Author: Colin Crouch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199592179
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The book examines the issue of corporate social responsibility from a public policy perspective, considering the implications of corporations' involvement in global economic governance.
The Responsible Corporation in a Global Economy
Author: Colin Crouch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199592179
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The book examines the issue of corporate social responsibility from a public policy perspective, considering the implications of corporations' involvement in global economic governance.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199592179
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The book examines the issue of corporate social responsibility from a public policy perspective, considering the implications of corporations' involvement in global economic governance.
Good Corporation, Bad Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy
Author: Guillermo C. Jimenez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Is the Good Corporation Dead?
Author: John W. Houck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847682096
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Can corporations remain socially responsible in today's fiercely competitive global economy? For several decades after World War II, companies like IBM, which exemplified what journalist Robert J. Samuelson called the 'good corporation, ' poured forth material comforts and technological ideas while guaranteeing full employment and adequate retirement. In the 1980s all of that changed, as corporations moved to 'downsize' and become lean, mean global competitors. In this collection, thirteen prominent scholars in business ethics, finance, management, and religion and six corporate leaders respond to a new essay by Samuelson that sounds the death knell of the 'good corporation.' They propose new approaches to corporate integrity and social responsibility in the global economy. The book will be useful in corporate workshops and will make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy departments and business schools
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847682096
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Can corporations remain socially responsible in today's fiercely competitive global economy? For several decades after World War II, companies like IBM, which exemplified what journalist Robert J. Samuelson called the 'good corporation, ' poured forth material comforts and technological ideas while guaranteeing full employment and adequate retirement. In the 1980s all of that changed, as corporations moved to 'downsize' and become lean, mean global competitors. In this collection, thirteen prominent scholars in business ethics, finance, management, and religion and six corporate leaders respond to a new essay by Samuelson that sounds the death knell of the 'good corporation.' They propose new approaches to corporate integrity and social responsibility in the global economy. The book will be useful in corporate workshops and will make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy departments and business schools
Evaluate the Social Responsibility of Ben & Jerry's in a Global Economy
Author: Sebastian Kress
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656075514
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,8, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, language: English, abstract: The notion Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has provoked an extensive history of academic debate whether corporations have a social as well as financial responsibility to the community or not. The main conflict in this field has been associated with the evolution of the concept and the definition of CSR. Even though this concept has a long and varied history, which arose centuries ago, the formal writing on social responsibility, however, is mostly a product of the past 50 years. During that time, there have been many papers published by academics and business practitioners. Bowen (1953) marks the beginning of the modern period of literature and argued that centralised power of big corporations had influence on the lives of citizens, by company's actions and decisions. Davis (1960) became famous because he emphasised the correlation between social responsibility and business power and justified socially responsible business decision in light of a good chance of bringing long-run prosperity to the corporation. In arguing against CSR, Milton Friedman (1970) seems to be widely accredited. In fact, he does not dispute the validity of CSR, but rather argues that when these activities are carried out for reasons of self-interest, then they are merely profit-maximization under the cloak of CSR. He set forth that the social responsibility of business is to increase their profits and its managers' responsibility to act solely in the interest of its shareholders (maximising shareholders-value). This being said as a short introduction to the academic development of CSR, highlights that CSR is not at all common sense and therefore needs further theoretically examination. Besides these debates in the academic world, there has been also a development in practise. The business world offers numerous examples
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656075514
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,8, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, language: English, abstract: The notion Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has provoked an extensive history of academic debate whether corporations have a social as well as financial responsibility to the community or not. The main conflict in this field has been associated with the evolution of the concept and the definition of CSR. Even though this concept has a long and varied history, which arose centuries ago, the formal writing on social responsibility, however, is mostly a product of the past 50 years. During that time, there have been many papers published by academics and business practitioners. Bowen (1953) marks the beginning of the modern period of literature and argued that centralised power of big corporations had influence on the lives of citizens, by company's actions and decisions. Davis (1960) became famous because he emphasised the correlation between social responsibility and business power and justified socially responsible business decision in light of a good chance of bringing long-run prosperity to the corporation. In arguing against CSR, Milton Friedman (1970) seems to be widely accredited. In fact, he does not dispute the validity of CSR, but rather argues that when these activities are carried out for reasons of self-interest, then they are merely profit-maximization under the cloak of CSR. He set forth that the social responsibility of business is to increase their profits and its managers' responsibility to act solely in the interest of its shareholders (maximising shareholders-value). This being said as a short introduction to the academic development of CSR, highlights that CSR is not at all common sense and therefore needs further theoretically examination. Besides these debates in the academic world, there has been also a development in practise. The business world offers numerous examples
Corporate Social Responsibility?
