Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance: Theory and Practice (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)

This book deals with the role of international standards for corporate governance in the context of corporate social responsibility. Based on the fundamentals of moral theory, the book examines governance and CSR in general, addressing questions such as: Is ℓ́ℓgood governanceℓ́ℓ not affected by moral concerns? How do the principles and practices of CSR standards adhere to or conflict with insights from business ethics and moral theory? To what extent do the standards and governance models provide normative guidance? Do the standards and governance guidelines provide an adequate means of benchmarking and auditing? Are these standards a help or a hindrance to stakeholder engagement and transparency? The book provides insightful and thought-provoking answers to these and many other important questions concerning CSR standards, and offers a valuable resource for practitioners, academics and students at business schools and other institutions Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Relationships Between CSR, Good Governance and Accountability in the Economy of Communion (EoC) Enterprises....Pages 3-38 Legitimizing Corporate Social Responsibility Governance....Pages 39-61 Maintaining the CSR-Identity of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Firms....Pages 63-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 The Lure of Corporate Virtue....Pages 91-102 Social Audits and Global Clothing Supply Chains: Some Observations....Pages 103-116 Employee Volunteering as an Element of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Evidence from Polish Listed Companies....Pages 117-141 Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries: Bringers of Working Standards or Modern Slaveholders....Pages 143-158 CSR Standards and Corporate Ethical Virtues: A Normative Inquiry into the Way Corporations Integrate Stakeholder Expectations....Pages 159-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Is It Time for Integrated Reporting in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises? Reflections on an Italian Experience....Pages 183-209 CSR Reporting Seen from an Ethical Perspective: An Empirical Investigation....Pages 211-225 Development of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks: The Case of Australia....Pages 227-239 An Evaluation Framework for CSR Reporting....Pages 241-252 Front Matter....Pages 253-253 Shareholder Rights and Zero-Sum CSR: Strategies for Reconciliation....Pages 255-267 The Importance of Phronesis to Corporate Social Responsibility....Pages 269-286 Talking Global Justice: The Importance of Critical Social Theory in the African Business Paradigm....Pages 287-302 Liberal CSR and New Marxist Criticism....Pages 303-316 Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Union: An Assessment of CSR Strategy....Pages 317-336 Back Matter....Pages 337-343 This book deals with the role of international standards for corporate governance in the context of corporate social responsibility. Based on the fundamentals of moral theory, the book examines governance and CSR in general, addressing questions such as: Is ĺlgood governanceĺl not affected by moral concerns? How do the principles and practices of CSR standards adhere to or conflict with insights from business ethics and moral theory? To what extent do the standards and governance models provide normative guidance? Do the standards and governance guidelines provide an adequate means of benchmarking and auditing? Are these standards a help or a hindrance to stakeholder engagement and transparency? The book provides insightful and thought-provoking answers to these and many other important questions concerning CSR standards, and offers a valuable resource for practitioners, academics and students at business schools and other institutions