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This upper-level textbook offers an original and up-to-date introduction to issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a global perspective. Written by an international team of experts, it guides students through key themes in CSR including strategy, communication, regulation and governance. Balancing critiques of CSR with a discussion of the opportunities it creates, it includes chapters devoted to critical issues such as human rights, anti-corruption, labour rights and the environment.
Pedagogical features include customised case studies, study questions, key term highlighting, practitioner pieces and suggestions for further resources. The book is also complemented by a companion website featuring adaptable lecture slides, teaching notes for cases and links to related resources. Tailored for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and business ethics, it is also relevant to non-business courses in political science, international relations and communications.
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- Höfundur: Andreas Rasche
- Útgáfudagur: 2017-03-23
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9781108161206
- Print ISBN: 9781107114876
- ISBN 10: 1108161200
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- Cover
- Half title
- Title page
- Imprints page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Case Studies
- Prologue
- 1 The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: CSR and Beyond
- 1.1 The Corporation in Society: Shifting Perspectives
- 1.2 Globalisation and CSR
- 1.3 CSR: Framing the Debate
- 1.3.1 What is CSR?
- 1.3.2 Other CSR Definitions
- 1.3.3 CSR as a Dynamic Concept
- 1.4 CSR and Beyond: Related Concepts and Debates
- 1.5 Why Do Corporations Engage in CSR?
- 1.6 CSR: Strategy, Communication and Governance
- 1.7 Case Study: Volkswagen: Engineering the Truth
- 1.8 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- Part I Strategy and CSR
- Introduction from the Editors
- 2 Historical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 CSR Phenomena: Issues, Modes and Rationales
- 2.2.1 CSR Issues
- 2.2.2 CSR Modes
- 2.2.3 Rationales for CSR
- 2.2.3.1 The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Create Wealth
- 2.2.3.2 To Use Wealth Created by Business for Social Ends
- 2.2.3.3 Business as a Vehicle for Social Responsibility
- 2.2.3.4 CSR Legitimises Business to Society and Government
- 2.2.3.5 CSR is a Vehicle for Wealth Creation
- 2.2.3.6 CSR Is a Form of Governance
- 2.3 CSR Actors: Society, Business and Government
- 2.3.1 Society Actors
- 2.3.3 Business Actors
- 2.3.4 Governmental Actors
- 2.4 Three Phases of CSR Development
- 2.4.1 Industrialisation
- 2.4.2 The Rise of the Modern Corporation
- 2.4.3 Internationalisation
- 2.5 Case Study: Marks and Spencer’s CSR: From Community to Global Responsibility?
- 2.5.1 Foundations and the First Century
- 2.5.2 The challenge of internationalisation
- 2.5.3 Taking Sustainability Seriously
- 2.6 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 3 Strategic CSR: Ambitions and Critiques
- 3.1 The Strategic Turn in CSR
- 3.2 Antecedents of Strategic CSR
- 3.2.1 Corporate Social Responsiveness
- 3.2.2. The Business Case for CSR
- 3.3 From Strategic Philanthropy to CSV
- 3.4 Arguments for Strategic CSR
- 3.5 Arguments against Strategic CSR
- 3.5.1 Legitimacy Issues
- 3.5.2 Value Blindness and Conceptual Confusion
- 3.5.3 Measures of Value and Social Impact
- 3.5.4 Compliance and the Big Picture
- 3.5.5 Delivering on Integration
- 3.6 Combining Perspectives
- 3.7 Case Study: Maersk Group and Shared Value
- 3.8 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 4 Corporate Responsibility Strategies for Sustainability
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 What Does Sustainability Mean?
