The Challenge of Implementing Voluntary Sustainability Standards: A Dynamic Framework on the Tension between Adherence and Adaptation

IF 3.4 2区 哲学 Q2 BUSINESS Business Ethics Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-08 DOI:10.1017/beq.2022.1
Lucrezia Nava, Maja Tampe
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Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) aim to encourage ethical behaviors of organizations, yet studies show that many VSS adopters do not live up to these promises. Existing literature typically attributes the reason for this ineffectiveness to either policy–practice decoupling, owing to a lack of adhering to VSS requirements, or means–ends decoupling, owing to a lack of adapting to the local context. However, little is known about how the contradictory needs of adherence and adaptation evolve throughout VSS implementation. Building on the knowledge transfer literature, we develop a dynamic conceptual framework that distinguishes two phases of VSS implementation. Specifically, we theorize how tensions emerge in the transition between phases since the first phase primarily calls for adherence, whereas the second calls for adaptation. Applying this framework, we develop propositions to illustrate how these tensions relate to different VSS characteristics: stringency, enforcement, and scope. The article concludes with implications and future research directions for VSS scholarship.
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实施自愿可持续性标准的挑战:关于遵守和适应之间紧张关系的动态框架
自愿可持续性标准(VSS)旨在鼓励组织的道德行为,但研究表明,许多VSS采用者并没有兑现这些承诺。现有文献通常将这种无效性的原因归因于由于缺乏遵守VSS要求而导致的政策-实践脱钩,或者由于缺乏适应当地环境而导致的手段-结束脱钩。然而,对于在VSS实施过程中遵守和适应的矛盾需求是如何演变的,我们知之甚少。在知识转移文献的基础上,我们开发了一个动态的概念框架,区分了VSS实施的两个阶段。具体来说,我们从理论上解释了在阶段之间的过渡中紧张局势是如何出现的,因为第一阶段主要要求坚持,而第二阶段要求适应。应用这个框架,我们提出了一些命题来说明这些紧张关系如何与不同的VSS特征相关:严格性、强制性和范围。文章最后提出了VSS学术研究的启示和未来的研究方向。
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期刊介绍: Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes theoretical and empirical research relevant to the ethics of business. Since 1991 this multidisciplinary journal has published articles and reviews on a broad range of topics, including the internal ethics of business organizations, the role of business organizations in larger social, political and cultural frameworks, and the ethical quality of market-based societies and market-based relationships. It recognizes that contributions to the better understanding of business ethics can come from any quarter and therefore publishes scholarship rooted in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields.
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