Hiss, Stefanie (2004) Does corporate social responsibility need social capital? The example of the 'Sector Model Social Responsibility' of the 'Foreign Trade Association of the German Retail Trade (AVE)', a public private partnership project. Working Paper. University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, Coventry.

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This paper raises the question of whether controlling companies with the help of a monitoring system is a successful way to establish social standards within the supply chain and to help to spread social standards into developing societies. Since the debate thus far has concentrated strongly on the question of what monitoring systems look like and how they are implemented, this paper aims to broaden the discussion by pointing out the possible interrelations between the role of social capital and the diffusion of social standards. What role can social capital play in the diffusion of social standards? After a short introduction to the debate about Corporate Social Responsibility and social standards, there is a discussion of monitoring systems and their limits. Then my own concept of social capital is developed in specific regard to the concerns outlined above. After that, the focus will shift to the possible interactions between social standards and social capital. Finally, my considerations will be illustrated with a case study of the Public Private Partnership-project “Sector Model Social Responsibility” of the “Foreign Trade Association of the German Retail Trade (AVE)”.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Social responsibility of business -- Germany, Infrastructure (Economics) -- Germany, International business enterprises -- Germany, Public-private sector cooperation -- Germany
Series Name:	Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation)
Publisher:	University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Date:	September 2004
Number:	No.141
Number of Pages:	18
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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