Corporate Social Responsibility: Corporate Social Responsibility
About the Book Series
Presenting applied research from an academic perspective on all aspects of corporate social responsibility, this global series includes books for those with an interest in ethics and governance, corporate behaviour and citizenship, regulation, protest, globalisation, responsible marketing, social reporting, and sustainability.
Ageing Populations and Changing Labour Markets: Social and Economic Impacts of the Demographic Time Bomb
1st Edition
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By Stella Vettori
August 23, 2018
Talk of a demographic time bomb is not new. The notion first entered public consciousness some time ago, but there is a lack of clarity about what such talk is really all about. Ageing populations are seen both as a threat and an opportunity. There is concern about discrimination against older ...
Territories of Social Responsibility: Opening the Research and Policy Agenda
1st Edition
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By David Crowther, Patricia Almeida Ashley
May 25, 2017
CSR is a fragile concept if conceived only at the organizational level or driven only by leadership will. Many writers deal with aspects of social responsibility, but most deal with it as this kind of organizational and voluntary initiative. Few address the wider policy agenda. The contributors to ...
Managing Responsibly: Alternative Approaches to Corporate Management and Governance
1st Edition
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By Jane Buckingham, Venkataraman Nilakant
November 16, 2016
In the wake of financial meltdown and environmental disaster, employers increasingly demand that managers have an understanding of ethical decision making, corporate social responsibility and values-based management. Business ethics is therefore increasingly being taught in business schools and is ...
Corporate Community Involvement: A Visible Face of CSR in Practice
1st Edition
By Bilge Uyan-Atay
May 13, 2016
There has been tremendous growth in Corporate Community Involvement (CCI) projects of all sizes in recent years. This has been encouraged by organisations such as Business in the Community in the UK, which provides information designed to motivate businesses and government to engage in CCI. In fact...
The Balanced Company: Organizing for the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Inger Jensen, John Damm Scheuer
December 18, 2013
Today’s organizations are embedded in global and local network relationships that demand more. They have to consider the importance to customers, investors and employees of being respected in wider society and behaving ethically, so it is increasingly important for companies to reflect ...
Global Perspectives on Corporate Governance and CSR
1st Edition
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By David Crowther, Güler Aras
November 28, 2009
Good governance is good PR, it is important in every sphere of society, whether it be the corporate environment, the political, or wider society. When resources are too limited to meet the minimum expectations of the people, it is a good governance level that can help to promote the welfare of ...
Wealth, Welfare and the Global Free Market: A Social Audit of Capitalist Economics
1st Edition
By Ibrahim Ozer Ertuna
September 28, 2009
Can the free market system continue to operate in a traditional way in a world that is now globally connected, financially dysfunctional, and becoming environmentally damaged by excessive consumption? Can an alternative approach that respects human culture and values at least as much as it does ...
Spirituality and Corporate Social Responsibility: Interpenetrating Worlds
1st Edition
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By David Bubna-Litic
May 20, 2009
Religion and spirituality have often been treated with a secular disdain by management theorists. Recently, the tide has begun to turn and there is a growing openness to cite spirituality in academic analysis and debate, and when considering issues of practical concern to those engaged in the ...
Looking Beyond Profit: Small Shareholders and the Values Imperative
1st Edition
By Peggy Chiu
December 28, 2008
In this revealing book Peggy Chiu argues against the common belief that maximizing wealth is the primary concern of ordinary small shareholders when they make their share-buying decisions. This fascinating in-depth study of small shareholders provides both theoretical and empirical insights into ...
Creating Food Futures: Trade, Ethics and the Environment
1st Edition
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By Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Janice Jiggins
October 28, 2008
A global transformation in food supply and consumption is placing our food security at risk. What changes need to be made to the ways we trade, process and purchase our food if everyone in the world is going to have enough wholesome food to eat? Is there genuine scope for creating food futures that...