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| Tekijä: | Groves, C. (et. al) |
| Otsikko: | Is there room at the bottom for CSR? Corporate social responsibility and nanotechnology in the UK |
| Lehti: | Journal of Business Ethics
2011 : JUL, VOL. 101:4, p. 525-552 |
| Asiasana: | united kingdom innovation social responsibility product life cycle stakeholders uncertainty non-government organizations |
| Vapaa asiasana: | nanotechnology |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Nanotechnologies are enabling technologies of manipulating matter on the scale of billionths of a metre. Surrounding scientific uncertainties and the regulatory agencies' inability to keep up with industry developments are argued to lead to voluntary regulation playing a part in the development of nanotechnologies. The development of technological applications stemming from nanoscale science is now increasingly considered as a potential test case for new regulation models based on future-oriented responsibility, lifecycle risk management, and upstream public engagement. This paper outlines findings from a project undertaken in 2008-2009 for the UK Government's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) by BRASS at Cardiff University, involving an in-depth survey about current corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in the UK nanotechnologies industry, as well as attitudes to a variety of stakeholder issues within the industry. The results are analyzed to give an account of the nature of the industry's corporate social performance (CSP), and the particular model of CSR operating therein ('do no harm' versus 'positive social force'). It is argued that the nature of emerging technologies necessitates businesses to adopt particular visions of CSR to address stakeholder issues, and that the nanotechnology industry presents specific problems and opportunities in this regard. |
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