Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility

Publication Date	February 2004
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing
Product Type	Book
Pages	264
ISBN Number	9780754638865
Product Code	ASH00099

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Summary

Over the last decade the question of the relationship between organizations and society has been subject to much debate, often of a critical nature. The decade has seen protests concerning the actions of organizations, exposures of corporate exploitation and unfolding accounting scandals. At the same time ethical behaviour and a concern for the environment have been shown to have a positive correlation with corporate performance. The nature of corporate social responsibility is therefore a topical one for businesses and academics. There are, however, many different perspectives upon what is meant by corporate social responsibility and how this might be applied within organizations. This book is intended to explore some of these different perspectives based upon the experiences of different people in different parts of the world.

The authors involved are respected academics from a variety of disciplines and from a number of different parts of the world. The contributions to this book investigate theoretical perspectives on the topic, the application in practice of socially responsible behaviour and the ethical dimension of such behaviour.

Content

Introduction: perspectives on corporate social responsibility, David Crowther and Lez Rayman-Bacchus
Part I: Theorising Corporate Social Responsibility: Assessing trust in, and legitimacy of, the corporate, Lez Rayman-Bacchus
Limited liability or limited responsibility?, David Crowther
The power of networks: organising versus organisation, Branka Mraovic
Part II: Practising Corporate Social Responsibility: Social performance in government: choosing fiscal health over physical health?, John Mahon and Richard McGowan
Corporate social responsibility: exploration inside experience and practice at the European level, Rute Abreu and Fatima David
Corporate social reporting: genuine action or window dressing?, David Crowther
The impact of socially responsible investment upon corporate social responsibility, Thomas Clarke and Marie de la Rama
Bioengineering and corporate social responsibility, R
Seminur Topal and David Crowther
Part III: The Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility: Social responsibility is free - how good capitalism can co-exist with corporate social responsibility, John Peters
Management by love and kindness and the conquest implications, Roger Haw
The future of corporate social responsibility, David Crowther and Lez Rayman-Bacchus
Index.