Values and Stakeholders in an Era of Social Responsibility : Cut-Throat Competition?

"Assuming a pro-business viewpoint, this book criticizes sustainability and responsibility as it appears in the reports of corporations. It launches an appeal to the representatives of SMEs around the world to make accountability happen in government organizations and monopolies."--Publisher description Starting with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and analyzing what it is, what it is not, and what he'd like it to be, Paolo D'Anselmi extends CSR to all organizations in the economy (private and public) and develops the concept of 'accounting for work' as a duty for everybody within society. Critical of sustainability and responsibility as it appears in the CSR reports of corporations, he analyses these reports presenting them as cases in capsule form to help demonstrate that responsibility is for all organizations and how being subject to competition is a key driver of accountability. Building on this analysis, the author presents a solution that is more relevant to business in the form of a process framework formed of four values: unknown stakeholder, disclosure, implementation and micro-ethics

Assuming a pro-business viewpoint, this book criticizes sustainability and responsibility as it appears in the reports of corporations. It launches an appeal to the representatives of SMEs around the world to make accountability happen in government organizations and monopolies.