Corporate Responsibility

Description

The second edition of this successful textbook examines the multiple dimensions to corporate responsibility. It creates a framework that presents a historical and interdisciplinary overview of the field a summary of different management approaches and a review of the key actors and trends worldwide. The authors take a critical perspective and successfully provide a balance between theory and practice. They offer comprehensive coverage of the subject, combining an insightful, interdisciplinary, approach with the pedagogy and support sought after by students. This second edition provides an increased focus on developing countries, social enterprise, and small and medium-sized organizations.

Table of contents

PART ONE: THE MEANING AND ORIGINS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 1: Introducing Corporate Responsibility
Chapter 2: The Origins of Corporate Responsibility
Chapter 3: Sustainable Development
Chapter 4: Corporate Responsibility in Developing Economies
Chapter 5: Globalization and Corporate Responsibility
PART TWO: MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTING CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 6: How Corporate Responsibility is Managed
Chapter 7: The Place of Corporate Responsibility in the Corporate Governance Framework
Chapter 8: Social Accounting
Chapter 9: Stakeholder Management and Engagement
Chapter 10: Socially Responsible Investment
Chapter 11: Corporate Responsibility in Smaller Enterprises
PART THREE: IMPACT, CRITICS, AND FUTURE OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 12: The Impact of Corporate Responsibility
Chapter 13: Criticisms of Corporate Responsibility
Chapter 14: The Future of Corporate Responsibility