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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160352403321

Autore

Post James

Titolo

Private Management and Public Policy : The Principle of Public Responsibility

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8474-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Stanford Business Classics

Altri autori (Persone)

PrestonLee

Disciplina

658.4/08

658.408

Soggetti

Business

Industries -- Social aspects -- United States

Industries -- Social aspects

Management

Industries - Social aspects - United States

Social responsibility of business

Business & Economics

Management Styles & Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Classic Edition; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Issues and Definitions; 2. Models of Management and Society; 3. The Scope of Managerial Responsibility: Fundamentalism; 4. The Scope of Managerial Responsibility: Socialization and Involvement; 5. The Public Policy Process; 6. The Public Policy Agenda; 7. The Principle of Public Responsibility; 8. Implementation: Scanning and Process Responses; 9. Implementation: Programs and Appraisals; 10. Public Responsibility and Political Participation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Private Management and Public Policy is a landmark work at the intersection of business and society.  First published in 1975, it focuses on the management processes that companies use to respond to social issues.  The text develops the ""principle of public responsibility"" as an alternative to the notion that firms have unlimited accountability.  And,



it presents one of the first systems-based approaches to corporate responsibility, providing theoretical support for business involvement in public policy. Arguably, the book's major contribution is its broad outline of an alternati