Business ethics and social responsibility Books

Book SynopsisThis second volume builds upon the core themes explored in volume one, which focused on 'Managing Responsibly for Sustainable Business Development in the VUCA World'. This volume explores the transformative power of management education. It delves into the crucial shift from knowledge-inquiry to wisdom-inquiry, advocating for a holistic and insightful approach in management education that transcends traditional boundaries. This volume further examines how the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in management education is essential for nurturing future leaders who are equipped to address the pressing challenges of our time. An integral part of responsible management education is its contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This volume discusses the profound impact that responsible management education can have on advancing the SDGs, highlighting the interconnectedness between education, responsible business practices, and sustainable development. It also explores the vision for a sustainable and inclusive world through the implementation of 'Our Common Agenda', a ground-breaking initiative spearheaded by the United Nations, which emphasizes the importance of a new social contract. When embracing the profound wisdom of Taoism and integrating responsible management education into the fabric of our educational systems, we can pave the way for a sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous world for all. This volume is part of a two-volume series, together providing a comprehensive exploration of responsible management, Taoism, and their transformative potential in overcoming challenges in the VUCA era.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Taoist Principles in Responsible Management Education Chapter 1. Transforming Management Education: An Urgent Imperative for Sustainable Future Chapter 2. Philosophy and Management Education: A Global Agenda for Change Chapter 3. Responsible Management Education: From the Perspective of Taoism Chapter 4. PRME: A Framework for Responsible Management Education Part II Tao of Responsible Management and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Chapter 5. Taoism’s Wisdom: A Contribution to Realization of SDGs Chapter 6. From CSR to Sustainable Development: The Role of the United Nations Chapter 7. Pathways to A Sustainable & Inclusive World for All beyond the Year 2030 Chapter 8. Being Harmony with Nature: A Systemic View of Taoism Chapter 9. “Our Common Agenda”: A New Vision for a Better World

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Book SynopsisWar and conflict have always been a recurring aspect of human history with a considerable impact on the countries involved, the formation of communities, and the global regulations. Battlefield Tourism offers a holistic approach to tourism in locations affected by conflict, an underdeveloped area of research in the tourism and hospitality sector.Using Leiper's tourism system model, the authors examine battlefield tourism in terms of the demand, supply, intermediaries, supporting institutions, and tourist flows. The chapters comprise of a range of perspectives on different elements of battlefield tourism, including topics such as Special Interest Tourism, Tourism Development, Stakeholders, Sustainability, Marketing, and Reenactment. Introducing real-world case studies from across the globe, Battlefield Tourism contributes to the growing fields of dark tourism, destination and risk management, and tourism security.The Tourism Security-Safety and Pos

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book sets out to rethink corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global value chains.Peter Lund-Thomsen considers how CSR is often framed and promoted by key actors in the Global North, the home of many large retailers and brands, in ways that overlook the unique challenges and broader circumstances faced by suppliers and countries in the Global South. He instead proposes that CSR must be understood as an evolving, context-dependent, and contested term that can best be viewed through multiple perspectives. Developing an integrated analytical model of buyer, supplier, and worker perspectives on CSR in global value chains, the book draws out future research and policy implications of this analysis in the areas of governance, human rights, the circular economy, and climate change.This book will be a critical resource for scholars and students with an interest in corporate social responsibility, critical management studies, management and sustainability, and responsible consumption and production. Practitioners and policy makers in business, government, international organizations, and NGOs will also benefit from the book’s re-evaluation of CSR in global value chains.Trade Review‘Given the growing complexity of contemporary supply chains and new disruptive forces such as the global Covid-19 pandemic and accelerating technological changes in the digital era, there is no simple ‘sweet spot’ where the interests of industry lead firms, top suppliers and workers converge. The Lund-Thomsen book on Rethinking Global Value Chains and Corporate Social Responsibility offers concrete suggestions for navigating this contested terrain where neither the “business case” for social upgrading nor CSR alone are enough. Highly recommended for policy makers, practitioners, and students alike.’ -- Gary Gereffi, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: rethinking global value chains and corporate social responsibility 2. Buyer perspectives 3. Supplier-centered perspectives 4. Cluster-centered perspectives 5. Worker-centered perspectives 6. Conclusion: corporate social responsibility in global value chains towards 2030 References Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook uniquely focuses on the business of sustainability, offering a fresh insight and practical solutions to the challenges that businesses face in making human activity sustainable. It is organized into four distinctive themes that cut across levels of analysis and illustrate a rich set of solution contexts that will guide future research. The Handbook on the Business of Sustainability offers a comprehensive review of research and empirical evidence on sustainable business, exploring the importance of private sector engagement and implementation. World leading scholars cover the key areas such as organization, execution and the measurement of outcomes and social impact. The insightful case studies also provide critical context and complement the chapters highlighting emerging practices and solutions for the successful application of sustainability initiatives in business. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to reflect on the ‘concept and practice’ of articulating and strategizing in order to achieve sustainability targets.Trade Review‘Sustainability in business is complex because of the interdependencies and interconnectedness to other elements of the firm’s core business. The Handbook on the Business of Sustainability is a compilation of chapters that constitute a “call to action” on the business aspects of sustainable growth. It brings forward novel concepts to help businesses think through the critical issues. I have no doubt it will be an invaluable resource to academics, practitioners, and policymakers.’ -- Erika H. James, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, US‘Sustainable growth is perhaps the single most important issue facing humanity. Management research is yet to comprehensively map out the opportunities for business. In this Handbook of sustainable business, George, Haas, Joshi, McGahan and Tracey have convened the leading scholarly voices. This book will undoubtedly become a key reference for business and sustainable growth.’ -- Mauro F. Guillen, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK‘This Handbook brings together over 70 prominent thought leaders on sustainability, and provides a much needed framework that simplifies the complexity of sustainable business into four clear themes: (1) organizing for sustainability, (2) implementing sustainable development, (3) sustainability in practice, and (4) measuring outcomes and social impact. The Handbook will certainly generate discussion and trigger the next generation of ideas and research evidence to guide businesses.’ -- Sarah A. Soule, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to the business of sustainability: an organizing framework for theory, practice and impact Gerard George, Martine R. Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita M. McGahan and Paul Tracey 2 PART II ORGANIZING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2 Purpose-driven companies and sustainability 24 Claudine Gartenberg 3 Legitimacy judgments and prosociality: organizational purpose explained 42 Rodolphe Durand and Chang-Wa Huynh 4 Stakeholder governance: aligning stakeholder interests on complex sustainability issues 62 Sinziana Dorobantu, Abhishek Gupte and Sam Yuqing Li 5 Entrepreneurship, sustainability, and stakeholder theory 83 Peter G. Klein and Ileana Maldonado-Bautista 6 Firm–NGO collaborations for sustainability: a comparative research agenda 99 Kate Odziemkowska 7 Partnerships and place: the role of community enterprise in cross-sector work for sustainability 117 Neil Stott, Michelle Darlington, Jennifer Brenton and Natalie Slawinski PART III IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8 Organizational culture for sustainability 137 Jennifer Howard-Grenville and Tirza Gapp 9 Paradoxical tensions in business sustainability: how corporations develop sustainable ventures 151 Thijs Geradts and Justin Jansen 10 Gender equality in organizations: the dynamics of space 169 Carol T. Kulik, Sukhbir Sandhu, Sanjeewa Perera and Sarah A. Jarvis 11 Sustainability for people and the planet: placing workers at the center of sustainability research 188 Julie Yen, Julie Battilana and Emilie Aguirre 12 Sustainability science and corporate cleanup in community fields: the translation, resistance and integration process model 214 P. Devereaux Jennings, Maggie Cascadden and Andrew J. Hoffman 13 Entrepreneurs as essential but missing actors in the Sustainable Development Goals 232 Elizabeth Embry, Jeffrey G. York and Stacey Edgar 14 Sustainable entrepreneurship under market uncertainty: opportunities, challenges and impact 251 Brandon H. Lee, Panayiotis (Panikos) Georgallis and Jeroen Struben PART IV SUSTAINABILITY-IN-PRACTICE 15 Towards a more sustainable cement and concrete industry 273 Reto Gieré 16 Understanding firm- and field-level change toward sustainable development: insights from the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines, 1960‒2020 300 Tobias Bünder, Nikolas Rathert and Johanna Mair 17 Can businesses truly create shared value? A healthcare case study of value creation and appropriation 320 Prakash J. Singh and Mehrdokht (Medo) Pournader 18 Increasing employment pathways for returning citizens in Washington, DC: the Georgetown University Pivot Program 331 Alyssa Lovegrove 19 Conflicting institutional logics as a safe space for collaboration: action research in a reforestation NGO 343 Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx and Ryan K. Merrill 20 Smart cities: a review of managerial challenges and a framework for future research 360 Thomas Menkhoff 21 A road to preserving biodiversity: understanding psychological demand drivers of illegal wildlife products 390 Vian Sharif and Andreas B. Eisingerich 22 Transition finance: a new framework for managing funding to carbon-intensive firms 405 Anastasiya Ostrovnaya, Milica Fomicov, Charles Donovan, Zoe Knight and Jonathan Amacker PART V MEASURING OUTCOMES AND SOCIAL IMPACT 23 Impact assessment and measurement with sustainable development goals 423 Hao Liang, David Fernandez and Mikkel Larsen 24 Becoming a generalized specialist: a strategic model for increasing your organization’s SDG impact while minimizing externalities 438 Kendall Park, Matthew G. Grimes and Joel Gehman 25 Impact measurement tools and social value creation: a strategic perspective 458 Leandro Nardi, Sergio G. Lazzarini and Sandro Cabral 26 Creating and distributing sustainable value through public–private collaborative projects 473 Jens K. Roehrich and Ilze Kivleniece 27 Scaling up collaboration for social impact: the governance and design of corporate–nonprofit partnerships 500 Aline Gatignon 28 Addressing the market failures of environmental health products 516 Diana Jue-Rajasingh and Jordan Siegel 29 When money fails to talk: unintended consequences of using monetary incentives to elicit sustainable behaviours 543 Michelle P. Lee 30 Greenwashing through compliance to renewable portfolio standards 561 Arkangel M. Cordero and Wesley D. Sine Index

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Book SynopsisBy examining white-collar crime scandals using the theory of convenience, Petter Gottschalk offers ways to improve the detection of crime signals and investigative skills in fraud examinations, as well as improve change management measures. Chapters take the reader chronologically through different key aspects of corporate white-collar crime, moving from the importance and impact of detection through whistleblowing, into how this evolves into an investigation and the role of fraud investigators. Finally, Gottschalk looks at the resulting restructure of the organization. Detailed case studies also offer critical analysis of why and how misconduct and crime should face consequences in the form of sanctions. Business school students and management consultants will find the combination of important theory and case studies useful in developing an understanding of the topic, and looking into successful resolutions. Criminal justice and law scholars will also find this to be a useful read in analysing the consequences of corporate white-collar crime. Trade Review'Petter Gottschalk has impressively identified many different elements that contribute to corporate scandals, and the investigation of and optimal responses to them. All students of white-collar crime can learn much from this thorough consideration of the complex interaction of motivation and opportunity in relation to such crime.' --David O. Friedrichs, author of Trusted Criminals: White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society 4th Edition (2010) and co-author of Edwin H. Sutherland (2018)Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. White-Collar Crime Motivation 2. White-Collar Crime Opportunity 3. White-Collar Crime Willingness 4. Detection of Misconduct and Crime 5. Investigation of White-Collar Offenses 6. Investigation of Corporate Scandals 7. Reconstruction of Organization 8. Change Management Measures Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative textbook provides a systematic approach to developing practices of perception, reflection and inquiry to facilitate sound ethical action in organizational settings. Now in its second edition, Donna Ladkin’s Mastering Ethics in Organizations invites readers to reflect and experiment on ethical behaviours with targetted activities in unique organizational contexts.Key features of the second edition include:A step-by-step approach to developing ethical astutenessBrand new case studies on companies including Volkswagen, Amazon and BoeingArt-based pedagogical material, including unique storytelling approaches through mythology and filmGuided and informed discussions about contemporary ethical issues concerning the use of social media, artificial intelligence and human-centred design.Offering curated contextualized insights into the field, this textbook will be ideal reading for MBA business ethics courses, as well as Masters courses in leadership. It will also benefit Continuing Professional Development audiences dealing with ethical situations.Trade Review‘This is a terrific book. It takes seriously the idea that to do ethics effectively we have to, in Dewey's words, ‘‘get inside the problem‘‘. The book is a treasure trove of ideas and techniques that will help decision-makers really understand themselves and the ethical issues that they face.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Groundings LEVEL I FOUNDATIONAL PRACTICES 2. Paying attention 3. Asking artful questions LEVEL II PERCEPTUAL PRACTICES 4. Developing moral perception 5. Developing moral imagination LEVEL III PRACTICES TOWARDS ACTION 6. Building blocks for ethical action 7. Taking ethical action LEVEL IV ENGAGING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES ETHICALLY 8. Navigating organizational systems ethically 9. The problems and possibilities of human-centered design – Dani Chesson 10. Organizational ethics and social media 11. Organizational ethics at the frontier: engaging with artificial intelligence ethically 12. Continuing the journey of ethical mastery References Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative textbook provides a systematic approach to developing practices of perception, reflection and inquiry to facilitate sound ethical action in organizational settings. Now in its second edition, Donna Ladkin’s Mastering Ethics in Organizations invites readers to reflect and experiment on ethical behaviours with targetted activities in unique organizational contexts.Key features of the second edition include:A step-by-step approach to developing ethical astutenessBrand new case studies on companies including Volkswagen, Amazon and BoeingArt-based pedagogical material, including unique storytelling approaches through mythology and filmGuided and informed discussions about contemporary ethical issues concerning the use of social media, artificial intelligence and human-centred design.Offering curated contextualized insights into the field, this textbook will be ideal reading for MBA business ethics courses, as well as Masters courses in leadership. It will also benefit Continuing Professional Development audiences dealing with ethical situations.Trade Review‘This is a terrific book. It takes seriously the idea that to do ethics effectively we have to, in Dewey's words, ‘‘get inside the problem‘‘. The book is a treasure trove of ideas and techniques that will help decision-makers really understand themselves and the ethical issues that they face.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1. Groundings LEVEL I FOUNDATIONAL PRACTICES 2. Paying attention 3. Asking artful questions LEVEL II PERCEPTUAL PRACTICES 4. Developing moral perception 5. Developing moral imagination LEVEL III PRACTICES TOWARDS ACTION 6. Building blocks for ethical action 7. Taking ethical action LEVEL IV ENGAGING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES ETHICALLY 8. Navigating organizational systems ethically 9. The problems and possibilities of human-centered design – Dani Chesson 10. Organizational ethics and social media 11. Organizational ethics at the frontier: engaging with artificial intelligence ethically 12. Continuing the journey of ethical mastery References Index

