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Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change

A Sensemaking Perspective on How Institutional Investors May Drive Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • © 2011

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  1. Elisa M. Zarbafi
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 1-24

  3. Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 25-54

  4. Towards a Process Model of Responsible Investment

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 55-101

  5. Making Sense of Responsible Investment as A Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 103-219

  6. Implications for Practitioners and Researchers

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 221-232

  7. Concluding Remarks

    • Elisa M. Zarbafi
    Pages 233-238

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 239-281
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About this book

An increasing number of financial institutions have started to subscribe to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in their investment decisions and use their funds to promote responsible corporate behavior. The financial crisis and the widespread lack of trust in the private sector have added further momentum to this quest for social legitimacy. Elisa M. Zarbafi analyzes the role of financial stakeholders as a potential driver of CSR. She focuses her theoretical analysis on socio-psychological drivers such as mental models, cause maps, values, and expectations to understand the complex nature of responsible investment and to identify the critical underlying processes that allow institutional investors to have an impact on the social responsibility of their portfolio companies.

About the author

Dr. Elisa M. Zarbafi earned her doctoral degree from EBS Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Grimm und Prof. Dr. Dirk Schiereck. She works as a strategic analyst in the insurance industry.

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