An Examination of ‘Irregular Competition’ between Corporations and NGOs
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12250672 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Alasdair Marshall (0000-0002-9789-8042, autor de correspondencia), Richard Telofski, Udechukwu Ojiako (0000-0003-0506-2115), Maxwell Chipulu (0000-0002-0139-6188) |
| Año | 2011 |
| Volumen | 23 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 371-391 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2011-08-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Voluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888 |
| Editorial | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11266-011-9205-5 |
| OpenAlex | W2076196181 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 61 |
The purpose of this article is to develop a theory which frames the demands of civil society in such a way as to better enable corporate subjects to manage and navigate ‘irregular’ engagement from activist organizations. Activist NGOs engage in advocacy at times by mounting, facilitating or encouraging popular social campaigns and actions against targeted corporations. In many cases, radical ‘direct action’ tactics are adopted, taking such approaches, NGOs may capitalise on the broader, more ethically diverse strategic possibilities open to them than are available to their corporate adversaries. We employ institutional theory to map out this asymmetric distribution of strategic possibility. We theorise NGOs and corporate subjects as effectively ‘competing’ with one another to maximise their own strategic possibilities and to minimise those of their opponents, in the perennial battle for hearts and minds that plays out between NGOs, corporate subjects, and broader civil society actors who ultimately determine boundary rules for NGO-corporate conflict. Within this context we explore the normative challenge arising from the possibility that corporate subjects might seek to tip the competitive balance by learning from how the military has adapted to successfully engage with ‘irregular’ adversaries through what is often termed ‘asymmetric’ or ‘irregular’ warfare. Should corporations follow a similar adaptive process, by mirroring the ‘irregular’ strategies of activist groups? Drawing evidence from the military experience, we suggest—perhaps counter intuitively—that such adaptations can create new opportunities for conflict resolution and for building sustainable cooperation between former adversaries
Battle · Business · Civil society · Competition (biology · Context (archaeology · Mirroring · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
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| Intervalo de citas | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |