Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility

Lez Rayman-Bacchus, David Crowther

'"Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility" does what few books and articles on this issue are currently doing - it extends not only our thinking on these issues, but the conceptual framework in which we can seriously redefine the contemporary corporation...' Professor David Birch, Deakin University, Australia

• Contents: Introduction: perspectives on corporate social responsibility, David Crowther and Lez Rayman-Bacchus. Part I: Theorising Corporate Social Responsibility: Assessing trust in, and legitimacy of, the corporate, Lez Rayman-Bacchus; Limited liability or limited responsibility?, David Crowther; The power of networks: organising versus organisation, Branka Mraovic. Part II: Practising Corporate Social Responsibility: Social performance in government: choosing fiscal health over physical health?, John Mahon and Richard McGowan; Corporate social responsibility: exploration inside experience and practice at the European level, Rute Abreu and Fatima David; Corporate social reporting: genuine action or window dressing?, David Crowther; The impact of socially responsible investment upon corporate social responsibility, Thomas Clarke and Marie de la Rama; Bioengineering and corporate social responsibility, R. Seminur Topal and David Crowther. Part III: The Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility: Social responsibility is free - how good capitalism can co-exist with corporate social responsibility, John Peters; Management by love and kindness and the conquest implications, Roger Haw; The future of corporate social responsibility, David Crowther and Lez Rayman-Bacchus; Index.