The New Corporate Accountability: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521142091 ISBN 13: 9780521142090

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

The adoption by companies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies is routinely characterised as voluntary. But if CSR is self-governance by business, it is self-governance that has received a firm push from external social and market forces, from forces of social accountability. Law is also playing a more significant role than the image of CSR suggests, and this legal accountability - the focus of the book - is set to increase. Legal intervention should not, however, be seen as making social accountability redundant. Wider ethical standards and social and market forces are also necessary to make legal regulation effective. Law is being brought into play in innovative and indirect ways. The initiative lies as much with private organizations as with the state. At the same time governments are using social and market forces to foster CSR. In the context of corporate social responsibility, a new, multi-faceted, corporate accountability is emerging.

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Recensione:

'... a heavyweight book, both literally and metaphorically ...' The RoSPA Occupational Safety and Health Journal

Descrizione del libro:

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is generally viewed as a voluntary initiative by business, but in reality CSR has been driven by NGO campaigns, growth in ethical consumption and investment and, increasingly, law. This book explores the 'new corporate accountability' these forces are creating.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521142091
• ISBN 13: 9780521142090
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 602
• Redattore: McBarnet Doreen