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Ethical Outsourcing and the Act of Acting Together

Ethical Outsourcing and the Act of Acting Together

Yue S. Ang
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466672949|ISBN10: 1466672943|EISBN13: 9781466672956
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7294-9.ch006
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Ang, Yue S. "Ethical Outsourcing and the Act of Acting Together." Empowering Organizations through Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Ruth Wolf, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 113-130. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7294-9.ch006

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Ang, Y. S. (2015). Ethical Outsourcing and the Act of Acting Together. In R. Wolf, T. Issa, & M. Thiel (Eds.), Empowering Organizations through Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 113-130). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7294-9.ch006

Chicago

Ang, Yue S. "Ethical Outsourcing and the Act of Acting Together." In Empowering Organizations through Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Ruth Wolf, Theodora Issa, and Monica Thiel, 113-130. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7294-9.ch006

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Abstract

The European Commission (2011) defines Corporate Social Responsibility as “a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis” (p. 3). Outsourcing affects the interests of laborers and ethical outsourcing protects their interests through the act of acting together, ensuring that labor protection is a shared responsibility between the participants. An aspect of social philosophy helps rectify this problem by introducing ethical outsourcing that occurs upon fulfilling the combination of three features: (1) the inclusion of all participants in a joint activity, (2) all participants agree to enter into a multi-lateral agreement, (3) the voluntarism of each participant practicing CSR is strengthened by the peer-to-peer demands of fulfilling these obligations. This chapter proposes that business leaders must find incentives engaging their outsourcing participants in multi-lateral contractual agreements. The empowerment of the participating organizations is incentivizing because of the engagement in participatory decision-making through the act of acting together.

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