Corporate Political Activity and Regulatory Capture How Some Companies Blunt the Knife of Socially Oriented Investor Activism

Volume: 44, Issue: 5, Pages: 0149206316638162
Published: May 1, 2018
Abstract
Socially oriented shareholder activism is an increasingly important mechanism through which social movement organizations seek to influence the private sector by exerting pressure on corporate activities in areas such as human rights, environmental protection, and labor policies. This activism challenges the status quo of targeted firms and potentially their institutional field, disrupting “business as usual” and often drawing negative attention...
Paper Details
Title
Corporate Political Activity and Regulatory Capture How Some Companies Blunt the Knife of Socially Oriented Investor Activism
Published Date
May 1, 2018
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
0149206316638162
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