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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... context is likely to prompt additional debates regarding the role of corporations in our society, including a range ... contexts, other terms have been adopted—sometimes synonymously, sometimes with (strategically) significant ...
... context is likely to prompt additional debates regarding the role of corporations in our society, including a range ... contexts, other terms have been adopted—sometimes synonymously, sometimes with (strategically) significant ...
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... context. Is it too limiting to use “corporate” rather than the more widely applicable “business”? And, then, what about the even broader term “organization,” as covering all sectors of society? Still, are corporations of particular ...
... context. Is it too limiting to use “corporate” rather than the more widely applicable “business”? And, then, what about the even broader term “organization,” as covering all sectors of society? Still, are corporations of particular ...
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... context of, and terminology surrounding, CSR is that our intent is to reach a broad set of readers interested in the range of complex, contested issues that are at the heart of wide-ranging discussion regarding corporations at all ...
... context of, and terminology surrounding, CSR is that our intent is to reach a broad set of readers interested in the range of complex, contested issues that are at the heart of wide-ranging discussion regarding corporations at all ...
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... contexts, based on our belief that a full understanding of the nature and scope of CSR is dependent upon exploring the ... context of contemporary corporate capitalism and strategies of resistance against it. Contributors to part V ...
... contexts, based on our belief that a full understanding of the nature and scope of CSR is dependent upon exploring the ... context of contemporary corporate capitalism and strategies of resistance against it. Contributors to part V ...
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... context thus far has been domestic corporations, the pursuit and impact of economic efficiency and corporate rationality are writ large only in “transnational” and “global” corporations (see Karliner, 1997, p. xiii). In fact, in terms ...
... context thus far has been domestic corporations, the pursuit and impact of economic efficiency and corporate rationality are writ large only in “transnational” and “global” corporations (see Karliner, 1997, p. xiii). In fact, in terms ...
Contents
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II Cases and Contexts | 57 |
III Legal Perspectives | 153 |
IV Economic Perspectives | 205 |
V Social Perspectives | 265 |
VI Environmental Perspectives | 319 |
The Contributions of Communication and Other Perspectives | 403 |
Index | 475 |
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The Debate Over Corporate Social Responsibility Steve Kent May,Steve May,George Cheney,Juliet Roper Limited preview - 2007 |
The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility Steven K. May,George Cheney,Juliet Roper Limited preview - 2007 |
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