Prof. Gregory Jackson and Nora Lohmeyer published a new article on "Vocabularies of Motive for Corporate Social Responsibility: The Emergence of the Business Case in Germany, 1970-2014". 

The business case constitutes an important instrumental motive for corporate social responsibility (CSR), but its relationship with other moral and relational motives remains controversial. This article examines the articulation of motives for CSR among different stakeholders in Germany historically. 

You can find the article here: 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-ethics-quarterly/article/vocabularies-of-motive-for-corporate-social-responsibility-the-emergence-of-the-business-case-in-germany-19702014/D25A91F9173ADA367549D03FF70D221C