Standardization as Institutional Work: The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard

Jeremy Moon; Rieneke Slager; Jean-Pascal Gond

doi:10.1177/0170840612443628

Standardization as Institutional Work

The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard

Jeremy Moon, Rieneke Slager, Jean-Pascal Gond

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Abstract

This paper conceptualizes standardization as institutional work to study the emergence of a standard and the deployment of its regulatory power. We rely on unique access to longitudinal archival data for exploring how the FTSE4Good index, a responsible investment index, emerged as a standard for socially responsible corporate behavior. Our results show how three types of standardization work – calculative framing, engaging and valorizing – support the design, legitimation and monitoring processes whereby a standard acquires its regulatory power. Our findings reveal new facets in the dynamics of standardization by approaching standardization as a product of institutional work and in showing how unintended consequences of that work can be recaptured to

Original language	English
Journal	Organization Studies
Volume	33
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	763-790
ISSN	0170-8406
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840612443628
Publication status	Published - May 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Institutional Work
Legitimacy
Regulatory Power
Responsible Investment
Standardization

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Moon, J., Slager, R., & Gond, J-P. (2012). Standardization as Institutional Work: The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard. Organization Studies, 33(6), 763-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840612443628

Moon, Jeremy ; Slager, Rieneke ; Gond, Jean-Pascal. / Standardization as Institutional Work : The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard. In: Organization Studies. 2012 ; Vol. 33, No. 6. pp. 763-790.

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Moon, J, Slager, R & Gond, J-P 2012, 'Standardization as Institutional Work: The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard', Organization Studies, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 763-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840612443628

Standardization as Institutional Work : The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard. / Moon, Jeremy; Slager, Rieneke; Gond, Jean-Pascal.

In: Organization Studies, Vol. 33, No. 6, 05.2012, p. 763-790.

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