- 4.3 Strategy #1: Denial Strategy
- 4.4 Strategy #2: Defensive Strategy
- 4.5 Strategy #3: Isolated Strategy
- 4.6 Strategy #4: Embedded Strategy
- 4.7 Strategy #5: Transformational Strategy
- 4.8 Case Study: Terracycle
- 4.9 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 5 Managing for Stakeholders in the Digital Age
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Stakeholder Theory in Brief
- 5.2.1 Business as Relationships Among Stakeholders
- 5.2.2 The Jointness of Stakeholder Interests
- 5.3 Cultural Context and Historic Development of Stakeholder Models
- 5.4 Stakeholder Theory in the Age of Technology
- 5.4.1 Advancements in Technology Call for a Stakeholder Approach
- 5.4.2 Organised Groups – Stronger Voices
- 5.4.3 Names and Faces – Emotional Bond
- 5.4.4 High Transparency – Always in the Spotlight
- 5.4.5 Dispersed Interactions – Blurred Boundaries
- 5.4.6 New Stakeholder Emerges – Virtual Stakeholder
- 5.4.7 ‘Yes, and …’ – the Epitome of Stakeholder Thinking
- 5.5 Case Study: Monsanto
- 5.5.1 Company History: Success Driven by Innovation
- 5.5.2 Controversial Company Reputation: Biotech Move Did Not Help
- 5.5.3 Strong Support from some Stakeholder Groups
- 5.5.4 Neglecting Communities Negatively Affected Business
- 5.5.5 Ignoring Virtual Stakeholders Created Protests Against the Company
- 5.5.6 Monsanto Changes its Strategy and Starts a Dialogue with Communities
- 5.6 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 6 Political CSR: The Corporation as a Political Actor
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 ‘Political’ CSR: Governance Gaps, MSIs and Democracy
- 6.2.1 Governance Gaps
- 6.2.2 MSIs
- 6.2.3 Democracy
- 6.3 Corporations and International Politics
- 6.3.1 National politics
- 6.3.2 International politics
- 6.4 The Political Importance of Products and Services
- 6.5 Case Study: Google Glass – The Future of Political Transparency?
- 6.6 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- Personal Reflection by Mads Øvlisen
- Introduction from the Editors
- 7 Standards for CSR: Legitimacy, Impact and Critique
- 7.1 Introduction: The Emergence of Private Regulation
- 7.2 CSR Standards: What’s in a Name?
- 7.2.1 Standardising CSR
- 7.2.2 Types of CSR Standard
- 7.2.3 Interactions of CSR Standards with Government-Based Regulation
- 7.3 The Democratic Legitimacy of CSR Standards
- 7.3.1 Input Legitimacy
- 7.3.2 Output Legitimacy
- 7.4 The Impact of CSR Standards: Greenwash or Transformative Change?
- 7.4.1 Impact on Adopting Firms
- 7.4.2 Impact on Consumers
- 7.4.3 Impact on Regulated Issues
- 7.5 Critique of CSR Standards
- 7.5.1 The Multiplicity of CSR Standards
- 7.5.2 Lack of Inclusiveness in Standard Governance
- 7.5.3 The Limits of Certification
- 7.6 Case Study: The UN Global Compact: Bluewashing Corporate Practices?
- 7.7 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 8 Corporate Responsibility Reporting
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Definition, Development and Assurance
- 8.2.1 What is Corporate Responsibility Reporting?
- 8.2.2 How has Corporate Responsibility Reporting Evolved?
- 8.2.3 How can Corporate Responsibility Reports be Externally Assured?
- 8.3 Rationales, Problems and Challenges
- 8.3.1 Why Do or Should Companies Engage in Corporate Responsibility Reporting?
- 8.3.2 What are the Problems and Challenges of Corporate Responsibility Reporting?
- 8.4 Approaches to Governing Corporate Responsibility Reporting
- 8.4.1 Voluntary Corporate Responsibility Reporting
- 8.4.2 Mandatory Corporate Responsibility Reporting
- 8.5 Country and Sector Developments
- 8.5.1 How has Corporate Responsibility Reporting Developed in Countries and Regions?
- 8.5.2 How has Corporate Responsibility Reporting Developed in Sectors?