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Book SynopsisThe theme of this book is moral leadership in action as it manifests itself implicitly and explicitly in European business organizations. We understand leadership as interplay among people at all levels within organizations and also within the economic system by which people are bound together through particular forms of interaction. The contributions collected in this volume mirror the plurality of approaches we find in the theoretical writings of academics in different European countries. The additional business cases from six different nations show how leaders actually have adopted and integrated working with values in their own organizations, i.e. how they put moral leadership into action. While the selected papers are not meant to be representative of each country, particular economic and cultural traditions are apparent in both thinking and managing moral leadership. The contributors, by presenting this emerging multicultural pattern of Europe, contribute to a better and more knowledgeable understanding of how European business leaders pursue their goals.Managers, students and teachers in business, ethics and leadership studies will find this volume an indispensable guide to the unique contributions of European leadership scholars.Trade Review'This comprehensive volume . . . is particularly suited to teachers and students within the higher education sector having an interest in business and management ethics.' -- Economic Outlook and Business ReviewTable of ContentsIs Europe distinctive from America? An overview of business ethics in Europe, Laura Spence; "Unternehmensethik" in German-speaking countries - economic rules versus moral argumentations? Sonja Grabner-Krauter; the economic approach to corporate citizenship - the main argument, Bernhard Seitz; normative stakeholder management - balancing legitimate claims, Stephan Cludts; moral character and the relationship effectiveness - an empirical investigation of trust within organizations, Manuel Becerra and Lars Huemer; reducing opportunism through moral commitment - the ethical paradox of management, Luk Bouckaert; rational discourse as a foundation for ethical codes, J. Felix Lozano; accessing, managing and sustaining moral competence in organizations - a case study, Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik; how to implement business ethics in a French multinational - a case study, Fred Seidel and Henry-Benoit Loosdregt; codes of ethics, their design, introduction and implementation - a Polish case, Wojciech W. Gasparski; building moral competence in organizations - the difficult transition from hierarchical control to participative leadership, Rafael Esteban and Jane Collier; national champions in a unified market - the BSCH-Champalimaud Case, Alejo Jose G. Sison; "green" business practices - why should companies get involved? Eleanor O'Higgins and Eamonn Harrigan; corporate ethics and social responsibilities - principles and practice at Siemens AG, Gerhard Hutter; cultural differences of values-driven management - the value-management programmes of General Electric Company and Siemens AG, Eberhard Schnebel; from attitude to action - strategy for development of values and attitudes, Christen Andreas Larsen; moral competence - a non-relativistic, non-rationalistic definition, Tomas Brytting; habits of the heart - arguments for an ineffable, social grammar, Verner C. Petersen; ethical competence training for individuals and organizations, Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos; the hard questions of international business - some guidelines from the ethics of war, Greg M. Reichberg.

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourage individual reflection and responsibility. Likewise, attempts to put important aspects of human life into tabular form, by devising schemes for counting everything that matters, have serious flaws, leading to further erosion of individual responsibility and insight. This book stresses the importance of tacit knowledge, ineffable values and a shared social grammar, as the foundation for individual responsibility and ethical awareness. It shows how the moral fabric of societies may be inculcated, changed and kept alive through individual decisions and actions. Based upon these ideas he argues that the open-endedness of self-regulation is the only viable alternative to modern bureaucratic attempts to regulate and control behavior. Instead of explicit regulation from the outside, putting a leash on a straining economic logic, it argues that this logic can be contained by the self-regulation of business and the responsible entrepreneurship of individual decision-makers. To make this possible Petersen presents a new view of leadership. He shows how spirited leadership can give direction, sense and latitude to employees, and asserts the importance of tacit knowledge and ineffable values for achieving coherence and unity of purpose.Scholars and students interested in management, leadership and ethics will find this well-argued volume intriguing and convincing as will business practitioners, HR professionals and those concerned with public regulation.Trade Review‘Beyond Rules in Society and Business is a wide-ranging, sensible, accessible book. Petersen uses interesting European examples, such as the old tale of Michael Kohlhaas's doomed quest for justice. Because business discourse and practices have been insinuated into virtually all aspects of modern life, the book is highly relevant to media that should be exposing the sort of shortcomings that Peterson describes.' -- Muriel R. Friedman, Journal of Mass Media EthicsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Prologomena: Strings of Thought Part I: Acute Problems 1. The Erosion of Responsibility 2. Ambiguous Spirals of Decay 3. Deceptive Measures Part II: Tacit Foundations 4. Tacit Knowledge and Understanding 5. Arguments for a Social Grammar 6. Weaving the Moral Fabric Part III: Expressive Actions 7. Containing the Logic 8. Self-Organising Solutions 9. Spirited and Value-Based Leadership References Index

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourage individual reflection and responsibility. Likewise, attempts to put important aspects of human life into tabular form, by devising schemes for counting everything that matters, have serious flaws, leading to further erosion of individual responsibility and insight. This book stresses the importance of tacit knowledge, ineffable values and a shared social grammar, as the foundation for individual responsibility and ethical awareness. It shows how the moral fabric of societies may be inculcated, changed and kept alive through individual decisions and actions. Based upon these ideas he argues that the open-endedness of self-regulation is the only viable alternative to modern bureaucratic attempts to regulate and control behavior. Instead of explicit regulation from the outside, putting a leash on a straining economic logic, it argues that this logic can be contained by the self-regulation of business and the responsible entrepreneurship of individual decision-makers. To make this possible Petersen presents a new view of leadership. He shows how spirited leadership can give direction, sense and latitude to employees, and asserts the importance of tacit knowledge and ineffable values for achieving coherence and unity of purpose.Scholars and students interested in management, leadership and ethics will find this well-argued volume intriguing and convincing as will business practitioners, HR professionals and those concerned with public regulation.Trade Review‘Beyond Rules in Society and Business is a wide-ranging, sensible, accessible book. Petersen uses interesting European examples, such as the old tale of Michael Kohlhaas's doomed quest for justice. Because business discourse and practices have been insinuated into virtually all aspects of modern life, the book is highly relevant to media that should be exposing the sort of shortcomings that Peterson describes.' -- Muriel R. Friedman, Journal of Mass Media EthicsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Prologomena: Strings of Thought Part I: Acute Problems 1. The Erosion of Responsibility 2. Ambiguous Spirals of Decay 3. Deceptive Measures Part II: Tacit Foundations 4. Tacit Knowledge and Understanding 5. Arguments for a Social Grammar 6. Weaving the Moral Fabric Part III: Expressive Actions 7. Containing the Logic 8. Self-Organising Solutions 9. Spirited and Value-Based Leadership References Index

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Book SynopsisThe changing social expectations of corporations within a globalised economic environment are challenging our traditional conception of the proper commercial function. This text delimits their emergent roles and responsibilities under international law. International Documents on Corporate Responsibility includes the principal international, regional and national instruments drafted by intergovernmental organisations or states as well as codes of conduct formulated by industry associations, trade unions and non-governmental organisations. The coverage includes the fields of human rights, international criminal and environmental law, labour standards, international trade, armed conflict, sustainable development, corruption, consumer protection and corporate governance. Each document is accompanied by a brief explanatory commentary outlining the historical origins of the instrument, the principal actors involved, controversial negotiation issues, applicable implementation procedure, and identifies further reference material. This comprehensive compilation of materials dating from the 1970s to the present day in one single readily-accessible and fully-indexed volume will be of interest to students and researchers of corporate responsibility, as well as corporate executives, government officials, legal practitioners, tertiary institutions, business associations, trade unions and NGO activists.Trade Review'In many ways, beyond being an important reference resource, the book's significance is in its very being - the fact that codes of corporate responsibility are being compiled demonstrates an acknowledgement of their value.' -- Bill Baue, SocialFunds.com'All those concerned with this debate will be extremely grateful to Stephen Tully for saving us many hours of irritation searching the web for documents that we know exist, but which remain tantalisingly unobtainable. Furthermore, he has usefully grouped the documents into sections. . . The editor's commentaries throughout the book are clear, succinct and, together with the texts, an invaluable source for an emerging area of study. I will certainly use this book both for my own research and to recommend to students.' -- Janet Dine, Journal of Business Law'Tully accompanies each document with a most useful explanatory commentary which outlines the historical origins of the instrument, the principal players, controversial negotiation issues, applicable implementation procedures and detailed additional reference materials. What we have here is an easily accessible fully indexed volume of materials dating from the 1970s which covers a very wide readership from students and academics to corporate executives, legal practitioners and government officials.' -- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'International Documents on Corporate Responsibility is an invaluable tool for all those interested in corporate responsibility. This collection of texts - enriched by the editor's insightful commentaries - provides a unique and compelling appreciation of the depth and extent of corporate responsibilities. Practitioners will use it as a guide; scholars and activists as a reference.' -- Franck Amalric, Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: International Instruments Part II: Regional Instruments Part III: National Instruments Part IV: Instruments for the International Protection of Human Rights Part V: International Labour Standards Part VI: International Environmental Standards Part VII: Sustainable Development Part VIII: Roles and Responsibilities in Zones of Conflict Part IX: International Criminal Law Part X: Corruption, Bribery and Extortion Part XI: General Business Principles Part XII: Additional Instruments Part XIII: Reporting and Accounting Initiatives Index

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Book SynopsisContributes to the tide of activism that is calling for higher ethical standards and corporate social responsibility within the corporate world. It offers a new way to look at a company, work, a product and company organization. Nobel prizewinner Milton Friedman says that the only social responsibility a company has is to make a profit. Albert Low questions this basic assumption and provides an alternative view: a company is a complex field of interacting and conflicting forces out of which a product emerges. The interests of the stockholder make up just one set of these forces. The corporate system arises out of the natural creativity of human beings and is expressed in the work that we do. Therefore to understand a company, its organisation and its reason for being, we must understand creativity and work -- what they involve, and their importance to our mental health. This new understanding of social responsibility is imperative for the very survival of our way of life. 'Business Ethics' quotes Thomas Donahue, US Chamber of Commerce President, as saying, "There is something fundamentally out of balance when short-term considerations become so dominant." The book offers a new way to look at the corporate system and long-term corporate social responsibility. Depression is widespread throughout western society. A contributing factor is the way the corporate system operates. People are now adjuncts to the system and the result is alienation and impotence. China and India are looming as major industrial competitors, and their employees are very well motivated. To compete in the West we must revise the present antiquated corporate philosophy that asserts that the interests of the stockholder are the only interests that the corporation can legally serve and adopt policies that promote corporate social responsibility.Table of ContentsThe Dynamics of Human Nature; The Origins of Stress; On Perception & Thought; The Meaning of Creativity; Ambiguity, Creativity & Work; The Spectrum of Creativity, Perception & Thought; Work & Organisation; The Dilemma at Work; Management by Product ; Idea & the Four Criteria; The Three Power-holders; The Company as a Field; On Task Cycles; Types of Work; Conflict & Growth; Non-Productive Conflict -- Territory & the Manager; Commitment, Capacity & Ability; On Capacity & Ability; A Question of Ownership; Creativity, Spirituality & Ethics in the Corporate World.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization has altered in significant ways the tools available to regulate international commerce. One result is the emergence of ethics codes, codes of responsible conduct, and best practice codes designed to win adherence to internationally acceptable norms of conduct on the part of corporations and other organizations interacting in the global marketplace. This volume looks at these developments with particular focus on five topic areas: respect for human rights, treatment of labor, bribery and corruption, environmental protection, and international finance and the control of money laundering.What is significant about these developments is the emerging emphasis on self-regulation as the primary method for raising standards of corporate conduct. The contributors examine the reasons for the emergence of ethical codes and the phenomenon of self-regulation within the context of globalization and look at the role of national governments, international government institutions and other international organizations in shaping and enforcing them. They also study the implications of these developments for corporate governance and the changing roles of national and international institutions in the regulation of international commerce.Authoritative and engaging, Ethics Codes, Corporations and the Challenge of Globalization will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the areas of business, economics, political science, labor, and corporate environmentalism.Trade Review'This is a book which will have wide appeal, not just to business ethicists, but to politicians, members of non-governmental organisations, historians, economists, the general public and, of course, company directors. . . The case studies in this book are enormously informative and fascinating. . . On finishing this book I found that Cragg's optimism had inflected my own pessimism. I also found the book so much more interesting than I expected it to be, to the extent that some of the papers were positively gripping.' -- Rachel Browne, Philosophy for BusinessTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Ethics, Globalization and the Phenomenon of Self-Regulation: An Introduction Part I: Ethics, Law, Globalization and the Modern Shareholder Owned Multinational Corporation 2. Ethics, Law and Corporate Self-Regulation 3. Corporate Codes of Conduct: Profit, Power and Law in the Global Economy Part II: Case Studies 4. Corporate Voluntarism and Human Rights: The Adequacy and Effectiveness of Voluntary Self-Regulation Regimes 5. The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: The Role of Ethics, Law and Self-Regulation in Global Markets 6. ‘Voluntary’ Ethical Conduct: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and the Financial Sector 7. Private Ordering and Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy: Corporate Codes of Conduct as a Regime of Labour Market Regulation 8. Ethics Codes and MNCs as Minority Shareholders: The Case of a Bauxite Mine in Brazil Part III: Future Directions 9. Three Questions about Corporate Codes: Problemizations, Authorizations and the Public/Private Divide 10. Legally Mandated Self-Regulation: The Potential of Sentencing Guidelines 11. Voluntary Codes and the New Sustainability Paradigm 12. Ethics Codes: The Regulatory Norms of a Globalized Society? Index

