caa a22 4500 60548502X CHVBK 20210128100439.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-013-1964-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-013-1964-z Scheiber Florian University of Mannheim, L9, 1-2, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut Dressing up for Diffusion: Codes of Conduct in the German Textile and Apparel Industry, 1997-2010 [Elektronische Daten] [Florian Scheiber] I study the diffusion of codes of conduct in the German textile and apparel industry between 1997 and 2010. Using a longitudinal case study design, I aim to understand how the diffusion of this practice was affected by the way important "infomediaries”—a trade journal and a professional association—shaped its understanding within the industry. My results show that time-consuming processes of meaning reconstruction by these infomediaries temporarily hampered but finally facilitated the broader material diffusion of codes of conduct within the industry. These findings detail existing conceptualizations of code diffusion as they demonstrate how infomediaries—through creation, use, and reconstruction of explanatory accounts as well as frames of reference—participate in defining the relevance and meaning of CSR practices. I move beyond prior empirical work as I explicitly assess not only processes of meaning construction evolving around a CSR practice but also how these processes over time coincide with quantitative patterns of its material diffusion. Implications of my findings for existing research on the diffusion of codes of conduct specifically and CSR practices in general as well as for conceptualizations of diffusion from institutional theory are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Corporate code of ethics nationallicence Code of conduct nationallicence Diffusion nationallicence Discourse nationallicence Institutional theory nationallicence Infomediaries nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/4(2015-02-01), 559-580 0167-4544 126:4<559 2015 126 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1964-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1964-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Scheiber Florian University of Mannheim, L9, 1-2, 68161, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 126/4(2015-02-01), 559-580 0167-4544 126:4<559 2015 126 10551