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Taking Aim at Business

What Factors Lead Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations to Target Particular Firms?

Jamie R. Hendry

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Although business and society scholars have sought to demonstrate that corporate social performance (CSP) leads to corporate financial performance (CFP), a complete model of the pathway from CSP to CFP has not been substantiated. One suggestion is that certain indicators of CSP are noticed by stakeholders, who then act in ways that ultimately affect the firm's CFP. The present study focused on the first step in this path: identifying the factors that initially lead a stakeholder group to target a particular firm. Existing theory from the literature on the environmental movement, stakeholder theory, and CSP fostered the development of eight propositions regarding corporate environmental performance. Case studies of five environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) are used to address the propositions. The case studies also supply additional insight into ENGO targeting of particular firms, unrelated to the propositions, thereby facilitating the development of a theoretical model.

Key Words: NGOs • environmental performance • corporate social performance • corporate financial performance • stakeholders

Business & Society, Vol. 45, No. 1, 47-86 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305281849
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