Can We Afford to Put Our Money Where Our Values Are? Framing Organizational Identity in Difficult Economic Times

• In Event: Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics In Uncertain Times

Abstract

In recent years, many organizations have included organizational values and CSR principles in their mission and identity statements. As such, one might expect organizational decisions to reflect these ideals. In this paper, I examine the ways in which organizations frame their missions and identities in terms of CSR and values, and further consider how these ideals are reflected in their discourses about the decisions they find themselves making in difficult economic times.

Author

• Sarah Feldner, Marquette University