The Debate over Corporate Social ResponsibilitySteven K. May, George Cheney, Juliet Roper Should business strive to be socially responsible, and if so, how? The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility updates and broadens the discussion of these questions by bringing together in one volume a variety of practical and theoretical perspectives on corporate social responsibility. It is perhaps the single most comprehensive volume available on the question of just how "social" business ought to be. The volume includes contributions from the fields of communication, business, law, sociology, political science, economics, accounting, and environmental studies. Moreover, it draws from experiences and examples from around the world, including but not limited to recent corporate scandals and controversies in the U.S. and Europe. A number of the chapters examine closely the basic assumptions underlying the philosophy of socially responsible business. Other chapters speak to the practical challenges and possibilities for corporate social responsiblilty in the twenty-first century. One of the most distinctive features of the book is its coverage of the very ways that the issue of corporate social responsibility has been defined, shaped, and discussed in the past four decades. That is, the editors and many of the authors are attuned to the persuasive strategies and formulations used to talk about socially responsible business, and demonstrate why the talk matters. For example, the book offers a careful analysis of how certain values have become associated with the business enterprise and how particular economic and political positions have been established by and for business. This book will be of great interest to scholars, business leaders, graduate students, and others interested in the contours of the debate over what role large-scale corporate commerce should take in the future of the industrialized world. |
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His research focuses on the relationship between work and identity, as it relates
to the boundaries of public/private, work/family, and labor/leisure. Most recently,
he has studied the challenges and opportunities for organizational ethics and ...
His research focuses on the relationship between work and identity, as it relates
to the boundaries of public/private, work/family, and labor/leisure. Most recently,
he has studied the challenges and opportunities for organizational ethics and ...
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Her research and teaching interests include public relations, influences on public
policy, dialogue, and government and corporate discourses on sustainability and
social responsibility. She is coauthor of The Politics of Representation: Election ...
Her research and teaching interests include public relations, influences on public
policy, dialogue, and government and corporate discourses on sustainability and
social responsibility. She is coauthor of The Politics of Representation: Election ...
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In addition to his book, Crisis Management by Apology: Corporate Response to
Allegations of Wrongdoing (2006), he has published articles in the Handbook of
Public Relations, Communication Studies, and Public Relations Review, as well
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In addition to his book, Crisis Management by Apology: Corporate Response to
Allegations of Wrongdoing (2006), he has published articles in the Handbook of
Public Relations, Communication Studies, and Public Relations Review, as well
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His work on organizational communication and ethics has appeared in the
Journal of Organizational Change Management, Encyclopedia of Public
Relations, Communication Studies, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of
Applied ...
His work on organizational communication and ethics has appeared in the
Journal of Organizational Change Management, Encyclopedia of Public
Relations, Communication Studies, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of
Applied ...
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From the Left, CSR is viewed as at best a public relations strategy for
complacency and control; at worst, an illusion arising from an oxymoron—a
misunderstanding of the social potential of the corporate form (Doane, 2005;
Frankental, 2001).
From the Left, CSR is viewed as at best a public relations strategy for
complacency and control; at worst, an illusion arising from an oxymoron—a
misunderstanding of the social potential of the corporate form (Doane, 2005;
Frankental, 2001).
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Contents
A New Generation of Global Corporate Social Responsibility | |
Progressing from Corporate Social Responsibility to Brand | |
Facing Corporate Power | |
The DarkSide Paradoxes of Success | |
A Turn Toward | |
A Confucian Context | |
Perceptions | |
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| Title | The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Editors | Steven K. May, George Cheney, Juliet Roper |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0190208368, 9780190208363 |
| Length | 512 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Business Communication / General Business & Economics / Business Ethics |
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