Movements, Markets and Fields: The Effects of Anti-Sweatshop Campaigns on U.S. Firms, 1993-2000
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How do social movements influence corporations? Recent work suggests that movements can inflict material damage on their targets and shape categories of evaluation in organizational fields. Extending these ideas, we examine the effects of anti-sweatshop campaigns on sales, stock performance, reputation and specialized ratings of U.S. firms, using fixed-effects regression models and event study methods. The analysis demonstrates that social movements can in some circumstances shape both the markets and fields that firms inhabit. Specifically, anti-sweatshop campaigns (1. had negative effects on sales (though only among certain types of firms), (2. influenced stock prices, and (3. shaped specialized ratings of corporate responsibility. They also diminished previously positive corporate reputations (to a modest degree) but did not radically alter reputational hierarchies in the business community.
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Reputational threats occur when stakeholders publicize organizational misdeeds and pressure the organization to rectify or take responsibility.
“Reputational threats can occur when stakeholders recognize organizational misdeeds and bring those actions to light in an effort to pressure the organization to rectify its actions or take responsibility for its transgressions”
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- Authors
- Bartley, T., & Child, C.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bartley, T.
- ORCID
- Bartley, T.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-12-01
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 425-451
- ISSN
- 0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
- 1534-7605
- OpenAlex
- W2099168968
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 66
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- FWCI
- 23.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Forces (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Identity and Reputation
- Keywords
- social movements, corporate reputation, corporate sales, stock prices, organizational field
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