Institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility in the corporate governance code: The new trend of the Dutch model

Abstract

In the Netherlands, the ‘Tabaksblat Code’ (the Dutch corporate governance code of December) was a semi-private regulation instigated by the Dutch government, the stock exchange and industry associations to restore trust in the public equity markets. The aim was ‘to put the relationship between listed companies and providers of capital under the microscope’ in order to establish a new balance with a larger role for the shareholders (Tabaksblat, 2003, p. 59).

Citation

Lambooy, T. (2010), "Institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility in the corporate governance code: The new trend of the Dutch model", Sun, W., Stewart, J. and Pollard, D. (Ed.) Reframing Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis (Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 145-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-9059(2010)0000001013