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Book SynopsisRecently multinational corporations have begun to reinvent themselves as socially responsible actors, largely in response to anti-corporate activist pressure. The author argues that a concern with corporate reputation is leading to an ideational shift in corporate behavior - in essence, it is disciplining their behaviour. This innovative exploration of the idea of a self-regulating corporation in an era of globalisation first examines the link between corporate reputation, corporate behaviour and self-regulation, and goes on to compare and contrast various studies of multinational corporations that have sought to self-regulate.Terry O'Callaghan includes a multifaceted critique of anti-corporate activists, which acknowledges both the dangers multinational corporations pose to communities and the fact that anti-corporate activists are the first groups to understand that corporate reputations could be put at risk by targeted campaigns. He also illustrates his themes through three case studies of companies that have attempted to self-regulate, including Royal Dutch Shell, the Toyota Motor Corporation and Interface Inc.Undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business, management and business ethics will be interested in the essential topics covered in this book, and academics and practitioners alike will appreciate its accessible lessons about reputational capital and holding MNCs accountable.Trade Review'Self regulation has an important role, as this book highlights, at the meeting point of corporate success and accountability. Often a misnomer, as much of self regulation is in fact part of a contract between business and society, named ''civil regulation'' in other contexts, and an ingredient of future governance innovation.' -- Simon Zadek, Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial SystemTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Towards corporate self-regulation 2. Disciplining MNCs: corporate reputation as a driver of ideational change 3. Exploring the idea of a self-regulating corporation 4. Royal Dutch Shell's PR-led approach to self-regulation 5. The rise and fall and rise of the Toyota way 6. Interface Inc: a model of a self-regulating corporation? 7. Conclusion: Beyond Sustainability and Long Live the Australian Night Parrot Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship identifies and fosters key interdisciplinary research on corporate citizenship and provides a framework for further academic debate on corporate responsibility in a global society. This exciting and important Handbook provides a unique forum to discuss the consequences of the social and political mandate of business firms and examines the implications of these consequences for the theory of the firm. Leading academics have been invited from various disciplines such as management studies, economics, sociology, legal studies and political science to evaluate the concept of corporate citizenship and to analyze the role of private business in global governance and the production of global public goods. The Handbook is structured in seven sections: theoretical perspectives on corporate citizenship contemporary issues and challenges of global business regulation actors and institutions of global business regulation disciplinary perspectives on corporate citizenship implications for management theory building critical perspectives on corporate citizenship conclusions. This Handbook will be a significant read for academics, postgraduate students and managers interested in the field of corporate citizenship, regulation and corporate responsibility across the social sciences.Trade Review'Want to know what's buzzing with corporate citizenship? Look no further. This book shows why global corporate citizenship has been called the topic of the decade and why it matters to each of us, no matter where we live. It explains in plain English the major issues and ideas percolating in current research on the topic. Trust what you discover in the book. The list of contributors to Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship reads like a "Who's Who" of corporate citizenship research.' -- Thomas Donaldson, University of Pennsylvania, US'This is a unique and eclectic set of essays on a vitally important (but often neglected) topic. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling a distinguished group of scholars, who carefully and expertly guide the reader through the various facets of global corporate citizenship. This is a "must" read for anyone interested in the social ramifications of the globalization of business activity.' -- John H. Dunning OBE, University of Reading, UK and Rutgers University, US'Start with a fact - large corporations wield enormous power in the contemporary, globalized economy. Then note the hopes and fears that this fact inspired - the potential to harness the profit motive to social needs, but the fear that the profit motive can just as easily wreak havoc. And finally, bring together some leading scholars from around the world to discuss the matter - and the result is a hugely impressive collection of essays on one of the burning issues of our time. This volume is definitive - the necessary starting point for future debate.' -- Paul S. Adler, University of Southern California, US'This volume provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how corporations should play a more active role in fulfilling their global citizenship obligations and responsibilities. Its contributors include many of the most important and influential scholars in the field of corporate social responsibility from both Europe and the US. An important strength of this volume is the diversity and breadth of the dimensions of corporate citizenship that it explores in depth. This volume provides an important resource to scholars, managers, and activists interested in promoting corporate citizenship.' -- David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Corporate Citizenship in a Globalized World Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo PART I: HISTORY AND CONCEPTUAL GROUNDWORK 2. The Emergence of Corporate Citizenship: Historical Development and Alternative Perspectives Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten and Jeremy Moon 3. Corporate Responsibility/Corporate Citizenship: The Development of a Construct Sandra Waddock 4. Defining the Concept of Good Corporate Citizenship in the Context of Globalization: A Paradigm Shift from Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Accountability S. Prakash Sethi 5. Corporate Citizenship and Community Stakeholders Robert A. Phillips and R. Edward Freeman 6. Business Ethics, Corporate Virtues and Corporate Citizenship Robert C. Solomon PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 7. Responsibility and Global Justice: A Social Connection Model Iris Marion Young 8. Corporate Citizenship and the Environment Paul Shrivastava 9. Corporations as Citizens Against Corruption: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Perspective Gary R. Weaver and Vilmos F. Misangyi 10. Corporate Citizenship and Global Conflicts: The Baboon Moment Charles B. Koerber and Timothy L. Fort PART III: ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 11. Emerging Patterns of Global Governance: The New Interplay between the State, Business and Civil Society Klaus Dieter Wolf 12. Globalization, Transnational Corporations and the Future of Global Governance Stephen J. Kobrin 13. Between Confrontation and Cooperation: Corporate Citizenship and NGOs Jonathan P. Doh 14. The Politicization of Economization? On the Current Relationship between Politics and Economics Michael Zürn PART IV: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP 15. An Economic View of Corporate Citizenship Jessica C. Ludescher, Abagail McWilliams and Donald S. Siegel 16. Human Rights, Corporations and the Global Economy: An International Law Perspective David Kinley and Justine Nolan 17. Global Business as an Agent of World Benefit: New International Business Perspectives Leading Positive Change Nancy J. Adler PART V: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT THEORY BUILDING 18. Structures, Identities and Politics: Bringing Corporate Citizenship into the Corporation Peter Edward and Hugh Willmott 19. Responsible Leadership in a Globalized World: A Cosmopolitan Perspective Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless 20. The Political Economy of Corporate Social Responsibility Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee 21. The Interrelationship between Global and Corporate Governance: Towards a Democratization of the Business Firm? Grahame F. Thompson PART VI: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES 22. Transparency, Integrity and Openness: The Nike Example Frits Schipper and David M. Bojé 23. The Corporation and its Fragments: Corporate Citizenship and the Legacies of Imperialism Raza Mir, Richard Marens and Ali Mir 24. The Corporation as a Political Actor? A Systems Theory Perspective Helmut Willke and Gerhard Willke PART VII: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP 25. The Future of Global Corporate Citizenship: Toward a New Theory of the Firm as a Political Actor Guido Palazzo and Andreas Georg Scherer Index

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Book SynopsisThis book adds a multi-disciplinary organizational perspective to the theoretical analysis of political accountability and argues for a broadening of the conventional understanding of the concepts of responsibility and accountability.There is increasing pressure for accountability, driven by such factors as the globalization of markets, media reports of corporate misconduct, environmental destruction and the violation of human rights. In response, this book focuses on the development of accountability tools and techniques as well as on the organizational arrangements and political struggles behind such endeavours. This unique study theorizes the emerging accountability and corporate social responsibility movement at the transnational level. It focuses on an increasingly recognized aspect of transnational organizational life, which is often mentioned in recent literature, yet sparsely analysed.Organizing Transnational Accountability will be an important and invaluable read for researchers, policymakers and students of social anthropology, sociology, organization theory, political science and critical accounting at graduate levels and above.Trade Review'In the expanding academic literature on accountability, there remains significant ambiguity about the scope and content of this concept. Bostrom and Garsten have performed an invaluable service to scholars by providing a fresh focus on how accountability is actually organized in practice. Their intelligently edited collection pulls together a range of disciplinary perspectives on the new organizational settings and instruments engaged with accountability norms. This volume is an excellent contribution both to organizational theory and wider research on transnational governance.' -- Michael Mason, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Michael Power 1. Organizing for Accountability Magnus Boström and Christina Garsten 2. The United Nations – Soft and Hard: Regulating Social Accountability for Global Business Christina Garsten 3. ISO Expands its Business into Social Responsibility Kristina Tamm Hallström 4. Organizing Accountability in Transnational Standards Organizations: The Forest Stewardship Council as a Good Governance Model Lars H. Gulbrandsen 5. From Accounts to Accountability: Corporate Self-presentations in Response to Public Criticism Boris Holzer 6. Watchdogs Beyond Control? The Accountability of Accounting Standards Organizations Dieter Kerwer 7. Boundaries of Responsible Buying: Accountability for What and to Whom? Karin Svedberg Nilsson 8. Rituals of Legitimation: Organizing Accountability in EU Employment Policy Renita Thedvall 9. The Political Logics of Accountability: From ‘Doing the Right Thing’ to ‘Doing the Thing Right’ Jessica Lindvert 10. Agenda Setting for Accountability: The Swedish Code of Corporate Governance Susan Marton 11. Making it all Publicly Available: Four Challenges to Environmental Disclosure Sander W.K. van den Burg and Arthur P.J. Mol 12. Accountability, Public Involvement and (Ir)reversibility Linda Soneryd and Rolf Lidskog 13. The Antinomy of Accountability Luigi Pellizzoni 14. The Treadmill of Accountability Magnus Boström and Christina Garsten Afterwords: Organizing Transnational Accountability John W. Meyer Index

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Book SynopsisThis book shows that in business, moral questions are not just theoretical; they arise in practice and have to be dealt with in practice. It illustrates that 'ethics as practice' is an important area of study because it focuses on how ethics are enacted and embedded in everyday organizational reality. In contrast to the approaches dominating mainstream literature, the authors of this thought provoking volume focus on the tensions, paradoxes and ambiguities that underpin ethics in practice.Recent corporate scandals such as those involving Enron, Worldcom and Parmalat have brought to the fore a problem which mainstream economics and management studies have long ignored: the fact that neither rules, regulations, nor the laws of the market can ensure ethical behaviour. The authors of this fascinating book take the tension between 'morals or money' and 'profits or principles' as the starting point of their investigations into how ethical problems emerge and are managed. They show that ethics are at stake in ambiguous situations where different, often contradicting, sets of moral values and rules clash. Business Ethics as Practice will prove a stimulating and fascinating read for scholars of organization theory, organizational behaviour, business and management, and more generally, humanities and the social sciences. Business practitioners will also find much illuminating material to reflect upon and consider within this book.Trade Review'Conceiving of business-in-society issues as integral to the responsibilities of practice, this timely collection offers a series of provocative empirical and conceptual contributions to their illumination. Distinguished by its international orientation, interdisciplinary approach and theoretical sophistication, the chapters explore the personal, professional and organizational dilemmas of the ethics of business and public administration.' -- Hugh Willmott, University of Cardiff, UK'The study of business ethics is finally coming of age. The fascinating chapters in this book move us away from codes and prescriptions, and towards a study of what people actually do. Written by an international set of contributors, it will provide a range of new ways to think about the most important issue in business.' -- Martin Parker, University of Leicester, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Chris Carter, Stewart Clegg, Martin Kornberger, Stephan Laske and Martin Messner PART I: ORDER AND REPRESENTATION 2. Office as a Vocation? The Ethos of Bureaucratic Office and Public Service Paul du Gay 3. Granting Disorder a Place in Ethics: Organization’s Deviant Practices and Ethics Olivier Babeau 4. Being Accountable and Being Responsible Martin Messner 5. Letting Knowledge Go: Ethics and Representation of the Other in International and Cross-Cultural Management Carl Rhodes and Robert Westwood PART II: RELEXIVITY AND NORMS 6. Social Standards: Hybrids in Reflexive Modernity Martin Müller and Thomas Beschorner 7. Managing for Compliance and Integrity in Practice Andreas Rasche and Daniel E. Esser 8. Meeting Responsibilities ‘On the Stage’ and Claiming Rights ‘Behind the Scenes’: The Re-Casting of Companies Sue Llewelyn PART III: PERFORMING ETHICS 9. Integrity: Talking the Walk Instead of Walking the Talk Wim Vandekerckhove 10. Practical Wisdom: Integrating Ethics and Effectiveness in Organizations Matt Statler and Karin Oppegaard 11. The Constitution of Ethics: Discourse, Practice and Conflict in a Health-Care Center Silke Seemann, Stephan Laske and Marin Kornberger 12. The Guest as a Friendly Foe? Hotel Service Encounters In-between the Face and the Gaze of the Guest Dirk Bunzel Index

