caa a22 4500 605485178 CHVBK 20210128100440.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-013-1703-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-013-1703-5 Vallentin Steen Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelænshaven 18A, 2000, Frederiksberg, Denmark aut Governmentalities of CSR: Danish Government Policy as a Reflection of Political Difference [Elektronische Daten] [Steen Vallentin] This paper investigates the roles that Danish government has played in the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Denmark has emerged as a first mover among the Scandinavian countries when it comes to CSR. We argue that government has played a pivotal role in making this happen, and that this reflects strong traditions of regulation, corporatism and active state involvement. However, there is no unitary "Danish model of CSR” being promoted by government. Although Danish society is often associated with a model of consensus, our claim is that Danish government policy on CSR is characterized by a lack of common direction and that we need to approach it on such terms. In order to provide a critical account of ‘the Danish model' we apply a governmentality perspective that allows us to stress political difference. We argue that Danish government policy consists of three distinct regimes of practice and show how they subject CSR to different modes of rationalization and action. We conclude that the problem with public policy being split into three is not different as such, but the failure of each regime to recognize the value of the others. As a result, government tends to add to the confusion and opaqueness of CSR. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Corporate social responsibility nationallicence Government nationallicence Governance nationallicence Governmentality nationallicence Inclusiveness nationallicence Competitiveness nationallicence Accountability nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/1(2015-03-01), 33-47 0167-4544 127:1<33 2015 127 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1703-5 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/s10551-013-1703-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Vallentin Steen Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Copenhagen Business School, Porcelænshaven 18A, 2000, Frederiksberg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/1(2015-03-01), 33-47 0167-4544 127:1<33 2015 127 10551