As a result of globalisation and the increasing complexities of modern economies, the focus of CSR needs to be widened and business and regulatory models within distributed production systems that often span several organisations, sectors and national boundaries need to be addressed.
The distributed production chains or networks involved when operating in a global market imply that CSR concerns must be conceptualised and implemented not only in several business units, but also through a series of contractual and market relations. Insights from systems theory may also prove to be of vital importance as the CSR performance of companies is influenced by a variety of actors interacting in several arenas.
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