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| Author: | Herremans, I.M. Herschovis, M.S. Bertels, S. |
| Title: | Leaders and laggards: the influence of competing logics on corporate environmental action |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Ethics
2009 : OCT II, VOL. 89:3, p. 449-472 |
| Index terms: | company performance corporate responsibility environment reporting petroleum industry Canada |
| Freeterms: | legitimacy institutional logics |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study explores the sources of resistance to change among firms in the Canadian (herein as: C.) petroleum industry in response to a change in societal level logics related to corporate environmental performance (hereafter as: c-e-p.). In spite of challenges to its legitimacy, the C. petroleum industry was divided as to the way of responding, with some members ignoring the concerns and resisting change, that is, laggards, while others took action to ensure continued legitimacy, i.e. leaders. It is examined why organizations within the same institutional field (here as: i-fld.) responded differently, delaying the industry response. It is found that one set of firms was aligned with increasing pressures from its stakeholders for improved c-e-p., and the other was influenced by local cultural, political, and economic ideals less demanding of environmental actions. It is uncovered that many factors both at the i-fld. level and the organizational level affected how these two sets reacted to a changing societal logic. |
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