Business and human rights: a configurational view of the antecedents of human rights infringements by emerging market firms

This study investigates the antecedents of human rights infringements (HRIs) by emerging market firms (EFs). We used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine HRIs in 245 firms based in eight emerging markets, between 2003 and 2012. Our findings disclose three equifinal configura...

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VerfasserInnen: Ciravegna, Luciano 1978- (Verfasst von) ; Nieri, Federica (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2022, Band: 179, Heft: 2, Seiten: 431-450
weitere Schlagwörter:B multinational corporations (MNCs)
B Human rights infringements (HRIs)
B Fuzzy sets qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
B business and human rights
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Emerging market firms (EFs)
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigates the antecedents of human rights infringements (HRIs) by emerging market firms (EFs). We used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine HRIs in 245 firms based in eight emerging markets, between 2003 and 2012. Our findings disclose three equifinal configurations of high levels of HRIs, all involving EFs that have expanded to a high number of foreign markets: (i) large, old, low performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operating in high quality institutions’ home and host markets, (ii) small, young, over-performing EFs operating in low quality institutions’ home and host markets, and finally (iii) large, old, high performing SOEs, operating in low quality institutions’ home and host markets. We contribute to the literature by examining a novel dataset on HRIs by EFs, and by building a configurational explanation of HRIs that bridges the arguments of the institutional theory and strain theory literatures on corporate wrongdoing.
ISSN:1573-0697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04861-w