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Book SynopsisMany managers in the English-speaking world are seeking an alternative to the prevailing business model which promotes a short-term, shareholder-value approach. In this accessible and highly topical book, Gayle Avery argues that this Anglo/US approach to capitalism and business is seriously flawed and does not bring the quality of life to individuals and societies that many people seek. But what is the alternative and do business leaders have a different choice? This book demonstrates alternative ways of leading sustainable organizations. It identifies 19 criteria for sustainable leadership practices that can be found in globally successful enterprises such as Allianz, BMW, Munich Reinsurance, Nokia, Novartis, and Porsche. Sustainable principles include promoting ethical behavior, long-term thinking and innovation, and valuing employees and other stakeholders such as the community, the environment and future generations. The author presents concrete examples of leadership from 28 interesting case studies to illustrate the many different ways in which sustainable leadership principles can be implemented. The book concludes that shifting to sustainable leadership practices may appear difficult for enterprises based in the USA, UK and Australia, but is essential for the long-term survival of these firms. Indeed, several well-known businesses from these countries have already adopted sustainable leadership principles, including Colgate-Palmolive, Continental Airlines, HSBC, IBM, Marriott, Nordstrom and SAS. By highlighting a dramatically different approach to leadership which can prove financially, socially and environmentally successful, this book will have a great appeal to scholars and students with an interest in leadership, strategy, international management and organisational studies. It will also be a valuable and practical aid for managers and consultants looking for new directions and ways of running their businesses.Trade Review‘Leadership for Sustainable Futures presents arguments against the prevailing Anglo/US philosophy which puts short-term interest over sustainable development, values shareholders over other stakeholders, and seeks profits at the expense of the environment and society. In China, we recognise that sustainable development, in economic, social and environmental terms, is vitally important for the future of the country. Chinese leaders are set to adopt 'the scientific approach to development' and commit themselves to build a 'harmonious society', which promises a more equal distribution of wealth, as well as greater emphasis on the protection of the environment. The very key is to "put people first" - a viewpoint that is argued so cogently in your book Leadership for Sustainable Futures. I firmly believe that your book will be invaluable for Chinese enterprises seeking to adopt an approach to doing business which leads to sustainable growth.' -- Dr Qin Xiao, Chairman, China Merchants Group (from foreword of the Chinese translation of the book)'A fascinating book with a provocative thesis and numerous case studies of companies.' -- Business Ethics'This is a scholarly but readable book that challenges much of what we take for granted about management in the world today. . .' -- Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Papers'GL recommends this book to business leaders. We really welcomed Gayle Avery's discussion about how adopting an overall philosophy directs the decisions that companies make, that sustainability isn't a one-off event but a long term approach. Her well-thought out cases provide a valuable insight to alternative solutions such companies find when faced with challenges such as a drop in orders or changing skill demands.' -- The Gallon Environment Letter, Canadian Institute for Business and the EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Setting the Scene 1. Towards Sustainable Leadership Part II: Rhineland Leadership Practices 2. Rhineland Case Study Enterprises 3. Management and Decision Making 4. Focus on People 5. Systems and Processes Part III: Beyond the Rhineland 6. Scandinavian, South African and Family Businesses 7. Anglo/US Public Companies Part IV: The Future 8. Towards a Sustainable Future References Index

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Book SynopsisArising from a disenchantment with mainstream economics - a dissatisfaction that is widespread today - A Short History of Economics and Ethics sketches the emergence and decline of the ethical tradition of economics and the crisis of modern economics. In doing so, James Alvey focuses on four of the leading ancient Greek thinkers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle. The author uses insights from Amartya Sen's Capabilities approach as well as other sources to retrieve the ethical tradition of economics. Five aspects of this tradition which seem to lie outside of mainstream economics are identified: an ethical methodology; some notion of a just price; an understanding that ethical motivations are relevant to human action; a rich understanding of human well-being; and some notion of distributive justice related to human well-being. Creating a forum for further debate and research opportunity, this book will appeal to students, scholars and historians of economic thought, as well as to all those interested in the intersection of ethics with economics. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. An Introduction to Ancient Greek Political Economy 3. An Introduction to the Socratics: Socrates and Xenophon 4. Plato Part I: The Early and Middle Dialogues 5. Plato Part II: The Late Dialogues 6. Aristotle Part I: Ethics 7. Aristotle Part II: Politics (High and Low) 8. Aristotle Part III: Economics 9. Conclusion References IndexTrade Review‘. . . it is systematic, ordered, and continuously guides the reader - an assistance that is necessary given the great quantity of classifications and precision that the topic requires. I think that this book is helpful and may provoke a healthy reflection on the characteristics of economics.’ -- Ricardo F. Crespo, Journal of Markets & Morality‘Enhanced with extensive references and a comprehensive index, A Short History of Ethics and Economics is informed, informative, and highly recommended for professional and academic library ethical studies and history of economics reference collections and supplemental reading lists.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘This is an important and timely work that addresses the moral crisis of contemporary economics. Alvey not only provides an excellent narrative of classical Greek economics, but his arguments are aimed at restoring the central role that ethics played in the long tradition of economic thought. This is an invaluable scholarly resource for academics and students of political economy as well as the history of political thought.’ -- Benjamin Wong, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. An Introduction to Ancient Greek Political Economy 3. An Introduction to the Socratics: Socrates and Xenophon 4. Plato Part I: The ‘Early’ and ‘Middle’ Dialogues 5. Plato Part II: The ‘Late’ Dialogues 6. Aristotle Part I: Ethics 7. Aristotle Part II: Politics (High and Low) 8. Aristotle Part III: Economics 9. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisInternational Business under Adversity explores the essential issues of corporate responsibility rooted in firms' international activities. The wide spread of specific sets of values, ways of thinking and living, infrastructures and technologies are commonly associated with the motivations of conflict, crisis and terrorism. What is the role of international business in this dilemma? How and why do international corporations maximize value beyond core strategy and partners through corporate responsibility? This informative and accessible resource expands the readers' understanding of the ways in which profit maximization, value creation and community benefit interconnect. How to respect the wider business settings and communities, the environment and encourage peace? Is this just another dream? This book clearly provides a starting point for upstream mitigation, in which collective action allows disruption to be avoided at its very roots. It shows the way into responsible business, as a downright condition for an enlightened self-interest for all parties to pursue.This book will be of great interest to those who wish to understand the case for corporate responsibility: its tools, measures and practices in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), conflict prevention, and reduction of risk and uncertainty in the globalized world. It will be valuable to the leadership of international corporations, and serve academics and postgraduate students to efficiently link the fields of risk management, CSR, business ethics and corporate strategy.Trade Review'Business and corporate actions, globally and locally, have often encouraged and aggravated human conflict. Equally evident is the fact that business, if only out of enlightened self-interest, can and should be an integral part of preventing, mitigating and ending violent conflict. This highly complex relationship needs to be seriously studied and discussed with an open mind. Dr. Suder's publication makes an important contribution to this discussion and I recommend the information and analysis contained in this book to a wide audience.' -- Daniel Stauffacher, Former Ambassador of Switzerland and Chairman ICT4Peace Foundation'While Golda Meir was Prime Minister of Israel she shared her hopes for humanity: "I hope that some day, perhaps not in my time or my children's time, but in my grandchildren's time, war will become like cannibalism, completely unthinkable". For war to be unthinkable, business must be a part of the solution. Gabriele Suder's new volume recognizes the imperative of peace and brings many of the best thinkers in the world together to ask how the private sector can contribute to a peaceful future for our planet. With strikingly new ideas, International Business under Adversity is must reading for business leaders and students alike.' -- Nancy J. Adler, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction to the Role and Responsibilities of International Business in our Contemporary World Gabriele G.S. Suder 2. Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: The Global Compact and Continuing Evolution David Atkinson and Richard Pierre Claude 3. Corporate Social Responsiblity: An International Law Perspective Alice de Jonge PART II: CRITICAL ISSUES 4. Instruments of Peace? How Businesses Might Foster Religious Harmony Timothy L. Fort 5. Expropriation of Minority Shareholders or Social Dividend? Beware of Good Corporate Citizens Wladimir M. Sachs and Marleen Dieleman 6. Information Management and Communication Technology for Conflict Prevention and Peace Jeffrey Soar PART III: DEALING WITH BEST AND WORST PRACTICE 7. Adversarial Allies: The Evolving China–India Nexus Nikhilesh Dholakia 8. Corporate Social Performance in a Post-transition Context: The Case of Polish Firms Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Beata Buchelt 9. The Sustainable Peace Roles of International Extractive Industries Duane Windsor PART IV: THE BIG PICTURE – TOOL KITS 10. Sustainable Enterprise and Sustainable Futures Malcolm McIntosh 11. Corporate Social Responsibility as a New Orientation in Response to Crisis Management of Sea Changes and Navigational Dead Reckoning Ihsen Ketata and John R. McIntyre 12. The Corporate Responsibility in Peace, Conflict Reduction and Crisis Prevention: Human Security for Thriving Markets – A Tool Kit Gabriele G.S. Suder and Jonathan Lefevre Index

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on 'hidden' aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of management, particularly when the latter vie for scientific status. In the process, they often become invisible or indecipherable both to those who advance and diffuse knowledge as well as to those who receive, interpret and apply it. The contributors to this book explore in various subfields of management thought a number of important moral and ethical issues. What is the definition of 'good behaviour' - and hence of 'bad behaviour' - implicit behind the theories we use and produce? Can we find, historically, a trace of moral and ethical dilemmas and debates in those intellectual subfields that tend to posture today as morally neutral? What is the conception of human nature and social reality embedded in modern management thought and theories? How do those implicit and hidden cognitive schemes influence the development of research and knowledge in those various subfields? How do they prevent certain issues from emerging? How do they shape debates, practices and beliefs - leaving little room to approach the world differently and to depart from mainstream perspectives?This unique treatment of the moral foundations of knowledge management will provide a stimulating read for academics, students and professionals focusing on business and management, business administration, sociology, organizational behaviour and moral philosophy.Trade Review'Djelic and Vranceanu have put together a valuable collection of studies on the normative justifications underlying modern managerialism, as well as on its roots in economic and organizational theories. Students of the rise of business schools, and business education in particular, will find the book's analyses of current normative frames most useful. But so will those interested in the prospects for future changes in management doctrines.' -- John W. Meyer, Stanford University, US'This book offers an eloquent critical analysis of the moral foundations of management and economics. The essays in it are well-grounded in a variety of disciplines and philosophic traditions. Together the contributors offer provocative insights into how and why morality nourishes and sustains businesses and the people who work in them.' -- Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond, US'Exploring the ethical foundations of the different subfields of managerial thought, this book brings a thoroughly new light on the issue of sustainability and responsibility in management theory and practice. Departing from the traditional scientific neutrality viewpoint, its contributors start from the bold premise that management is not ethically or morally neutral. They investigate the validity of various perspectives on business ethics and their implications for economics, theories of leadership and team management as well as the study of complex management systems. Between them, these contributions bring the reflection on management and ethics to a new frontier. This pathbreaking book is compelling reading for all those who want to go beyond a technocratic vision of management.'<BR>- Michel De Vroey, Universite catholique de Louvain, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICAL ISSUES: A DIFFICULT ENCOUNTER 1. Towards a Phenomenology of Management: From Modelling to Day-to-day Moral Sensemaking Cognition Laurent Bibard 2. Reverse Engineering of Moral Discussion: From Symptoms to Moral Foundations Evandro Bocatto and Eloisa Perez de Toledo 3. From Hunter-gatherer to Organisational Man: A Morality Tale Kathryn Gordon and Raymond-Alain Thietart PART II: ECONOMICS AND THE QUESTION OF MORAL FOUNDATIONS 4. Economics, Ethics and Anthropology Antonio Argandoña 5. The ‘Ethics of Competition’ or the Moral Foundations of Contemporary Capitalism Marie-Laure Djelic 6. The Ethics of Rationality. Elucidations in the Theoretical Foundations of Economics by Relation to Ethics Mircea Boari 7. The Moral Layer of Contemporary Economics: A Virtue-ethics Perspective Radu Vranceanu PART III: LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING MORAL FOUNDATIONS 8. Leadership Virtues and Management Knowledge: Questioning the Unitary Command Perspective in Leadership Research Lucia Crevani, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff 9. The Psychological Dimension of Love as Foundational for Transformational Leadership Theory Mary Miller 10. An Ethical Encounter with the Other: Language Introducing the New into Thought Sara Louise Muhr PART IV: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ETHICS: CAN WE GO BEYOND HYPOCRIZY? 11. Are Management Systems Ethical? The Reification Perspective Annick Bouguignon 12. The Paradoxical Situation of Ethics in Business Gilles Van Wijk 13. Ethics and Management Education: The MBA under Attack Richard Déry, Chantale Mailhot and Véronique Schaeffer Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of globalisation and its many challenges, focusing on different legal perspectives that arise. Particular problems presented include the varied definitions of CSR and the related dilemmas of opting for a self-regulatory approach or a greater level of external regulatory control. The roles of the state and the market and how they interrelate are considered in this book against a background of increased intervention by international institutions. The potential contribution of individual citizens and non-governmental organisations towards achieving a socially and environmentally responsible business behaviour is also given attention. These issues are of special concern in an era that calls for different political and regulatory activities than have been exploited traditionally.Highlighting the central importance of law, legal systems and the role of lawyers to the debate on CSR, this book will be of great interest to academics and policymakers. It will also appeal to students in law, especially company law, commercial law, and international law.Trade Review‘Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility provides both a balanced summary of views long held on its value and a promise of what can be achieved with creative thinking.' -- Kasey Lowe, Journal of Current Legal StudiesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Nina Boeger, Rachel Murray and Charlotte Villiers 2. Corporate Social Responsibility in Law and Policy Halina Ward 3. Misappropriating Citizenship: The Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility Joseph Corkin 4. The United Nations, Human Rights and Transnational Corporations: Challenging the International Legal Order Sorcha MacLeod 5. Corporate Law, Corporate Power and Corporate Social Responsibility Charlotte Villiers 6. Varieties of Capitalism and the Learning Firm: Corporate Governance and labour in the Context of Contemporary Developments in European and German Company Law Peer Zumbansen 7. Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Corporations Have a Responsibility to Trade Fairly? Can the Fairtrade Movement Deliver the Duty? Janet Dine and Kirsteen Shields 8. Reflexive Governance, Meta-Regulation and Corporate Social Responsibility: The ‘Heineken Effect’ Colin Scott 9. Locating the ‘Environment’ Within Corporate Social Responsibility: Continuing Problems of Legal Definition and Representation David M. Ong 10. Engaging Individuals Sally Wheeler Index

