Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance: Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Samuel O. Idowu, Claus Strue Frederiksen, Asli Yüksel Mermod, Morten Ebe Juul Nielsen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book deals with the role of international standards for corporate governance in the context of corporate social responsibility. Based on the fundamentals of moral theory, the book examines governance and CSR in general, addressing questions such as: Is “good governance” not affected by moral concerns? How do the principles and practices of CSR standards adhere to or conflict with insights from business ethics and moral theory? To what extent do the standards and governance models provide normative guidance? Do the standards and governance guidelines provide an adequate means of benchmarking and auditing? Are these standards a help or a hindrance to stakeholder engagement and transparency? The book provides insightful and thought-provoking answers to these and many other important questions concerning CSR standards, and offers a valuable resource for practitioners, academics and students at business schools and other institutions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Relationships Between CSR, Good Governance and Accountability in the Economy of Communion (EoC) Enterprises....Pages 3-38
Legitimizing Corporate Social Responsibility Governance....Pages 39-61
Maintaining the CSR-Identity of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Firms....Pages 63-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Lure of Corporate Virtue....Pages 91-102
Social Audits and Global Clothing Supply Chains: Some Observations....Pages 103-116
Employee Volunteering as an Element of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Evidence from Polish Listed Companies....Pages 117-141
Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries: Bringers of Working Standards or Modern Slaveholders....Pages 143-158
CSR Standards and Corporate Ethical Virtues: A Normative Inquiry into the Way Corporations Integrate Stakeholder Expectations....Pages 159-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Is It Time for Integrated Reporting in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Reflections on an Italian Experience....Pages 183-209
CSR Reporting Seen from an Ethical Perspective: An Empirical Investigation....Pages 211-225
Development of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks: The Case of Australia....Pages 227-239
An Evaluation Framework for CSR Reporting....Pages 241-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Shareholder Rights and Zero-Sum CSR: Strategies for Reconciliation....Pages 255-267
The Importance of Phronesis to Corporate Social Responsibility....Pages 269-286
Talking Global Justice: The Importance of Critical Social Theory in the African Business Paradigm....Pages 287-302
Liberal CSR and New Marxist Criticism....Pages 303-316
Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Union: An Assessment of CSR Strategy....Pages 317-336
Back Matter....Pages 337-343

✦ Subjects

Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility; Ethics; Organization/Planning; Accounting/Auditing