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Recalibrating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) / 2 Theoretical Background
Recalibrating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) / 2 Theoretical Background
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1 Introduction
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1.1 What Is ESG and How Is Peter Drucker Related to It?
1.2 Scientific Relevance & Research Goals
1.3 Thesis Structure
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2 Theoretical Background
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2.1 What is ESG? Revolution or Repetition?
2.1.2 The Emergence and Development of the Term ESG
2.1.3 More Definitions Than Letters: Flexibility, Ambiguity and Confusion Around ESG
2.1.4 The Different ‘Kinds of ESG’
2.1.5 The ESG Ecosystem
2.1.6 Who Is in the Business of ESG?
2.2 Current Dynamics of ESG: Between ‘Better World’ and Deceptive Greenwashing
2.2.1 The Opponents of ESG
ESG is Distraction
ESG is Impossible
ESG is Box-Ticking
ESG Can’t Be Measured
There Is No ESG Alpha
Notes on the Opposing Views
2.2.2 The Proponents of ESG
Done Is Better Than Perfect – Also in ESG
Climate Crisis Demands the Shift to Long-Term Thinking
Accounting Profit for the “Cost of What”
Diversified Standardization Is Valuable for ESG
The ‘Big Tent Approach’ Covers Many Interest Groups
Social License is Corporate Oxygen
2.2.3 Long-Term Value for Who?
2.3 Young Generations and ESG: Legitimacy Under Threat
2.3.1 Consumer Demands
2.3.2 (Corporate) Political Demands
2.3.3 Employee Demands
2.4 Legitimacy Under Threat – Survey Hypotheses
2.5 Peter Drucker’s Understanding of Social Responsibility
The 50-Year-Old New Responsibility of Businesses
Application to ESG
2.6 What Makes a Society Bearable?
2.7 The Extensions of ESG
2.7.1 Environmental: From Primum Non Nocere to Tertium Sanare
2.7.2 Social: Providing for Competence
2.7.3 Governance: Politics and Pay
2.8 Reflection and Interview Research Questions
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3 Methodology
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3.1 Overview and Reasoning for the Methodological Approach
3.2 Quantitative Part: Online Survey
3.2.1 Recruiting of Survey Respondents
3.2.2 Survey Construction and Procedure
3.2.3 Quantitative Survey: Analysis Strategy
3.3 Qualitative Part: Semi-structured Expert Interviews
3.3.1 Advantages of Qualitative In-depth Interviews
3.3.2 Recruiting of Interviewees
3.3.3 Development of Interview Guidelines and Interview Procedure
3.3.4 Qualitative Interviews: Analysis Strategy
97–140
4 Results and Interpretation
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4.1 Online Survey
4.1.1 General Findings: Opinions on Friedman, Drucker & Social Legitimacy
4.1.2 Perceived Relevance of ‘Environmental’, ‘Social’ & ‘Governance’
4.1.3 Additional Data Examination: Gender and Nationality
4.2 Discussion and Summary of the Survey Results
4.3 Qualitative In-Depths Interviews (Expert-Interviews)
4.3.1 Reflection on and of Participants
4.3.2 Assessment of ESG’s Current State
Emergence of ESG
Purpose and Mission of ESG
Perceived Impact of ESG
Shortcomings and Obstacles of ESG Adoption
4.3.3 Driver’s and Beneficiaries of the ‘ESG Revolution’
Drivers of ESG
Beneficiaries of ESG
Young People and ESG
4.3.4 The Role of Business in Society: A Modern Perspective
Role & Social Responsibility of the Business Enterprise in our Society
Special Role of Elites
4.4 Opinions on Environmental, Social & Governance
4.4.1 Perceived Effectiveness of ‘E’
4.4.2 Perceived Effectiveness of ‘S’
4.4.3 Perceived Effectiveness of ‘G’
4.5 Synthesis of Results: Can ESG Be a Vehicle Towards a Bearable Society?
141–150
5 Discussion
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5.1 Limitations of the Study
5.2 Research and Managerial Implications
5.2.1 Research Implications
5.2.2 Managerial Implications
1. Embracing Regulatory Evolution
2. Vigilance Against Greenwashing
3. Extending the Understanding of ESG’s Purpose and Mission
4. Integrating ESG into Corporate Strategy: A Competitive Imperative
151–154
6 Summary and Conclusion
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7 Personal Epilogue
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8 References
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Appendix
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Recalibrating Environmental Social Governance (ESG) , page 11 - 84
2 Theoretical Background
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Ferdinand Schwarzer
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doi.org/10.5771/9783828851832-11
ISBN print: 978-3-8288-5182-5
ISBN online: 978-3-8288-5183-2
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