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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778580503321

Titolo

Corporate social responsibility in Asia / / edited by Kyoko Fukukawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19265-0

1-135-19266-9

1-282-37681-0

9786612376818

0-203-86421-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Routledge international business in Asia series ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

FukukawaKyoko

Disciplina

658.408095

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business - Asia

Business ethics - Asia

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: Global crossroads - corporate social responsibility in Asia; 1 Social paradigms in China and the West; 2 Structural change in corporate society and CSR in Japan; 3 Perceptions of CSR and its adoption to business practice in the Thai context; 4 A multilevel assessment of corporate social responsibility disclosure in Malaysia; 5 Exploitation of labour in Bangladeshi ready-made garment sector: Who is responsible?

6 CSR - a virtuous Circle. But which circle? And whose 'virtue'?Index

Sommario/riassunto

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an important issue in contemporary business, management and politics, especially since the launch of the United Nations Global Compact in 2000 as an initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them. This book examines the theory and practice of CSR in Asia. The philosophical and ideological underpinnings of CSR are rooted in Anglo-American and European principles of liberal democratic rights, justice and societal structures. This book not only considers the impact of Western CS