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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... Theory, Research, and Practice, (with Dejan Vercic) in 2003, which won the National Communication Association's PRIDE award for the best book in public relations published in 2003. He also edited Public Relations in Asia: An Anthology ...
... Theory, Research, and Practice, (with Dejan Vercic) in 2003, which won the National Communication Association's PRIDE award for the best book in public relations published in 2003. He also edited Public Relations in Asia: An Anthology ...
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... theory of labor relations,” in order to curb growing public dismay over the negative impact of industrialization on community and family life. These programs—like many company towns —provided for the education, recreation, and ...
... theory of labor relations,” in order to curb growing public dismay over the negative impact of industrialization on community and family life. These programs—like many company towns —provided for the education, recreation, and ...
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... theory, green marketing, citizenship theory, and business ethics, among others. Public discussions relevant to CSR revolved around executive compensation, downsizing, and the transition to global labor. Most of the debates in the 1990s ...
... theory, green marketing, citizenship theory, and business ethics, among others. Public discussions relevant to CSR revolved around executive compensation, downsizing, and the transition to global labor. Most of the debates in the 1990s ...
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... theory on corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance. Business & Society, 44(3), 283–317. Doane, D. (2005). The myth of CSR: On philanthropy. Global Policy Forum. Retrieved December 19, 2005, from http:// www ...
... theory on corporate social responsibility and corporate social performance. Business & Society, 44(3), 283–317. Doane, D. (2005). The myth of CSR: On philanthropy. Global Policy Forum. Retrieved December 19, 2005, from http:// www ...
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... theory”—that seeing one indicates there may be many more lurking nearby. Joining Enron as highly visible offenders were WorldCom, Arthur Andersen, Global Crossing, and recently HealthSouth, but further evidence of the pesky buggers was ...
... theory”—that seeing one indicates there may be many more lurking nearby. Joining Enron as highly visible offenders were WorldCom, Arthur Andersen, Global Crossing, and recently HealthSouth, but further evidence of the pesky buggers was ...
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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