The Responsible Corporation in a Global Economy
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The Responsible Corporation in a Global Economy

Edited by Colin Crouch · Camilla Maclean
Oxford University Press October 2011

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ISBN-13
9780199592173
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
October 2011
Format
Hardback , 320 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Readership: Academics, researchers, and students in Business, Management, Political Science, and Social Science; business practioners interested in CSR

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Edited by Colin Crouch, Professor of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, and Camilla Maclean, Lecturer, Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School

Colin Crouch is Professor at the Business School of Warwick University. He is also the External Scientific member of the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies at Cologne. He previously taught sociology at the LSE, and was fellow and tutor in Politics at Trinity College, Oxford, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Until December 2004 he was Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Florence. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is former chairman and former joint editor of The Political Quarterly. He has published within the fields of comparative European sociology and industrial relations, on economic sociology, and on contemporary issues in British and European politics. His most recent books include:Social Change in Western Europe (1999); Post-Democracy (2004); and Capitalist Diversity and Change: Recombinant Governance and Institutional Entrepreneurs (2005).

Camilla Maclean currently teaches Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School. She recently completed her PhD in the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. Her thesis was an in-depth empirical examination of key CSR decision-making variables in three case studies of Southern African subsidiaries of large multinational mining corporations. Prior to her doctorate, she was a WBS Research Fellow working on a three-year multi-institutional global research project analyzing mining and community health issues in developing countries. Her MSc in International Development Management is from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Contributors: 
Camilla Maclean, Warwick Business School
Colin Crouch, Warwick Business School
Elaine Sternberg
Celia Moore, IBM
Alyson Warhust, Warwick Business School
Klaus Leisinger, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute
Anna Kristin Mueller-Debus, European University Institute
Christian R. Thauer, European University Institute
André Sobczak, Audencia Nantes School of Management
Antonio Tencati, Università Bocconi
Peter Utting, UNRISD
Jeremy Moon, Nottingham University Business School
Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business
Dirk Matten, Schulich School of Business
Peter Newell, University of East Anglia
Eliza Gaffney, University of Warwick
David Finegold, Rutgers University
Mohammed Ali, Rutgers University
Anne-Laure Winkler, Rutgers University

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