ABSTRACT
This chapter contributes to a larger theoretical debate about the development and socialisation of norms with a particular focus on private security companies (PSCs). It outlines a new analytical framework and empirical evidence to assess the development and internalisation of the norm of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in British PSCs. The chapter develops a framework for analysing the multifaceted development of the CSR norm and provides examples of its application to an investigation of three British PSCs. It examines a new analytical framework to allow for an assessment of the development of CSR within PSCs, and suggests that the industry has tended to become more socially responsible. The chapter covers a limited number of cases, further studies with larger and more diverse samples are needed to increase people's understanding of CSR internalisation. It considers a further behavioural logic and how it might promote normative change the 'logic of practicality' whereby change reflects previous experience and lessons learned.
