Screen LibraryCorporate social responsibility：the good, the bad and the ugly
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, Glos, UK |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 211 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781845429768 1845429761 |
| Index Number: | F270 |
| CLC: | F270-05 |
| Call Number: | F270-05/B215 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index. 1. Corporate social responsibility : a historical review -- 2. Corporate social responsibility : theoretical perspectives -- 3. The stakeholder theory of the firm : a critical perspective -- 4. The problem with corporate citizenship -- 5. The dilemmas of CSR and corporate citizenship -- 6. The perils of sustainability -- 7. The business of human rights -- 8. The political economy of CSR -- 9. Alternate visions. "This book provides a critical perspective on contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee questions the win-win assumptions of CSR and identifies the limits of the good that corporations can do, illustrating that the ability of firms to enhance social welfare is constrained by their current form and purpose; that of a shareholder value maximizing entity." "The book shows how supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are complicit in an 'economic capture' of social issues |