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Book SynopsisThe changing social expectations of corporations within a globalised economic environment are challenging our traditional conception of the proper commercial function. This text delimits their emergent roles and responsibilities under international law. International Documents on Corporate Responsibility includes the principal international, regional and national instruments drafted by intergovernmental organisations or states as well as codes of conduct formulated by industry associations, trade unions and non-governmental organisations. The coverage includes the fields of human rights, international criminal and environmental law, labour standards, international trade, armed conflict, sustainable development, corruption, consumer protection and corporate governance. Each document is accompanied by a brief explanatory commentary outlining the historical origins of the instrument, the principal actors involved, controversial negotiation issues, applicable implementation procedure, and identifies further reference material. This comprehensive compilation of materials dating from the 1970s to the present day in one single readily-accessible and fully-indexed volume will be of interest to students and researchers of corporate responsibility, as well as corporate executives, government officials, legal practitioners, tertiary institutions, business associations, trade unions and NGO activists.Trade Review'In many ways, beyond being an important reference resource, the book's significance is in its very being - the fact that codes of corporate responsibility are being compiled demonstrates an acknowledgement of their value.' -- Bill Baue, SocialFunds.com'All those concerned with this debate will be extremely grateful to Stephen Tully for saving us many hours of irritation searching the web for documents that we know exist, but which remain tantalisingly unobtainable. Furthermore, he has usefully grouped the documents into sections. . . The editor's commentaries throughout the book are clear, succinct and, together with the texts, an invaluable source for an emerging area of study. I will certainly use this book both for my own research and to recommend to students.' -- Janet Dine, Journal of Business Law'Tully accompanies each document with a most useful explanatory commentary which outlines the historical origins of the instrument, the principal players, controversial negotiation issues, applicable implementation procedures and detailed additional reference materials. What we have here is an easily accessible fully indexed volume of materials dating from the 1970s which covers a very wide readership from students and academics to corporate executives, legal practitioners and government officials.' -- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'International Documents on Corporate Responsibility is an invaluable tool for all those interested in corporate responsibility. This collection of texts - enriched by the editor's insightful commentaries - provides a unique and compelling appreciation of the depth and extent of corporate responsibilities. Practitioners will use it as a guide; scholars and activists as a reference.' -- Franck Amalric, Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: International Instruments Part II: Regional Instruments Part III: National Instruments Part IV: Instruments for the International Protection of Human Rights Part V: International Labour Standards Part VI: International Environmental Standards Part VII: Sustainable Development Part VIII: Roles and Responsibilities in Zones of Conflict Part IX: International Criminal Law Part X: Corruption, Bribery and Extortion Part XI: General Business Principles Part XII: Additional Instruments Part XIII: Reporting and Accounting Initiatives Index

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Book SynopsisIndustrial ecology provides a consistent material and energetic description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. The contributors to this book offer methodologies for such descriptions, focusing on the dynamics associated with stocks of materials and capital, flows of raw materials, intermediate products, desired outputs and wastes, as well as the associated changes in behaviors of producers, consumers and institutions. The book begins by presenting analogies and analytical concepts pertinent to understanding the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, and offers a reflection on the use of those analogies and concepts, their limitations and potential extensions. Part II focuses on stocks and flows dynamics at the firm and industry level. Part III turns to the use of agent-based modeling and organization behavior theory to better understand and represent the dynamics within firms and the larger institutional environment within which they choose to use materials, energy and technology. Connections are made throughout between those dynamics and the associated changes in environmental quality. The concluding chapter addresses how to change a firm's environmental performance from within. Researchers and students in the fields of industrial ecology; resource and environmental economics; ecological economics; environmental, energy, and climate change policy; environmental engineering; and energy economics will find this comprehensive volume highly informative.Trade Review'This book marks an important contribution by Matthias Ruth and Brynhildur Davidsdottir to the developing literature that seeks to integrate our understanding of physical and environmental systems, the built human environment, economics, and complexity. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in industrial ecology, material flow assessment, and the state of the world generally.' -- Braden R. Allenby, Arizona State University, US'This volume offers the state-of-the-art in dynamic modeling of the functioning of firms in industrial ecosystems. The systematic connection between insights from engineering, ecological, behavioral and organization theories makes the insights policy-relevant. The authors combine an impressive knowledge of innovative concepts and modeling techniques with data on real-world industrial ecosystems.' -- Jeroen van den Bergh, Free University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword John R. Ehrenfeld PART I: BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS 1. Background and Concepts: An Introduction Matthias Ruth and Brynhildur Davidsdottir 2. Beyond a Sack of Resources: Nature as a Model – the Core Features of Industrial Ecology Ralf Isenmann, Christoph Bey and Martina Keitsch PART II: STOCKS AND FLOWS DYNAMICS 3. Stocks and Flows Dynamics: An Introduction Thomas E. Graedel 4. Dynamic Modeling of Material Stocks: A Case Study of In-Use Cement Stocks in the United States Amit Kapur and Gregory A. Keoleian 5. The Economic Dynamics of Stocks and Flows Brynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth PART III: AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS 6. Agent-Based Analysis of Dynamic Industrial Ecosystems: An Introduction Marco A. Janssen 7. Changing a Firm’s Environmental Performance from Within Clinton J. Andrews 8. Managing Energy Futures and Greenhouse Gas Emissions with the Help of Agent-Based Simulation David F. Batten and George V. Grozev 9. Organizational Dynamics in Industrial Ecosystems: Insights from Organizational Theory Jennifer Howard-Grenville and Raymond Paquin 10. Changing Stocks, Flows and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems: Retrospect and Prospect Brynhildur Davidsdottir and Matthias Ruth Index

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Book SynopsisFirms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms. Drawing on insights from organization and management sciences and innovation studies, the author outlines an evolutionary framework enabling a deeper understanding of how firms shape ecological strategies and interact to create inertia or change at the level of systems of production and consumption. This framework is applied to the coffee and automobile production and consumption systems, yielding insight into the complex dynamics through which such systems evolve in dealing with ecological impact. The book advances theoretical insight into business strategies and the natural environment and illuminates the dynamics of production and consumption systems.Scholars, students and practitioners from organization and management sciences, innovation studies and industrial ecology interested in the relationship between business and the natural environment will find this book invaluable.Trade Review'Boons has produced a thoroughly well researched, informed and informative study on creating economic and ecological value. Written for those interested in business and sustainability whether they be academic faculty, students or business people who have both the interest and time, this book will repay some careful and close reading.' -- John Blewitt, Environmental Values'Creating Ecological Value is a timely contribution that matches recent trends in innovation economics suggesting that an evolutionary notion of system innovations and a sector-specific industrial dynamics perspective are a suitable analytical framework for the way in which firms address sustainability challenges through innovation.' -- Marcus Wagner, University of Wurzburg, Germany'We cannot expect to solve the environmental problems we face today by narrowing our focus on single firms. We need to think more systemically. In his book, Creating Ecological Value, Frank Boons takes on this challenge. While his research begins by exploring the diversity of environmental strategies adopted by companies, he moves his analysis next to the level of the production and consumption systems to understand how these strategies shape and alter them. His work considers how the diffusion of strategies and novel approaches can be facilitated but also finds that the systems into which these strategies are imposed are resilient and, at times, resistant to change. He offers plenty of ideas to ponder as we consider how the market system as a whole addresses environmental issues.' -- Andrew J. Hoffman, The University of Michigan, US'Humans as scientists and managers often draw on metaphors to help describe and understand the complex issues they observe or manage. As human activities begin to bump up against the constraints set by natural systems there is a tendency to search for metaphors from natural science - biomimicy or industrial ecology - have been around for some time now. In this book, Frank Boons explores the power of ideas from evolutionary science as metaphor to understand economic systems. This is complex work, but, he does it with skill; remembering that a metaphor is powerful not just in what it explains but even more in what it doesn't serve to explain.' -- Nigel Roome, Free University of Brussels, Belgium and TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. How do Firms Create Ecological Value? 2. Definitions of Ecological Value: Patches of History 3. Technological Change and Strategic Perspectives 4. Elements of Strategic Perspectives and the Internal Dynamics of Firms 5. Shaping Strategic Perspectives through Resource Networks 6. The Coffee PCS 7. The Automobile PCS 8. An Evolutionary Approach Towards the Strategic Perspectives of Firms 9. The Future of Creating Ecological Value Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisResponsible Research and Innovation appears as a paradoxical frame, hard to conceptualize and difficult to apply. If on the one hand research and innovation appear to follow logics blind to societal issues, responsibility is still a blurred concept interpreted according to circumstances. Different perspectives are implied in the RRI discourse rendering difficult also its application, because each social dimension proposes a different path for its implementation. This book will try to indicate how such conflictual understanding of RRI is caused by a reductive interpretation of ethics and, consequently, of responsibility. The resulting framework will represent an ethical approach to RRI that could help in overcoming conflictual perspectives and construct a multi-layer approach to research and innovation.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Foreword ix Introduction xvii Chapter 1. Responsible Research and Innovation: A New Framework for an Old Controversy 1 Chapter 2. Responsibility: a Modern Concept 29 2.1. The modern formation of responsibility 29 2.2. Decoupling law and morality 37 2.3. The political implications of responsibility 58 2.4. Responsibility as an overarching concept 70 Chapter 3. Development of Freedom 79 3.1. The centrality of freedom 79 3.2. Legal freedom 82 3.3. Moral freedom 86 3.4. Ethical freedom 97 Chapter 4. An Ethical Perspective on Responsibility and Freedom 111 4.1. Ethics and morality 116 4.2. Responsibility and freedom: an ethical relation 123 Chapter 5. Framework for the Ethical Assessment of RRI 143 5.1. Historical overcoming of RRI 146 Conclusion 169 Bibliography 177 Index 189

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Book SynopsisPractical and conceptual, the Responsible Research and Innovation set of books contributes to the clarification of this new requirement for all sciences and technological innovation. It covers the multiple and international responsibilities, by using various philosophical resources, mostly discussing the following topics: ethics, contingency, normative economy, freedom, corporate social responsibility (CSR), participative technological evaluation, sustainable development, geoengineering, the precautionary principle, standards, interdisciplinarity, and climate management. The ethics of efficiency must be considered with regard to the logic of action or to economic, political, legal or scientific systems. This book presents a question on the central theme of responsible research and innovation (RRI), which has an ethical influence on effective logics. The issue is to question the opportunity and modularities of an ethical effective influence on the logics of efficiency of research and innovation. From the distinction of efficiency and effectiveness, lies the problem of efficacy, the ethical accord between the two. Thus appears the possibility of taking effective responsibility with respect to systematic injustices potentially linked to this efficiency. This book proposes categories to understand the ethical implications of research and innovation processes, under the aspect of their efficacy.Table of ContentsForeword vii Preface xiii Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 The Question of Justice in Logics of Expansion and Reductionist Efficiency 1 1.1 Problematic structure of the question 1 1.2 Its explicit scope 4 1.3 Further clarification 6 1.4 The typical content 10 1.5 Relational structure 21 Chapter 2 The Question of Justice in Stabilization Logics and Limitative Effectiveness 23 2.1 Problematic structure of the question 23 2.2 Its explicit scope 26 2.3 Further clarification 29 2.4 Its typical content 31 2.5 Overarching summary of the first two steps 35 Chapter 3 Reworking of the Effectiveness Concept 39 3.1 Need for such reworking 40 3.2 Development of the principle of this reworking 42 3.3 Corroboration of these overviews 56 3.4 A liberty other than subjective 56 3.5 Efficacy as integration of efficiency and effectiveness 59 Chapter 4 Practices of Efficiency 67 4.1 On a "between" the logics 69 4.2 Spheres and legitimacy (effectiveness and separation) 74 4.3 Neither "invisible hand" nor "cunning of reason" 77 4.4 The contingent partition and its score 80 4.5 Human rights: a continuous policy 87 4.6 Negative or positive freedom 95 4.7 Categories from here and elsewhere 97 Conclusion 109 Bibliography 117 Index 125

