Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Measuring the Contributions of Business to Refugee Crises.

The text discusses the increasing humanitarian crisis of forced displacement and the rise of refugee crises around the world. It highlights the various factors that contribute to unsafe living conditions, such as civil wars, violence, persecution, poverty, and climate change. The text emphasizes the need for business and society scholarship to understand how businesses should respond to refugee crises and the challenges they face in doing so. The special issue mentioned in the text focuses on cross-sector partnerships and their role in supporting refugee integration, highlighting the importance of partnerships and the complexities involved in managing them effectively. The papers in the special issue explore topics such as the different types of value creation activities for refugees, the impact of trust breaches in cross-sector partnerships, and the factors influencing the effective functioning of these partnerships. The text also discusses the involvement of business organizations in supporting refugees through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The authors analyze why organizations declare their engagement in refugee issues and examine the alignment between reported CSR policy and CSR activity. They find that few multinational business organizations offer programs specifically targeted at refugees, and even fewer feature refugee-specific programs that are "coupled" with either CSR policies or impacts. The text also highlights the importance of individual agency, identity, and social factors in the integration process for refugees seeking employment and engaging in entrepreneurship in their host countries. The authors suggest that more research is needed to understand the consequences of refugee flows for businesses, the barriers to business actions related to refugee crises, and the process of refugee integration into host countries. They [Extracted from the article]