Paul (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2008
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2008, 卷: 83, 發布: 3, Pages: 381-395
Further subjects:B 企業社會責任
B CSR
B competition law
B supply chain responsibility
B Netherlands competition authority
B inter-firm cooperation
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總結:This paper provides an empirical case study of the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the new competition regulation in the Netherlands. The leading question in this case study is whether the new institutional arrangement has allowed for the possibility that reasonable exceptions can be made to the principle that inter-firm cooperation is prohibited. That is to say: does the new institutional arrangement allow for the possibility of `well organized but not `perfect’ markets’? The investigation focuses on the Netherlands, which constitutes an exemplary case as the Dutch are committed to both strengthen the competitiveness of the market and allow for exceptions on behalf of non-economic values such as CSR. The authors expect that the Dutch context will prevent a doctrinal and categorical rejecting of any good argument to make an exception to the rule that inter-firm cooperation must be prohibited.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9626-7