Author: Charlotte Walker-Said
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022624444X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
With this book, Charlotte Walker-Said and John D. Kelly have assembled an essential toolkit to better understand how the notoriously ambiguous concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) functions in practice within different disciplines and settings. Bringing together cutting-edge scholarship from leading figures in human rights programs around the United States, they vigorously engage some of the major political questions of our age: what is CSR, and how might it render positive political change in the real world? The book examines the diverse approaches to CSR, with a particular focus on how those approaches are siloed within discrete disciplines such as business, law, the social sciences, and human rights. Bridging these disciplines and addressing and critiquing all the conceptual domains of CSR, the book also explores how CSR silos develop as a function of the competition between different interests. Ultimately, the contributors show that CSR actions across all arenas of power are interdependent, continually in dialogue, and mutually constituted. Organizing a diverse range of viewpoints, this book offers a much-needed synthesis of a crucial element of today’s globalized world and asks how businesses can, through their actions, make it better for everyone.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022624444X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
With this book, Charlotte Walker-Said and John D. Kelly have assembled an essential toolkit to better understand how the notoriously ambiguous concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) functions in practice within different disciplines and settings. Bringing together cutting-edge scholarship from leading figures in human rights programs around the United States, they vigorously engage some of the major political questions of our age: what is CSR, and how might it render positive political change in the real world? The book examines the diverse approaches to CSR, with a particular focus on how those approaches are siloed within discrete disciplines such as business, law, the social sciences, and human rights. Bridging these disciplines and addressing and critiquing all the conceptual domains of CSR, the book also explores how CSR silos develop as a function of the competition between different interests. Ultimately, the contributors show that CSR actions across all arenas of power are interdependent, continually in dialogue, and mutually constituted. Organizing a diverse range of viewpoints, this book offers a much-needed synthesis of a crucial element of today’s globalized world and asks how businesses can, through their actions, make it better for everyone.
Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights
Author: Ruth Pearson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136568905
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on the growth and significance of corporate codes with a particular focus on working conditions and labour rights. It brings together work by academics, practitioners and activists.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136568905
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on the growth and significance of corporate codes with a particular focus on working conditions and labour rights. It brings together work by academics, practitioners and activists.
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World
Author: Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107098599
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This book examines the rise and spread of corporate social responsibility across the globe and its impact on corporate reputation and behaviour.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107098599
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This book examines the rise and spread of corporate social responsibility across the globe and its impact on corporate reputation and behaviour.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Oliver F. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415824965
Category : Social responsibility of business
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is the role of business in society? This book presents the case that we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in our understanding of the purpose of business and that this new understanding holds much promise for business. What we are seeing according to its proponents is the emergence of a view of the firm as a socially responsible political actor in the global economy and as an institution that can generate not only material wealth but also wealth that nourishes the full range of human needs, what some call spiritual capital. Needless to say, this view is not without its critics and this book seeks to provide a balanced overview.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415824965
Category : Social responsibility of business
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is the role of business in society? This book presents the case that we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in our understanding of the purpose of business and that this new understanding holds much promise for business. What we are seeing according to its proponents is the emergence of a view of the firm as a socially responsible political actor in the global economy and as an institution that can generate not only material wealth but also wealth that nourishes the full range of human needs, what some call spiritual capital. Needless to say, this view is not without its critics and this book seeks to provide a balanced overview.
The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Andrew Crane
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 9780199211593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
CSR encompasses broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society, and government. An authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues, the text provides clear thinking and perspectives on CSR and the debates around it.
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 9780199211593
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
CSR encompasses broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society, and government. An authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues, the text provides clear thinking and perspectives on CSR and the debates around it.
Achieving Workers' Rights in the Global Economy
Author: Richard P. Appelbaum
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150170334X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This so-called accident was, in fact, just waiting to happen, and not merely because of the corruption and exploitation of workers so common in the garment industry. In Achieving Workers' Rights in the Global Economy, Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein argue that such tragic events, as well as the low wages, poor working conditions, and voicelessness endemic to the vast majority of workers who labor in the export industries of the global South arise from the very nature of world trade and production. Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism. Retail-dominated supply chains—such as those with Walmart, Apple, and Nike at their heads—generate at least half of all world trade and include hundreds of millions of workers at thousands of contract manufacturers from Shenzhen and Shanghai to Sao Paulo and San Pedro Sula. This book offers an incisive analysis of this pernicious system along with essays that outline a set of practical guides to its radical reform.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150170334X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This so-called accident was, in fact, just waiting to happen, and not merely because of the corruption and exploitation of workers so common in the garment industry. In Achieving Workers' Rights in the Global Economy, Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein argue that such tragic events, as well as the low wages, poor working conditions, and voicelessness endemic to the vast majority of workers who labor in the export industries of the global South arise from the very nature of world trade and production. Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism. Retail-dominated supply chains—such as those with Walmart, Apple, and Nike at their heads—generate at least half of all world trade and include hundreds of millions of workers at thousands of contract manufacturers from Shenzhen and Shanghai to Sao Paulo and San Pedro Sula. This book offers an incisive analysis of this pernicious system along with essays that outline a set of practical guides to its radical reform.