- 8.6 Case Study: The Global Reporting Initiative
- 8.7 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 9 NGO Activism and CSR
- 9.1 Introduction: No Fracking Way!
- 9.2 Activist NGOs: What Are They?
- 9.3 NGO Activism: Some Characterisations
- 9.4 How NGO Activism Affects Corporations
- 9.4.1 Shareholder Activism
- 9.4.2 Operational Costs and Benefits
- 9.4.2.1 Marketplace Tactics
- 9.4.2.2 Public Opinion Tactics
- 9.4.3 Partnerships
- 9.4.4 New Business Systems
- 9.5 Which Corporations are NGOs likely to target?
- 9.6 Strategic Response or Taking Responsibility?
- 9.7 Case Study: Clean Clothes Campaign
- 9.7.1 Contentious
- 9.7.2 Collaborative
- 9.7.3 Market-based
- 9.7.4 Urgent Appeals
- 9.7.5 Conclusion
- 9.8 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 10 Government as a Regulator of CSR: Beyond Voluntarism
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Government Involvement in CSR – An Overview
- 10.3 Government Involvement in CSR: Europe and Beyond
- 10.4 Public and Private Regulation of Business Activities
- 10.4.1 Government Regulation of CSR in a Firm’s Home Country
- 10.4.2 Private Regulation of CSR in a Firm’s Home Country
- 10.4.3 Private Regulation of CSR in a Firm’s Host Country
- 10.4.4 Government Regulation of CSR in a Firm’s Host Country
- 10.4.5 Public Private Partnerships
- 10.4.6 Illustrative Example of CSR Regulation by Public and Private Actors: The Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garment Sector
- 10.5 Efficiency and Democratic Legitimacy – Differences between Public and Private CSR Regulation
- 10.6 Case Study: Tax Transparency in the Extractive Sector
- 10.6.1 Private Regulation: The EITI
- 10.6.2 Public Regulation: Revision of the EU Accounting Directive and Dodd-Frank Section 1504
- 10.7 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- Personal Reflection by Clare Short
- Introduction from the Editors
- 11 CSR Communication: What Is It? Why Is It Important?
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 A Key CSR Communication Dilemma: Desirable yet Risky
- 11.2.1 The Dilemma: To Communicate or Not To Communicate …
- 11.3 A Distinguishing Feature of CSR Communication: Corporate Morality
- 11.3.1 Societal: Being Seen to Do Something to Improve Society
- 11.3.2 Sincere: Being Seen to Be Authentic about CSR
- 11.3.3 Transparent: Being Perceived as Not Trying to Hide Anything
- 11.4 Managerial Strategies for CSR Communication
- 11.4.1 Three CSR Communication Strategies
- 11.5 Three Phases in the Development of CSR Communication
- 11.5.1 The Instrumental Phase of CSR Communication
- 11.5.2 The Political Phase of CSR Communication
- 11.5.3 The Network Phase of CSR Communication
- 11.6 Case Study: Nestlé Meets Greenpeace in Social Media Campaign
- 11.7 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 12 CSR and Crisis Communication Strategies
- 12.1 Introduction: CSR as a Crisis Risk
- 12.2 The Context for CSR-Based Challenge Crises
- 12.2.1 Increasing Importance of Reputation and CSR
- 12.2.2 Linking CSR, Reputation and Crisis Communication
- 12.2.3 Emergence of Reputational Crises
- 12.2.4 Introducing the CSR-Based Challenge
- 12.3 Dynamics of the CSR-Based Challenge
- 12.3.1 Redefinitional Efforts
- 12.3.2 Agitation: The Challenge
- 12.3.3 Control: The Response
- 12.3.4 Extending the CSR-Based Challenge: The Double Interact
- 12.4 Case Study: Honey Maid and Same-Sex Marriage
- 12.5 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 13 CSR and Reputation: Too Much of a Good Thing?
