Title:
Corporate responsibility : a critical introduction
Author:
Blowfield, Mick.
ISBN:
9780199209095
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Physical Description:
xx, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introducing corporate responsibility -- The origins of corporate responsibility -- Globalization and international development -- How corporate responsibility is managed -- The business case for corporate responsibility -- Stakeholders, standards, and regional variations -- Social accounting -- The place of corporate responsibility in the corporate governance framework -- Sustainable development -- Stakeholder partnerships -- Socially responsible investment -- The impact of corporate responsibility -- Criticisms of corporate responsibility -- The future of corporate responsibility.
Abstract:
"Corporate Responsibility provides an original framework for examining the multiple dimensions to corporate responsibility, and identifies the main trends, arguments, and themes that underpin the subject. Packed with pedagogical features and including a wealth of mini case studies such as General Electric, Traidcraft Plc, and UN Principles for Responsible Investment, this text is an invaluable resource for students taking a module in corporate responsibility."--Jacket.
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