Involving, Countering, and Overlooking Stakeholder Networks in Soft Regulation: Case Study of a Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise’s Implementation of SA8000

Abboubi, ME; Pinnington, AH; Clegg, SR; Nicolopoulou, K

Involving, Countering, and Overlooking Stakeholder Networks in Soft Regulation: Case Study of a Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise’s Implementation of SA8000

Abboubi, ME Pinnington, AH Clegg, SR Nicolopoulou, K

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Business and Society, 2022, 61, (6), pp. 1594-1630
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abboubi, ME
dc.contributor.author	Pinnington, AH
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, SR
dc.contributor.author	Nicolopoulou, K
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-26T23:24:20Z
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dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Business and Society, 2022, 61, (6), pp. 1594-1630
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dc.description.abstract	To achieve effective stakeholder governance in the context of international social accountability certification (SA8000) requires constructing a network of agreement. In a case study of a small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME), we examine managers’ attempts at enrolling participants in the supply chain to investigate how they strive to engage these stakeholders. We adopt actor-network theory (ANT) and sensemaking theory to develop a novel approach to understanding social accountability (SA) standards’ certification in stakeholder networks. We argue that the design and operation of any SA standard across a network requires not only attempts at enrolling other participants in the supply chain but management contextualizing and problematizing the terms of their involvement.
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dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
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dc.subject	1503 Business and Management
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dc.title	Involving, Countering, and Overlooking Stakeholder Networks in Soft Regulation: Case Study of a Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise’s Implementation of SA8000
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To achieve effective stakeholder governance in the context of international social accountability certification (SA8000) requires constructing a network of agreement. In a case study of a small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME), we examine managers’ attempts at enrolling participants in the supply chain to investigate how they strive to engage these stakeholders. We adopt actor-network theory (ANT) and sensemaking theory to develop a novel approach to understanding social accountability (SA) standards’ certification in stakeholder networks. We argue that the design and operation of any SA standard across a network requires not only attempts at enrolling other participants in the supply chain but management contextualizing and problematizing the terms of their involvement.

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