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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798270403321

Autore

Sundar Pushpa

Titolo

Business and community : the story of corporate social responsibility in India / / Pushpa Sundar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [California] : , : Sage : , : Response Business Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

81-321-1732-8

81-321-1153-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

658.4080954

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business - India

Public-private sector cooperation - India

Globalization - Social aspects - India

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

Cover ; Contents; List of Abbreviations ; Foreword ; Preface ; 1 - Introduction ; 2 - Private Wealth for Public Good ; Part I: Business and Community:  Yesterday (1850-1990) ; 3 - Merchants to Multinationals: Growth of Indian Business ; 4 - Merchant Charity (1850-1941) ; 5 - Corporate Philanthropy (1941-1960) ; 6 - Towards Corporate Social Responsibility (1960-1990) ; Part II: Business and Community: Globalization and Beyond (1990-2012) ; 7 - Winds of Change ; 8 - CSR in Action ; Part III: Business and Community: Tomorrow ; 9 - The Challenges ; 10 - CSR as Trusteeship

Appendix 1: Pioneering Dynasties and Their Philanthropic Foundations,1914-1960 Appendix 2: Brief Sketches of CSR by a Few Select Companies ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Business and Community traces the evolution of the ideas and practices of Indian corporate social responsibility (CSR) against the backdrop of India's socio-economic development since the beginning of industry to the present, through four major phases of Indian business history.