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a collection of critical explorations and discussions of managerial ethics and their moral foundations. It is concerned with theoretical, conceptual and practical matters, and thus provides an open and broad approach to a very dense field of enquiry. Ethics and Organizational Practice challenges established theory in management studies and, in particular, provides a post-foundational argument to conventional business ethics. The contributors cover topics from corporate social responsibility and individual morality to primatology, psychopathology and corruption. They provide a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional exploration of managerial ethics and its moral foundation, presenting a critical understanding of the conditions of ethics in modern organizations. The book presents a philosophically informed critique of simplified notions of managerial and organizational ethics, making it an excellent resource for postgraduate students and scholars of business ethics, critical management, corporate social responsibility, international business and organizational psychology.Contributors: M. Alvesson, G. Cairns, E.L. Jeanes, R. Johnsen, D. Kärreman, J. Lemmergaard, T.T. Lennerfors, S. Mansell, S.L. Muhr, A. Rehn, C. Rozuel, M. Sliwa, B.M. Sørensen, S. VallentinTrade Review’Morality and ethics are at the heart of business practice, but the concepts themselves are usually assumed, rather than investigated. The chapters in this book refuse such easy answers, and force the reader to confront their own assumptions about ethics, provoking conclusions that are both disturbing and exciting.’ -- Martin Parker, University of Leicester, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction – After the Party. Crisis as Foundation Sara Louise Muhr, Bent M. Sørensen and Steen Vallentin 2. Developing a New Ethics of International Business: Possibilities and Role of Educators Martyna Śliwa and George Cairns 3. More than Words – An Analysis of Scandinavian Value-based Management Jeanette Lemmergaard 4. Understanding Ethical Closure in Organizational Settings – The Case of Media Organizations Dan Kärreman and Mats Alvesson 5. The Business of Business and the Politics of Opinion Steen Vallentin 6. Business Ethics and the Question of Objectivity: The Concept of Moral Progress in a Dialectical Framework Samuel Mansell 7. The Self as a Moral Anchor – Applying Jungian Psychology to Managers’ Ethics Cécile Rozuel 8. The Impossibility of Guidance – A Levinasian Critique of Business Ethics Emma Louise Jeanes and Sara Louise Muhr 9. The Creature Comforts of Management – On Morality and Empathic Response in Economic Exchange Alf Rehn 10. ‘Is Your Manager a Psychopath? … Are you?’ – The Human–Animal Divide at Work Rasmus Johnsen 11. The Sublime Object of Corruption – Exploring the Relevance of a Psychoanalytical Two-bodies Doctrine for Understanding Corruption Thomas Taro Lennerfors Index

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Book SynopsisThis important volume re-integrates corporate governance and business ethics which are too often treated as separate entities. The editors have selected seminal works which refocus on the ethical import of corporate governance foundations. This collection also traces recent ways in which the ethics of corporate governance have been articulated through reviews of practice, ethical re-evaluations, agency theory, the stakeholder concept, and comparative and international developments. It brings together a range of alternative perspectives and new directions in this vital and dynamic field. The authoritative volume will be an essential source of reference for students and scholars concerned with the power and responsibility of corporations.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Jeremy Moon, Marc Orlitzky and Glen Whelan PART I THE EMERGENCE OF ETHICAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CONCERNS 1. J. Maurice Clark (1916), ‘The Changing Basis of Economic Responsibility’ 2. E. Merrick Dodd, Jr. (1932), ‘For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees?’ 3. A.A. Berle, Jr., (1932), ‘For Whom Corporate Managers Are Trustees: A Note’ 4. Joseph L. Weiner (1964), ‘The Berle-Dodd Dialogue on the Concept of the Corporation’ PART II THE MANAGERIAL REVOLUTION 5. Adolf A. Berle (1965), ‘The Impact of the Corporation on Classical Economic Theory’ 6. Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen (1983), ‘Separation of Ownership and Control’ 7. James H. Davis, F. David Schoorman and Lex Donaldson (1997), ‘Toward a Stewardship Theory of Management’ PART III SHAREHOLDERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND MANAGERIAL DUTIES 8. William M. Evan and R. Edward Freeman (1988), ‘A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation: Kantian Capitalism’ 9. John Hendry (2001), ‘Missing the Target: Normative Stakeholder Theory and the Corporate Governance Debate’ 10. Ian Maitland (2001), ‘Distributive Justice in Firms: Do the Rules of Corporate Governance Matter?’ 11. Alexei M. Marcoux (2003), ‘A Fiduciary Argument Against Stakeholder Theory’ 12. Richard Marens and Andrew Wicks (1999), ‘Getting Real: Stakeholder Theory, Managerial Practice, and the General Irrelevance of Fiduciary Duties Owed to Shareholders’ 13. David Lea (2004), ‘The Imperfect Nature of Corporate Responsibilities to Stakeholders’ PART IV COMPARATIVE AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 14. Ruth V. Aguilera and Gregory Jackson (2003), ‘The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants’ 15. Lori Verstegen Ryan (2005), ‘Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in North America: The State of the Art’ 16. Josef Wieland (2005), ‘Corporate Governance, Values Management, and Standards: A European Perspective’ 17. Martin Rhodes and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn (1998), ‘Capital Unbound? The Transformation of European Corporate Governance’ 18. David Kimber and Phillip Lipton (2005), ‘Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in the Asia-Pacific Region’ 19. G.J. Rossouw (2005), ‘Business Ethics and Corporate Governance in Africa’ 20. Mauro F. Guillén and Mary A. O’Sullivan (2004), ‘The Changing International Corporate Governance Landscape’ PART V ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND NEW DIRECTIONS 21. Gerald F. Davis (2005), ‘New Directions in Corporate Governance’ 22. Matthias Benz and Bruno S. Frey (2007), ‘Corporate Governance: What Can We Learn from Public Governance?’ 23. Thomas Clarke (2007), ‘The Materiality of Sustainability: Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility as Instruments of Strategic Change?’ 24. John Roberts (2001), ‘Corporate Governance and the Ethics of Narcissus’ 25. Amiram Gill (2008), ‘Corporate Governance as Social Responsibility: A Research Agenda’ 26. David Antony Detomasi (2007), ‘The Multinational Corporation and Global Governance: Modelling Global Public Policy Networks’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisHonoring the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the most influential books in the history of business strategy and ethics, R. Edward Freeman's Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, this work assembles a collection of contributions by the most influential and widely cited scholars working in the area of stakeholder scholarship today.The analyses collected here comment on the impact Freeman's book - and stakeholder theory more generally - has had upon the fields of management and organizational ethics. This study also includes original responses from Freeman himself. As the conversation about stakeholders hits its academic and popular stride, this timely volume provides both a retrospective of stakeholder theory's history as well as a guide to the questions that are likely to emerge during the next quarter century, providing a new foundation for future theory and practice. This volume will be an indispensible resource for any serious scholar working in the area of stakeholder theory. Additionally, because the language of managing stakeholder relationships is becoming increasingly popular, practicing executives and NGO members will find this an exceptional and informative reference. Contributors include: S.L. Berman, D.A. Bosse, T. Donaldson, H. Elms, R.E. Freeman, J.S. Harrison, E.M. Hartman, M.E. Johnson-Cramer, T.M. Jones, M. Patzer, A.G. Scherer, P.H. WerhaneTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Bounding the World’s Miseries: Corporate Responsibility and Freeman’s Stakeholder Theory Heather Elms, Michael E. Johnson-Cramer and Shawn L. Berman 2. The Nature of Firm–Stakeholder Relationships: Realizing the Potential of an Underappreciated Contribution of Freeman’s 25-Year-Old Classic Thomas M. Jones 3. Freeman: Win–Win and the Common Good Edwin M. Hartman 4. Stakeholder Theory in Strategic Management: A Retrospective Jeffrey S. Harrison 5. Globalization, Mental Models and Decentering Stakeholder Approaches Patricia H. Werhane 6. The Inescapability of a Minimal Version of Normative Stakeholder Theory Thomas Donaldson 7. Where is the Theory in Stakeholder Theory? A Meta-analysis of the Pluralism in Stakeholder Theory Andreas Georg Scherer and Moritz Patzer 8. Stakeholder Orientation, Managerial Discretion and Nexus Rents Robert A. Phillips, Shawn L. Berman, Heather Elms and Michael E. Johnson-Cramer 9. Stakeholders, Entrepreneurial Rent and Bounded Self-interest Douglas A. Bosse and Jeffrey S. Harrison 10. Some Thoughts on the Development of Stakeholder Theory R. Edward Freeman Index

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a rational and eloquent case for the closer integration of ethics and economics. It expands upon themes concerned with esteem, self-esteem, emotional bonding between agents, expressive concerns, and moral requirements. Economists have long assumed that 'value' and 'price' are synonymous and interchangeable. The authors show how disregarding this false assumption and adopting an interdisciplinary approach could improve the economics profession by distinguishing economic values from ethical values. Replete with discussions that will challenge conventional economics, this book offers a corrective argument against the rigid separation of agents' motivation and the purely normative aspects of economic analysis. The various contributions explore the different dimensions at the frontier between the rational and the moral in political economy, ethics and philosophy. Containing a variety of cross-border analyses, this innovative book will be a must-read for economists, political scientists and philosophers. It will also be an invaluable resource for students in the fields of economics and philosophy.Trade Review'Economics and ethics are succumbing to the pull of disciplinary specialisation at their own peril. This volume represents a necessary and most welcome reminder of some ways in which the two are intertwined. How do economic preferences relate to ethical values? What are the motivational underpinnings on which we should base a theory of choice? What explains compliance with rules, and with tax legislation in particular? Any economist or political philosopher interested in these questions must read this book.' -- Peter Dietsch, Universite de Montreal, Canada'Do market prices reflect values? What is the relation between social norms and economic incentives? Do economic agents respond to ethical arguments? By probing the boundaries between positive and normative theorizing and by bridging ethics, economics, and political science, this book is able to address a fascinating set of questions. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in normative issues in public policy - to academics and practitioners alike.' -- Fabienne Peter, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Ethics vs Economics – In Praise of the ‘Disciplined’ Life? Geoffrey Brennan and Giuseppe Eusepi PART I: PATHWAYS THROUGH PRICES AND VALUES 1. Ethics and the Extent of the Market James M. Buchanan 2. Value and Values, Preferences and Price: An Economic Perspective on Ethical Questions Geoffrey Brennan and Giuseppe Eusepi 3. An Economist’s Plaidoyer for a Secular Ethics: The Moral Foundation and Social Role of Critical Rationalism Stefano Gorini 4. Conceptual Confusions, Ethics and Economics Hartmut Kliemt PART II: MONEY AND MEDALS: THE ROLE OF MOTIVATIONS IN COLLECTIVE CHOICES 5. Awards: A View from Economics Bruno S. Frey and Susanne Neckermann 6. Assessing Collective Decision-making Processes: The Relevance of Motivation Philip Jones 7. Positive Constraints on Normative Political Theory Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin PART III: POLITICAL MARKET PROCESSES AND LIBERAL ETHICS: TAX FAIRNESS VS TAX MORALE 8. The Deregulation of the Political Process: Towards an International Market for Good Politics Reiner Eichenberger and Michael Funk 9. Do We Really Know Much About Tax Non-compliance? Lars P. Feld 10. Searching for Fairness in Taxation: Lessons from the Italian School of Public Finance Luisa Giuriato 11. Cooperation, Reciprocity and Self-esteem: A Theoretical Approach Marcello Basili and Maurizio Franzini Index

