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Corporate Social Responsibility and Government: The Role of Discretion for Engagement with Public Policy

Business Ethics Quarterly, 2021
We investigate the relationship of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (often assumed to reflect corporate voluntarism) and government (often assumed to reflect coercion).
J. Knudsen, J. Moon
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Rules Rather than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plans

Journal of Political Economy, 1977
Even if there is an agreed-upon, fixed social objective function and policymakers know the timing and magnitude of the effects of their actions, discretionary policy, namely, the selection of that decision which is best, given the current situation and a
F. Kydland, E. Prescott
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The Moderating Role of Willingness to Implement Policy on Street-level Bureaucrats’ Multidimensional Enforcement Style and Discretion

International Journal of Public Administration, 2021
This study contributes to the understanding of street-level bureaucrats’ behavior at the frontlines of regulatory enforcement. Regulatory enforcement is a multifaceted phenomenon that revolves around the concept of discretion of street-level bureaucrats.
M. S. Hassan, R. Ariffin, N. Mansor, Hussam Al Halbusi   +3 more
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The influence of responsible leadership on environmental innovation and environmental performance: The moderating role of managerial discretion

, 2020
Based on stakeholder and upper‐echelon theories and following the logic of “leadership‐behavior‐performance,” this study constructs a model to investigate the relationships between responsible leadership, managerial discretion, environmental innovation ...
Zhongju Liao, Manting Zhang
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Artificial intelligence, bureaucratic form, and discretion in public service

Inf. Polity, 2020
This article examines the relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI), discretion, and bureaucratic form in public organizations. We ask: How is the use of AI both changing and changed by the bureaucratic form of public organizations, and what ...
Justin B. Bullock, Matthew M. Young, Yi-Fan Wang   +2 more
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Discretion

Chinese Language & Discourse, 2021
This paper explores the functions of Chinese final particle ou in both TCU-final and non-TCU-final positions in medical advice-giving. Using Praat, we differentiated phonologically marked and unmarked ou and analyzed their functions in both doctor ...
Ying Jin, D. Tay
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Artificial Intelligence, Discretion, and Bureaucracy

American Review of Public Administration, 2019
This essay highlights the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in governance and society and explores the relationship between AI, discretion, and bureaucracy.
Justin B. Bullock
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Artificial Discretion as a Tool of Governance: A Framework for Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Public Administration

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 2019
Public administration research has documented a shift in the locus of discretion away from street-level bureaucrats to “systems-level bureaucracies” as a result of new information communication technologies that automate bureaucratic processes, and thus ...
Matthew M. Young, Justin B. Bullock, J. Lecy   +2 more
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Discretion and Supplier Selection in Public Procurement

Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 2018
Public procurement outcomes depend on the ability of the procuring agency to select well-performing suppliers. Should public administrations be granted more or less discretion in their decision-making?
A. Baltrunaite, Cristina Giorgiantonio, S. Mocetti, Tommaso Orlando   +3 more
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Dispositional Sources of Managerial Discretion: CEO Ideology, CEO Personality, and Firm Strategies

Administrative Science Quarterly, 2018
We investigate the dispositional sources of managerial discretion by theorizing that CEOs’ personality traits affect the extent to which their firms’ strategies reflect their preferences.
Abhinav Gupta, S. Nadkarni, Misha Mariam
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