Motivations for CSR in the Norwegian maritime cluster: stakeholder perspectives and policy implications

The goal of the paper is to explore the motives for firms’ engagement in CSR and to find out what underlines the CSR stakeholder choice. We integrated both qualitative and quantitative approaches and addressed the research questions by using the Norwegian maritime cluster as the research setting. The findings show that the concept of CSR differs among industry players even within the same industry. CSR may have different interpretations based on industry, firm, or even individual perception. Consensus over the meaning of CSR continues to be problematic while the lack of clarity is complicated by the multiplicity of stakeholders’ interests and expectations. We found that within the maritime industry, important CSR initiatives are targeted at stakeholders such as the environment, sponsorship, charities, and safety. Intrinsic motivation was found to be highly related to CSR targeted at the community, shareholders, and employees while extrinsic motivation appears to be limited to concerns for the environment and suppliers. However, the weak association between motivation and CSR targeted at the environment could be explained by other factors (e.g. legislation).

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2020.1735654
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 2020. Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Fjørtoft, Barbro Elisabeth
  • Grimstad, Siv Marina Flø
  • Glavee-Geo, Richard
• Publication Date: 2020-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1010-1026
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corporations; Maritime industry; Policy; Social factors; Stakeholders
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation; Policy; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01760415
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 21 2020 10:02AM