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on 'hidden' aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of management, particularly when the latter vie for scientific status. In the process, they often become invisible or indecipherable both to those who advance and diffuse knowledge as well as to those who receive, interpret and apply it. The contributors to this book explore in various subfields of management thought a number of important moral and ethical issues. What is the definition of 'good behaviour' - and hence of 'bad behaviour' - implicit behind the theories we use and produce? Can we find, historically, a trace of moral and ethical dilemmas and debates in those intellectual subfields that tend to posture today as morally neutral? What is the conception of human nature and social reality embedded in modern management thought and theories? How do those implicit and hidden cognitive schemes influence the development of research and knowledge in those various subfields? How do they prevent certain issues from emerging? How do they shape debates, practices and beliefs - leaving little room to approach the world differently and to depart from mainstream perspectives?This unique treatment of the moral foundations of knowledge management will provide a stimulating read for academics, students and professionals focusing on business and management, business administration, sociology, organizational behaviour and moral philosophy.Trade Review'Djelic and Vranceanu have put together a valuable collection of studies on the normative justifications underlying modern managerialism, as well as on its roots in economic and organizational theories. Students of the rise of business schools, and business education in particular, will find the book's analyses of current normative frames most useful. But so will those interested in the prospects for future changes in management doctrines.' -- John W. Meyer, Stanford University, US'This book offers an eloquent critical analysis of the moral foundations of management and economics. The essays in it are well-grounded in a variety of disciplines and philosophic traditions. Together the contributors offer provocative insights into how and why morality nourishes and sustains businesses and the people who work in them.' -- Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond, US'Exploring the ethical foundations of the different subfields of managerial thought, this book brings a thoroughly new light on the issue of sustainability and responsibility in management theory and practice. Departing from the traditional scientific neutrality viewpoint, its contributors start from the bold premise that management is not ethically or morally neutral. They investigate the validity of various perspectives on business ethics and their implications for economics, theories of leadership and team management as well as the study of complex management systems. Between them, these contributions bring the reflection on management and ethics to a new frontier. This pathbreaking book is compelling reading for all those who want to go beyond a technocratic vision of management.'<BR>- Michel De Vroey, Universite catholique de Louvain, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICAL ISSUES: A DIFFICULT ENCOUNTER 1. Towards a Phenomenology of Management: From Modelling to Day-to-day Moral Sensemaking Cognition Laurent Bibard 2. Reverse Engineering of Moral Discussion: From Symptoms to Moral Foundations Evandro Bocatto and Eloisa Perez de Toledo 3. From Hunter-gatherer to Organisational Man: A Morality Tale Kathryn Gordon and Raymond-Alain Thietart PART II: ECONOMICS AND THE QUESTION OF MORAL FOUNDATIONS 4. Economics, Ethics and Anthropology Antonio Argandoña 5. The ‘Ethics of Competition’ or the Moral Foundations of Contemporary Capitalism Marie-Laure Djelic 6. The Ethics of Rationality. Elucidations in the Theoretical Foundations of Economics by Relation to Ethics Mircea Boari 7. The Moral Layer of Contemporary Economics: A Virtue-ethics Perspective Radu Vranceanu PART III: LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING MORAL FOUNDATIONS 8. Leadership Virtues and Management Knowledge: Questioning the Unitary Command Perspective in Leadership Research Lucia Crevani, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff 9. The Psychological Dimension of Love as Foundational for Transformational Leadership Theory Mary Miller 10. An Ethical Encounter with the Other: Language Introducing the New into Thought Sara Louise Muhr PART IV: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ETHICS: CAN WE GO BEYOND HYPOCRIZY? 11. Are Management Systems Ethical? The Reification Perspective Annick Bouguignon 12. The Paradoxical Situation of Ethics in Business Gilles Van Wijk 13. Ethics and Management Education: The MBA under Attack Richard Déry, Chantale Mailhot and Véronique Schaeffer Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book analyzes the intersection between the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Human Resource Management (HRM), with a focus on diversity management. The book presents the scope of institutional engagements with CSR and diversity policies in a range of organizations and organizational networks.The editors explore the macro, meso and micro aspects of CSR, answering questions such as: what are the socio-economic, political, legal and cultural influences shaping CSR and diversity management? What are the institutional practices for linking CSR and HRM, and what are the implications of this for employee and organizational well-being? And, how can the differing needs and expectations of a diverse workforce be fulfilled through CSR?Including both theoretical and empirical chapters, the contributors explore how global organizations and organizational networks can collaborate with stakeholders within their community to leverage their HRM strategies. They share their knowledge of the management process involved in mainstreaming diversity through effective design and implementation of CSR programes in organizations.This book will be a valuable resource for students at postgraduate and research level. It will also appeal to international audiences, including academic researchers, policy makers and organizational practitioners interested in the concept of corporate social responsibility and its links to human resource management in the context of globalization.Contributors: M. Al-Reyaysa, K. Amaeshi, A. Atewologun, M. Atiq, A. Beauregard, V. Braga, M.G. Bruna, A. Chand, C. Chauzal-Larguier, Z. Chiba, R. Dang, H. Desivilya Syna, A. Dirani, K. El Menzhi, W. Harvey, J. Howells, S. Ibrahim, D. Jamali, K. Jonsen, M. Karatas-Özkan, C. Marques, A. Murer-Duboisset, S. Naidu, K. Nicolopoulou, M. Özbilgin, R.D. Pathak, A.H. Pinnington, R. Pompeu, M. Raz, A. Rottman, A.M. Suliman, A. Tatli, B. Thomas, S. Thomas, H. Vermaut, L.-C. Vo, C. Yavuz, P. ZanoniTrade Review‘A valuable guide to combine so far separate strands of thinking on CSR, DM and HRM. With its global focus, this book cuts through the claims and assumptions of existing understanding and provides data from a large set of countries. It will certainly stimulate insightful thoughts and practices of CSR in HRM.’ -- Sibel Yamak, Galatasaray University, Turkey‘Bringing together a range of international authors and providing both conceptual and empirical contributions to the study of the intersection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Human Resource Management (HRM), this book is essential reading for scholars and practitioners in both fields. The chapters demonstrate that although the two areas have not previously been strongly linked in research or practice, there is indeed significant overlap. The chapters show how to build more effective links, giving both practical recommendations and developing new theoretical insights.’ -- Fiona Lettice, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resource Management: A Diversity Perspective Mine Karatas-Özkan, Katerina Nicolopoulou and Mustafa Özbilgin 2. Reciprocity as a Way forward for Diversity Management and CSR Research Ahu Tatli, Mustafa Özbilgin, Karsten Jonsen, Mine Karatas-Özkan, Kenneth Amaeshi, Adedoyin Atewologun, Alexandra Beauregard and Katerina Nicolopoulou 3. Defining and Connecting CSR, Reputation, Image, Identity, Brand, Legitimacy, Status and Diversity Will Harvey 4. Synergies of CSR and Diversity Management: A Converging Agenda Dima Jamali and Ali Dirani 5. An Underestimated Factor of Diversity in French Companies: The Case of ‘Solidarity Leave’ Christelle Chauzal-Larguier and Anne Murer-Duboisset 6. Women Directors and CSR: Evidence from Corporate Social Disclosure of French Companies Maria Giuseppina Bruna, Rey Dang and Linh-Chi Vo 7. The Influence of University Social Responsibility on the Local Development and Human Capital Randal Pompeu, Carla Marques and Vitor Braga 8. Partnership Among Stakeholders as a Vehicle for Promoting Good Practices in Diversity Management: The Case of Job Market Integration of College Graduates with Learning Disabilities Helena Desivilya Syna, Amit Rottman and Michal Raz 9. Creating Social Capital for SMEs: A CSR Approach to HRM Practices Shahnaz Ibrahim 10. You Look for Diversity Management, You Find CSR: Practices Aligning Business Goals and Minorities’ Needs in Flemish SMEs Hannah Vermaut and Patricia Zanoni 11. Towards a Double Triangle Model of Socially Desirable HRM Practices and Firm Performance in Small Island Developing States Suwastika Naidu, R.D. Pathak and Anand Chand 12. The Practice of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (SCSR) by European MNCs in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Four European MNCs Muhammad Atiq 13. CSR in a Big Four Accounting Firm: Employee Engagement in Blood Donation Drives in Developing Countries Meera Al-Reyaysa, Ashly H. Pinnington and Zubin Chiba 14. Leadership and CSR in Developing Countries: The Case of the UAE Abubakr M. Suliman and Sumina Thomas 15. Corporate Social Responsibility in the UAE: A Comparison of Two Different Industry Sectors ‒ Construction and Education Betty Thomas and Ashly H. Pinnington 16. CSR in Human Resources Management Kaoutar El Menzhi 17. Institutional Entrepreneurship: Social Responsibility and Agency of Social Entrepreneurs in Driving Institutional Change Cagla Yavuz, Mine Karatas-Ozkan and Jeremy Howells Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship identifies and fosters key interdisciplinary research on corporate citizenship and provides a framework for further academic debate on corporate responsibility in a global society. This exciting and important Handbook provides a unique forum to discuss the consequences of the social and political mandate of business firms and examines the implications of these consequences for the theory of the firm. Leading academics have been invited from various disciplines such as management studies, economics, sociology, legal studies and political science to evaluate the concept of corporate citizenship and to analyze the role of private business in global governance and the production of global public goods. The Handbook is structured in seven sections: theoretical perspectives on corporate citizenship contemporary issues and challenges of global business regulation actors and institutions of global business regulation disciplinary perspectives on corporate citizenship implications for management theory building critical perspectives on corporate citizenship conclusions. This Handbook will be a significant read for academics, postgraduate students and managers interested in the field of corporate citizenship, regulation and corporate responsibility across the social sciences.Trade Review'Want to know what's buzzing with corporate citizenship? Look no further. This book shows why global corporate citizenship has been called the topic of the decade and why it matters to each of us, no matter where we live. It explains in plain English the major issues and ideas percolating in current research on the topic. Trust what you discover in the book. The list of contributors to Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship reads like a "Who's Who" of corporate citizenship research.' -- Thomas Donaldson, University of Pennsylvania, US'This is a unique and eclectic set of essays on a vitally important (but often neglected) topic. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling a distinguished group of scholars, who carefully and expertly guide the reader through the various facets of global corporate citizenship. This is a "must" read for anyone interested in the social ramifications of the globalization of business activity.' -- John H. Dunning OBE, University of Reading, UK and Rutgers University, US'Start with a fact - large corporations wield enormous power in the contemporary, globalized economy. Then note the hopes and fears that this fact inspired - the potential to harness the profit motive to social needs, but the fear that the profit motive can just as easily wreak havoc. And finally, bring together some leading scholars from around the world to discuss the matter - and the result is a hugely impressive collection of essays on one of the burning issues of our time. This volume is definitive - the necessary starting point for future debate.' -- Paul S. Adler, University of Southern California, US'This volume provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how corporations should play a more active role in fulfilling their global citizenship obligations and responsibilities. Its contributors include many of the most important and influential scholars in the field of corporate social responsibility from both Europe and the US. An important strength of this volume is the diversity and breadth of the dimensions of corporate citizenship that it explores in depth. This volume provides an important resource to scholars, managers, and activists interested in promoting corporate citizenship.' -- David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Corporate Citizenship in a Globalized World Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo PART I: HISTORY AND CONCEPTUAL GROUNDWORK 2. The Emergence of Corporate Citizenship: Historical Development and Alternative Perspectives Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten and Jeremy Moon 3. Corporate Responsibility/Corporate Citizenship: The Development of a Construct Sandra Waddock 4. Defining the Concept of Good Corporate Citizenship in the Context of Globalization: A Paradigm Shift from Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Accountability S. Prakash Sethi 5. Corporate Citizenship and Community Stakeholders Robert A. Phillips and R. Edward Freeman 6. Business Ethics, Corporate Virtues and Corporate Citizenship Robert C. Solomon PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 7. Responsibility and Global Justice: A Social Connection Model Iris Marion Young 8. Corporate Citizenship and the Environment Paul Shrivastava 9. Corporations as Citizens Against Corruption: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Perspective Gary R. Weaver and Vilmos F. Misangyi 10. Corporate Citizenship and Global Conflicts: The Baboon Moment Charles B. Koerber and Timothy L. Fort PART III: ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 11. Emerging Patterns of Global Governance: The New Interplay between the State, Business and Civil Society Klaus Dieter Wolf 12. Globalization, Transnational Corporations and the Future of Global Governance Stephen J. Kobrin 13. Between Confrontation and Cooperation: Corporate Citizenship and NGOs Jonathan P. Doh 14. The Politicization of Economization? On the Current Relationship between Politics and Economics Michael Zürn PART IV: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP 15. An Economic View of Corporate Citizenship Jessica C. Ludescher, Abagail McWilliams and Donald S. Siegel 16. Human Rights, Corporations and the Global Economy: An International Law Perspective David Kinley and Justine Nolan 17. Global Business as an Agent of World Benefit: New International Business Perspectives Leading Positive Change Nancy J. Adler PART V: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT THEORY BUILDING 18. Structures, Identities and Politics: Bringing Corporate Citizenship into the Corporation Peter Edward and Hugh Willmott 19. Responsible Leadership in a Globalized World: A Cosmopolitan Perspective Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless 20. The Political Economy of Corporate Social Responsibility Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee 21. The Interrelationship between Global and Corporate Governance: Towards a Democratization of the Business Firm? Grahame F. Thompson PART VI: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES 22. Transparency, Integrity and Openness: The Nike Example Frits Schipper and David M. Bojé 23. The Corporation and its Fragments: Corporate Citizenship and the Legacies of Imperialism Raza Mir, Richard Marens and Ali Mir 24. The Corporation as a Political Actor? A Systems Theory Perspective Helmut Willke and Gerhard Willke PART VII: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP 25. The Future of Global Corporate Citizenship: Toward a New Theory of the Firm as a Political Actor Guido Palazzo and Andreas Georg Scherer Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative book includes cutting-edge insights from leading European and North American scholars who reflect upon business ethics' foundations, firms, markets and stakeholders in order to design more sustainable patterns of development for business and society. Together, the contributing authors advance critical, innovative and imaginative perspectives to rethink the mainstream models and address the sustainability challenge. Business Ethics and Corporate Sustainability will provide a stimulating read for academic researchers, and postgraduate students in business ethics, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability as well as those interested in management, strategy and finance.Contributors: D. Arenas, M. Bourlakis, G. Brenkert, J. Collier, C.J. Cowton, W. Cragg, A. Di Giulio, G. Enderle, K.J. Ims, K.T. Jackson, O.D. Jakobsen, J.M. Lozano, P. Migliavacca, E. O'Higgins, F. Perrini, Y. Pesqueux, L.J. Spence, A. Tencati, C. Vurro, J. Wempe, L. ZsolnaiTrade Review'From stakeholders to sustainability, this book tackles the key topics of the day. Its innovative essays, written by some of the best minds in business ethics on both sides of the Atlantic, make this collection a must-read.' --Thomas Donaldson, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY 1. Corporate Legitimacy Laszlo Zsolnai 2. The Moral Status of the Corporation, Collective Responsibility and the Distribution of Blame Christopher J. Cowton 3. From Task to Role Responsibility: Towards a Prospective Business Ethics Johan Wempe 4. Corporate Social Responsibility: The Exhausting of a Management Topic Yvon Pesqueux PART II: ETHICS IN THE MARKET 5. Moral Virtue, Philanthropy and the Market Kevin T. Jackson 6. The Ethics of PE Buyout Deals: The Impact on Stakeholders and Society Eleanor O’Higgins 7. Sovereign Wealth Funds – a Significant and Growing Global Force Jane Collier 8. What is Long-term Wealth Creation and Investing? Georges Enderle 9. Corporate Social Performance and Cost of Capital: A Meaningful Relationship? Antonello Di Giulio, Paolo Migliavacca and Antonio Tencati PART III: FOCUSING ON THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY 10. Sustainability, Business and Human Rights Wesley Cragg 11. Social Responsibility in the Supply Chain: CSR or Corporate Social Watchdogs? Laura J. Spence and Michael Bourlakis 12. Is Multistakeholder Dialogue Really Possible? Mutual Resistance and Bias in Relationships between Unions and NGOs Josep M. Lozano and Daniel Arenas 13. Investigating the Accountability Dynamics Underlying Effective CSR Disclosure Clodia Vurro and Francesco Perrini PART IV: FOSTERING RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 14. Deep Authenticity – an Essential Phenomenon in the Web of Life Knut J. Ims and Ove D. Jakobsen Index

