RT Article
T1 Sharing Vocabularies: Towards Horizontal Alignment of Values-Driven Business Functions
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 155
IS 4
SP 965
OP 979
A1 Painter, Mollie
A1 Pouryousefi, Sareh
A1 Hibbert, Sally
A1 Russon, Jo-Anna
A2 Pouryousefi, Sareh
A2 Hibbert, Sally
A2 Russon, Jo-Anna
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785668366
AB This paper highlights the emergence of different ‘vocabularies’ that describe various values-driven business functions within large organizations and argues for improved horizontal alignment between them. We investigate two established functions that have long-standing organizational histories: Ethics and Compliance (E&C) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). By drawing upon research on organizational alignment, we explain both the need for and the potential benefit of greater alignment between these values-driven functions. We then examine the structural and socio-cultural dimensions of organizational systems through which E&C and CSR horizontal alignment can be coordinated to improve synergies, address tensions, and generate insight to inform future research and practice in the field of Business and Society. The paper concludes with research questions that can inform future scholarly research and a practical model to guide organizations’ efforts towards inter-functional, horizontal alignment of values-driven organizational practice.
K1 Vocabularies
K1 Alignment
K1 Ethics and Compliance
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility
DO 10.1007/s10551-018-3901-7