Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change

Using stakeholder theory and the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility as a basis for discussion, this paper examines the marketing communications responses of the world’s biggest oil company, Exxon-Mobil, to the perceived threat of global warming. This paper uses descriptive stakeholder theory...

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Main Author: Archer, Catherine
Other Authors: Maree Thyne
Format: Conference Paper
Published: University of Otago 2007
Online Access:http://www.anzmac.org/conference_archive/2007/papers/C%20Archer_1a.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19778
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description Using stakeholder theory and the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility as a basis for discussion, this paper examines the marketing communications responses of the world’s biggest oil company, Exxon-Mobil, to the perceived threat of global warming. This paper uses descriptive stakeholder theory, looking at how Exxon-Mobil has actually dealt with and responded to various stakeholders’ views on the topic of climate change. While normative stakeholder theorists may argue that Exxon-Mobil should respond to stakeholders other than shareholders, this paper suggests that Exxon-Mobil has, in fact, continued to focus mainly on its shareholders, only changing its position on global warming when its shareholders have threatened action. This paper argues that, in Exxon-Mobil’s case at least, reputation and responsibility only have relevance when the bottom line is affected and shareholders care.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-197782022-11-21T05:19:41Z Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change Archer, Catherine Maree Thyne Kenneth Deans Juergen Gnoth Using stakeholder theory and the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility as a basis for discussion, this paper examines the marketing communications responses of the world’s biggest oil company, Exxon-Mobil, to the perceived threat of global warming. This paper uses descriptive stakeholder theory, looking at how Exxon-Mobil has actually dealt with and responded to various stakeholders’ views on the topic of climate change. While normative stakeholder theorists may argue that Exxon-Mobil should respond to stakeholders other than shareholders, this paper suggests that Exxon-Mobil has, in fact, continued to focus mainly on its shareholders, only changing its position on global warming when its shareholders have threatened action. This paper argues that, in Exxon-Mobil’s case at least, reputation and responsibility only have relevance when the bottom line is affected and shareholders care. 2007 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19778 http://www.anzmac.org/conference_archive/2007/papers/C%20Archer_1a.pdf University of Otago restricted
spellingShingle Archer, Catherine
Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title_full Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title_short Corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of Exxon-Mobil’s changing views on climate change
title_sort corporate social responsibility, descriptive stakeholder theory and global warming: a case study of exxon-mobil’s changing views on climate change
url http://www.anzmac.org/conference_archive/2007/papers/C%20Archer_1a.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19778