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Book SynopsisFirms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms. Drawing on insights from organization and management sciences and innovation studies, the author outlines an evolutionary framework enabling a deeper understanding of how firms shape ecological strategies and interact to create inertia or change at the level of systems of production and consumption. This framework is applied to the coffee and automobile production and consumption systems, yielding insight into the complex dynamics through which such systems evolve in dealing with ecological impact. The book advances theoretical insight into business strategies and the natural environment and illuminates the dynamics of production and consumption systems.Scholars, students and practitioners from organization and management sciences, innovation studies and industrial ecology interested in the relationship between business and the natural environment will find this book invaluable.Trade Review'Boons has produced a thoroughly well researched, informed and informative study on creating economic and ecological value. Written for those interested in business and sustainability whether they be academic faculty, students or business people who have both the interest and time, this book will repay some careful and close reading.' -- John Blewitt, Environmental Values'Creating Ecological Value is a timely contribution that matches recent trends in innovation economics suggesting that an evolutionary notion of system innovations and a sector-specific industrial dynamics perspective are a suitable analytical framework for the way in which firms address sustainability challenges through innovation.' -- Marcus Wagner, University of Wurzburg, Germany'We cannot expect to solve the environmental problems we face today by narrowing our focus on single firms. We need to think more systemically. In his book, Creating Ecological Value, Frank Boons takes on this challenge. While his research begins by exploring the diversity of environmental strategies adopted by companies, he moves his analysis next to the level of the production and consumption systems to understand how these strategies shape and alter them. His work considers how the diffusion of strategies and novel approaches can be facilitated but also finds that the systems into which these strategies are imposed are resilient and, at times, resistant to change. He offers plenty of ideas to ponder as we consider how the market system as a whole addresses environmental issues.' -- Andrew J. Hoffman, The University of Michigan, US'Humans as scientists and managers often draw on metaphors to help describe and understand the complex issues they observe or manage. As human activities begin to bump up against the constraints set by natural systems there is a tendency to search for metaphors from natural science - biomimicy or industrial ecology - have been around for some time now. In this book, Frank Boons explores the power of ideas from evolutionary science as metaphor to understand economic systems. This is complex work, but, he does it with skill; remembering that a metaphor is powerful not just in what it explains but even more in what it doesn't serve to explain.' -- Nigel Roome, Free University of Brussels, Belgium and TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. How do Firms Create Ecological Value? 2. Definitions of Ecological Value: Patches of History 3. Technological Change and Strategic Perspectives 4. Elements of Strategic Perspectives and the Internal Dynamics of Firms 5. Shaping Strategic Perspectives through Resource Networks 6. The Coffee PCS 7. The Automobile PCS 8. An Evolutionary Approach Towards the Strategic Perspectives of Firms 9. The Future of Creating Ecological Value Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThese volumes bring together important recent works by economists and philosophers on foundational topics; including the idea of utility and the role of preferences; interpersonal comparability and the commensurability of values, the relationship between rationality and morality, the status of rules, rights and norms, and fairness and equality.These readings collected here provide an overview of the key structural issues at the interface of ethics and economics. This reference collection will be welcomed by all those with an interest in economics and philosophy.Trade Review' . . . important articles are gathered which can highly be recommended for those interested in or curious about the normative agenda of economics . . . the selection is useful and comprehensible.' -- Peter Kalmbach, KyklosTable of Contents48 articles, dating from 1954 to 1993 Contents: Volume I: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Utility and Preferences Part II: Dispositions and Meta-Preferences Part III: Interpersonal Compararbility and Commensurability Part IV: Rationality and Morality Name Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Rules, Rights and Norms Part II: Fairness and Equality Part III: Overview Name Index

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Book SynopsisDoes economic analysis need to incorporate a more rounded and ethical view of individuals? What is the ethical status of market capitalism? How should ethical and economic considerations be weighed together?Market Capitalism and Moral Values brings together a distinguished group of academics and policy makers who provide detailed discussion of some of the key issues at the intersection of economics and ethics. This volume focuses on the effect of moral beliefs on economic conduct, recognizing that beliefs and moral codes act as restraints on economic agents just as much as limited budgets or institutional environment.These essays combine academic rigour and clarity of presentation in addressing some of the foundational questions concerning the morality of both our economic system and economic analysis. With contributions from leading academics, commentators and policymakers such as Samuel Brittan, Nigel Lawson, Amartya Sen and Robert Skidelsky, this volume will be welcomed as a stimulating, authoritative discussion of interest to all those concerned with the ethical dimension of market capitalism.Market Capitalism and Moral Values brings together a distinguished group of academics, policy advisors and policymakers who provide detailed discussion of some of the key issues at the intersection of economics and ethics. These essays combine academic rigour and clarity of presentation in addressing some of the foundational questions concerning the morality of both of our economic system and our economic analysis.Trade Review’. . . a very interesting collection. . . . The book and the field of enquiry it represents merit the attention of the Australian profession - not least because economists in Australia exercise more influence and attract more overt hostility than anywhere else I know.’ -- Geoffrey Brennan, Economic Record’. . . the interest of the subject matter ensures that the book will be widely read.’– David Collard, Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction (S. Brittan) 1. Economics and Ethics (S. Brittan) 2. Moral Codes and Economic Success (A. Sen) 3. Some Reflections on Morality and Capitalism (N. Lawson) 4. The Ethics of Unemployment and Mafia Capitalism (J.S. Flemming) 5. What Moral Constraints for Business (N. Barry) 6. Fairness in the Rationing of Health Care (J. Broome) 7. The Role of Ethics in Keynes’s Economics (R. Skidelsky) 8. Ethical Constraints on Price Flexibility (M.M. Beber and L. Ornaghi) 9. Alturism, Ethics and Economics: The Significance of Non-Egotistical Preferences for Economics (J. Fender) 10. The Moral of the Market (A. Hamlin)

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Book SynopsisHumanistic management agenda is to protect human dignity and promote societal well-being. The currently dominant theories prioritize economistic goals of profits and productivity at the cost of threatening sustainability. A humanistic perspective offers an alternative for purposeful organizing that serves people and the planet.This two-volume set of books offers humanistic theory and practical exercises on topics of leadership and trust in volume one and social entrepreneurship and mindfulness in volume two. Each topic is introduced with a conceptual lead chapter followed by a case-study or exercise to apply and engage by using examples.

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Book SynopsisThis book will transform your life for the better.The case for business ethics is both settled and urgent; we are within an era of human history in which the most influential organizations on the planet, businesses, must align their goals with principles of human flourishing, ethics, if humanity is going to experience a more ideal future than what we now know. To accomplish this attainable goal, we must realize that business is composed of individuals who must make the conscious choice to pursue a more ideal future. In this revolutionary approach to business ethics, Wade Chumney utilizes his nearly 20 years of experience in the field to synthesizes the ancient wisdom found in Plato's philosophy, the modern findings of positive psychology, and the powerful insights of systems thinking to create a new paradigm for the field. Centered around the consciousness found within each of us, Conscious Business Ethics provides a practical approach that anyone can apply in order to develop the one quality most desired by humanity in any historical era: wisdom.This book can transform your life for the better. The common threads found within all wisdom traditions are distilled into simple, understandable concepts and diagrams that make practical application accessible to anyone.

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Book SynopsisYou can’t understand humanistic business management unless you understand what humanism is. This book provides a short introduction to the philosophy of humanism and discusses how and why it is being applied to business and why it is so effective when you do so. Humanism helps us prioritize human value as important. It supports positive interpersonal relationships and collaborative and respectful decision-making. Since all businesses are in the business of solving problems, good problem solving is essential to good business.Humanism has already transformed many other disciplines including psychology, medicine, nursing, and more. Additionally, humanism is foundational to the practice of human resources, without which businesses cannot operate. It is important for business managers to understand the philosophy fully so they can understand how to not only manage people more effectively, but how to operate their businesses in a way that helps the communities in which they operate. This book will provide the primer they need to create more effective and ethical businesses.

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Book SynopsisProgress of corporate history since the industrial revolution has been an enormous growth in freedom of enterprise, economic prosperity, innovation, technical, and intellectual advancement but it has also been, stoking the passions of greed, a slow and sure decay of morality, and social order culminating in high unemployment and Occupy Wall Street movements.Business enterprise is a profound thought of good intentions towards the society, which sets apart corporate culture over individual choice. A culture is a function of true knowledge of awareness, an identity with the ethical responsibility, that by which corporate infers and society teaches. Immanuel Kant raised the question whether a science of metaphysics with a logical structure, like that of the well established mathematical and measuring ethical assets usage, is crucial for corporate to bring the abstractions into reality, acknowledge value where value is due, and deconstruct what is valueless.This book addresses these issues effectively by subject - object distinction of qualitative and quantitative elements of management, what Kant had pleaded for.

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Book SynopsisEthics are not the same as morals. They are contextual and apply to specific relationships. This work explores business ethics as applied in a modern context including data management, corporate social responsibility, media ethics and government ethics. Drawing on the work of philosophers, the work is nonetheless contemporary and practical.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique perspective into the mindset of psychology and cybersecurity. It presents a view of incorporating the latest research in cybersecurity and behavior. The newest cybersecurity challenge is not just understanding cybercriminals’ behavior, but our behavior as well, and to realize that some of behaviors could lead us in making bad cybersecurity decisions. By using models and literature rooted in psychology and comparing those to cybersecurity attacks, this book will help those who make crucial cybersecurity decisions to protect their organization, even better decisions. Dr. Brown also presents even a possible theory of cybersecurity. Key areas include: behaviorism; learning models; cybersecurity vulnerabilities; stereotypes; cybersecurity traits; conditioned response; social engineering; deep fakes

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Book SynopsisGrappling with the Gray offers a collection of case studies, real and hypothetical, intended to ignite thoughtful consideration of ethical dilemmas and provide a guided discussion of how to approach them, working inward from both sides toward a rational and equitable middle. A large portion of these cases focus on business. However, since business has become inseparable from relationships, education, society, and headline news, the book addresses these areas as well. What was the lesson of Enron and the myriad other companies plagued by ethics scandals? Simply stated, a business culture driven by increasing profits at the expense of values is destined to fail. In contrast, companies ranked highest for ethics grow faster than companies that aren’t. Work environments are more pleasant. Employees are more satisfied, engaged, loyal, passionate, and productive. Turnover costs are less. Brand image shines. Cultivating a culture of ethics is the time-tested formula for spectacular success. The thought questions and discussions that follow each case study are intended not to advocate a particular position, but to develop the ethical mindset that makes it possible to see a larger picture, engage in civil debate, and work effectively toward consensus. Rather than attempting to rely on compliance laws, the raising of ethical awareness will ultimately create a company culture where compliance laws take care of themselves and where every employee feels empowered, appreciated, and invested in a common vision that accelerates success.

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Book SynopsisTransforming towards Life orients change agents, policy makers, activists, business leaders, ecologists, economists, and thoughtful people everywhere to the values and practices needed to build a world where all can flourish, where ‘all’ includes all humanity and all of life’s beings. It provides an in-depth understanding of what it will take, especially in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic and the burgeoning climate emergency, to transform today’s growth-and profit-oriented socio-economic systems to life-affirming ways benefit all rather than just an elite few. Transforming towards Life argues that to move towards a world in which all can flourish, we all need to start telling new, yet very ancient, stories about who we are and why we are here in the world—stories built on relationship or connectedness, responsibility for the whole, reciprocity, and equity. We need to incorporate core ideas about what gives life to systems into all businesses, communities, governments, and other types of organizations—that is, what helps them flourish. Business and other institutions need to create collective value, that is, value for all, and change the mindsets of people engaged with them so that they in turn can generate new performance metrics, practices, and power relationships that enable people everywhere to find their voice and their capacity to participate actively in bringing about a flourishing world. The book concludes with thoughts about how each one of us can do our bit to bring about this necessary transformation.

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Book SynopsisAs internal doubts persist on whether an individual adheres to business ethics and corporate policies, readers need to utilize this book in order to develop moral reasoning by demonstrating the moral entity consideration principle. This is vital in terms of coping with an internationalized business environment where human resources must adhere to multidimensional and demanding policies, while attempting to develop their mindset capacity of ethical thinking. This book is about providing a comprehensive framework for understanding business ethics and corporate governance, by analyzing the moral aspects of a plethora of challenges regarding human resources management, policy making, corporate responsibility, code of conduct, agency theory, workforce planning, information systems, and employment relationship.

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Book SynopsisIndia’s rural BPO guru, Pradeep Nevatia combines with New York based hedge fund manager, Rahul Nevatia to construct and succinctly present in this book the until now abstract and esoteric concept of abundance through an innovative Managing-by-Ethics (MBE) framework. The archetypal MBE frame uncompromisingly connects the business-actor’s individual-self to her primal collective-self in self-sustained abundance beyond the realm of scarcity-driven mind. As against the card-carrying MBO, the pioneering MBE paradigm sets the human-nature co-existence as the basis to realize abundance, the source-energy of all beings. For more than 75-years, Maslow’s theory of motivation has coerced human aspirations through the hierarchy of needs. The hitherto unfamiliar ethics–abundance prototype forged right at gemba, the live workplace, identifies the real goal of a business and guides the business-actors to carry through the slippery slopes of competing along the mundane speed–greed hierarchy and take firm strides to collaborative self-realization fending off the teetering course of self-actualization, the unstable maximal ambition of the scarcity-mind. The ethics–abundance theme of the book could not be more timely for businesses to ameliorate and reconstruct their growth strategies for a livable and sustainable future post the corona-times. The industrial and financial engineering duo has leveraged their respective business-turnaround and foot-on-the-gas-pedal backgrounds to thoroughly revamp the contemporary policy–goal deployment methodologies and make determined amendments to reconfigure several management processes in vogue including TQM, P-O-L-C, and the likes to deliver sustainable business results in a meaningfully restructured leadership–fellowship relationship dynamic replacing the scarcity-driven everyday mill with the natural rhythms of abundance.

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