This book analyses various aspects of social responsibility, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. Rather than focusing narrowly on a single perspective, it investigates a number of problems and scenarios that can all be considered an aspect of one of these fields, and shows...

While it is generally accepted that both governance and corporate social responsibility are concerned with the way that an organisation manages its relations with its stakeholders, the actual relationships are not simple. The stakeholders who are considered to be dominant and most powerful can...

Although much consideration has been given to the relationship between a corporation and its stakeholders, less attention has been given as to who those stakeholders might consist of. Nevertheless in this globalised world the effects of the actions of a corporation can been seen to extend far...

It can be argued that Corporate Social Responsibility has been universally accepted and is gradually being incorporated into the planning and activities of all organisations around the world. The subject of CSR has been debated and theorized over the last 25 years, to such an extent that we can...

1. Introduction : why sustainability matters -- 2. Defining sustainability -- 3. Managing risk -- 4. Governance and sustainable performance -- 5. Implications of the size and sector of a firm -- 6. Satisfying stakeholders : distributing effects -- 7. External verification : audit and rating...

This book re-examines the relationships between stakeholders, governance and corporate social responsibility. It address different aspects of these relationships from a wide international and interdisciplinary perspective.