No longer only the domain of corporate public relations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has now become a serious concern for many firms and a major sphere of academic research. However, most strikingly, by encouraging corporations to play a role in economic governance, particularly at the global level, CSR also raises issues for political science, public policy, and the world of politics as a whole. In this volume, authors consider what defines a 'responsible' corporation, examining such debates as: the implications of corporations setting standards for such matters as products and labour conditions, and thus playing more than a market role in the global economy; how the concept of corporate citizenship has been applied to the role of firms in corporate responsibility initiatives and what this means in terms of rights and responsibilities, and for citizenship in general; and whether corporate responsibility is compatible with shareholder maximization, specifically in the context of the global economy Bringing together academics and practitioners, this volume examines the increasingly important arena of global economic governance and the role played by major corporations from a diverse range of perspectives. It will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, and students of Business, Political Science, and other social sciences, as well as business practitioners interested in CSR.
1: Camilla Maclean and Colin Crouch: Introduction 2: Elaine Sternberg: How Serious is CSR? A Critical Perspective 3: Celia Moore: How Serious is CSR? A Corporate Perspective from IBM 4: Alyson Warhust: Past, Present, and Future Corporate Responsibility: Achievements and New Directions 5: Klaus Leisinger: The UN Global Compact:.....As Good As Corporate Leaders Make It 6: Adrienne Héritier, Anna Kristin Mueller-Debus, and Christian R. Thauer: The Firm as an Inspector: A Transaction Cost Explanation of Private Ordering 7: André Sobczak: CSR: A New Form of Social Regulation for Labour Relations within Transnational Companies 8: Antonio Tencati: The Governance of Global Supply Chains 9: Peter Utting: CSR, Private Regulation, and International Development Policy 10: Jeremy Moon, Andrew Crane, and Dirk Matten: Corporations and New Institutions of Global Governance 11: Peter Newell and Eliza Gaffney: Corporate Citizenship: Making Theoretical and Political Sense of a Concept 12: David Finegold, Mohammed Ali, and Anne-Laure Winkler: Governing Value Creation: New Models for the Global Economy
