The debate over corporate social responsibility [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Steve May, George Cheney, and Juliet Roper

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452320903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0-19-020836-8; 0-19-803976-X; 1-281-15673-6; 9786611156732; 1-4356-0536-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MaySteve <1961-> (Steve Kent); CheneyGeorge; RoperJuliet
• Disciplina: 174.4
• Soggetti: Social responsibility of business; Business ethics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Overview; I. Introduction; II. Cases and Contexts; III. Legal Perspectives; IV. Economic Perspectives; V. Social Perspectives; VI. Environmental Perspectives; VII. Commentary on Corporate Social Responsibility: The Contributions of Communication and Other Perspectives; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Should business strive to be socially responsible, and if so, how? The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility updates and broadens the discussion of these questions by bringing together in one volume a variety of practical and theoretical perspectives on corporate social responsibility. It is perhaps the single most comprehensive volume available on the question of just how ""social"" business ought to be. The volume includes contributions from the fields of communication, business, law, sociology, political science, economics, accounting, and environmental studies. Moreover, it draws