Corporate Social Strategy

Bryan W. Husted holds the Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business and Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, and is Professor of Management at the EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. For many years, he held the Alumni Association Chair in Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability at the Instituto de Empresa in Spain. He is currently a national researcher (level II) of the National Research System (SNI) of Mexico. David Bruce Allen is Professor of Strategy and Co-Director of the Center for Nonmarket Strategy at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, where he served as Vice Dean for Research and Chair of the Strategy Department. Professor Allen has held top management positions in the movie, publishing, and consulting industries. He is a former Fulbright Lecturer in Spain and Resident Filmmaker at the Sundance Institute and has published fiction and criticism. He has taught at the City University of New York, Boston University, and the University of New Orleans.

'The key point in this important new book is that a corporation's 'social' strategy must be integrated with its business strategy. Husted and Allen break new ground in showing us how this integration needs to proceed. This is a terrific book for managers and theorists.' R. Edward Freeman, Olsson Professor of Business Administration and Co-Director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, University of Virginia

• List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: corporate social strategy; Part I. Fundamentals: 2. The ethics of social strategy; 3. Theory of the firm and corporate social strategy; 4. Overview of the model: how do we build corporate social strategy?; 5. Elements of successful corporate social strategy; Part II. The Process of Developing Corporate Social Strategy: 6. Competitive environment; 7. From stakeholder management to social strategy; 8. Resources and capabilities; 9. Corporate identity; Part III. Implementing Social Strategy: 10. Organizing for social strategy; 11. Corporate social strategy management and the multinational company; 12. Measurement and evaluation; 13. Conclusions: the future of social strategy; Bibliography; Index.