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Reputation and CSR
- 13.3 Defining Corporate Reputation
- 13.3.1 Corporate Reputation and Related Concepts
- 13.4 How CSR Impacts Reputation
- 13.4.1 The Quest for CSR Reputations
- 13.5 Walking CSR: An Opportunity to Enhance Reputation
- 13.6 Talking CSR: Risking Reputational Damage
- 13.7 Reputational Dynamics: When ‘Too Much of a Good Thing’ Backfires
- 13.8 Case Study: Beyond Control? Managing Reputation after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- 13.8.1 What Happened Before: Rebranding for CSR
- 13.8.2 Five Years later: Conceding Sustainability?
- 13.9 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 14 The Corporate Construction of Transparency and (In)Transparency
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 The Transparency Imperative
- 14.3 What Is Transparency?
- 14.4 Managing Transparency
- 14.5 The Implied Communication Model
- 14.6 Problematic Effects of Transparency
- 14.7 Transparency Strategies
- 14.8 Productive Effects of Transparency
- 14.9 Corporate Talk as Inspiration, Exploration and Aspiration
- 14.10 The Function of Opacity
- 14.11 Case Study: The ‘Equator Principles’ Standard
- 14.12 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- Personal Reflection by Daniel Mittler
- Introduction from the Editors
- 15 Business and Human Rights: Not Just Another CSR Issue?
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 What Are Human Rights?
- 15.3 Why Are Human Rights Relevant to Business?
- 15.4 The BHR Regime
- 15.4.1 The Guiding Principles on BHR
- 15.4.2 Critical Perspectives on the UNGPs
- 15.5 Operational Aspects: Managing Human Rights
- 15.5.1 Human Rights and Responsibility Management
- 15.5.2 Human Rights, Human Resources and Labour, and Supply Chain Management
- 15.6 Remedy
- 15.6.1 Reputational Damage and Accountability
- 15.6.2 Business Mechanisms: Operational level remedy
- 15.6.3 State-Based Remedies: Judicial (Courts) and Non-Judicial
- 15.7 Case Study: Lundbeck’s Pentobarbital Human Rights Dilemma
- 15.8 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 16 Anti-Corruption Governance and Global Business
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Corruption
- 16.3. Corruption Governance
- 16.3.1 Multiple Actors and Hard and Soft Regulations
- 16.3.2 Corruption Risk Management
- 16.4 Case Study: Siemens AG
- 16.5 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 17 Business and Transnational Environmental Governance
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Instruments of Environmental Governance
- 17.2.1 Regulation
- 17.2.2 International Negotiations and MEAs
- 17.2.3 Self-Regulation and Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER)
- 17.2.4 Environmental Strategies and Value Chain Transmission Mechanisms
- 17.2.5 MSIs and Market-Based Instruments
- 17.3 Theoretical and Analytical Tools: TEG, Orchestration, and GVC Analysis
- 17.4 Case Study: Sustainable Shipping
- 17.4.1 Background
- 17.4.2 Regulation
- 17.4.3 Voluntary ‘Green Shipping’ Standards and Rating Schemes
- 17.4.4 Value Chain Drivers of Environmental Improvements
- 17.4.5 Lessons for Orchestrating TEG in Shipping
- 17.5 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- 18 Labour Rights in Global Supply Chains
- 18.1 Introduction: Globalisation and Global Supply Chains
- 18.2 Labour Rights
- 18.3 Violations of Labour Rights: Sweatshop Labour in Global Supply Chains
- 18.4 The Sweatshop Labour Debate
- 18.4.1 Pros of Sweatshop Labour
- 18.4.2 Cons of Sweatshop Labour
- 18.5 Regulation and Improvement of Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 18.5.1 Company Level
- 18.5.2 Industry Level
- 18.5.3 Multi-Stakeholder Level
- 18.5.4 Governmental Level
- 18.6 Case Study: Labour Rights in the Garment Supply Chain – The Rana Plaza Factory Collapse
- 18.7 Chapter Summary
- Chapter Questions
- Further Resources
- Personal Reflection by Mark Moody-Stuart
- Epilogue
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