Building New Bridges Between Business and Society: Recent Research and New Cases in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance

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This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between business and society by addressing key issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, ethics and governance. Thanks to the different visions and perspectives offered by a global group of authors with a broad range of expertise, the book offers a full spectrum of theoretical and practical approaches. Further, it combines the latest theoretical thinking with reviews of frameworks, cases and best practices from various industries and nations. In particular, the book offers a historical perspective on the origins of CSR and discusses CSR in relation to sustainability and management, with a special focus on CSR in Asia. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Entrepreneurship’s Relationship to CSR (Stephen R. C. Hicks)....Pages 3-11 In the Pursuit of Building the Foundation for Sustainability (Nayan Mitra)....Pages 13-23 Risky Business? On the Interplay Between Social, Actuarial and Political Risks and Licences (Martin Brueckner, Sara Bice, Christof Pforr)....Pages 25-49 Front Matter ....Pages 51-51 Sustainable Logistics: A Framework for Green Logistics and City Logistics (Carsten Deckert)....Pages 53-70 Sustainable Assortment Policy: Possibilities of Differentiation and Profiling for the Food Sector (Christoph Willers, Victoria Aydin)....Pages 71-81 The Importance of Gold in the Financial Report (Rute Abreu, Carlos Pinho)....Pages 83-95 Front Matter ....Pages 97-97 Sustainable Hospitality Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Island Destinations—Lessons from the British Virgin Islands (Bonnie Lewtas)....Pages 99-118 Accounting for Sustainability: The Case Study of Petrobras (Rute Abreu, Fátima David, Liliane Segura, Henrique Formigoni, Flávio Mantovani)....Pages 119-134 Mineral Supply Chain Transparency: Soft and Hard Laws on Supply Chains Due Diligence and the Rise of Public-Private Partnerships (Fabiana Di Lorenzo)....Pages 135-144 CSR, Innovation and Human Resource Management: The Renaissance of Olivetti’s Humanistic Management in Loccioni Group, Italy (Mara Del Baldo)....Pages 145-167 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 Does Foreign Ownership Enhance the Corporate Social Performance of Japanese Firms? (Megumi Suto, Hitoshi Takehara)....Pages 171-189 Impacting Factors of Triple Performance of Farmer’s Professional Cooperatives in China: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province (Hualiang Lu, Dongqin Wang, Mengya Wang)....Pages 191-207 Integrative Model in Mitigating the Impact of International Labor Migration on Family Left Behind: Case Study in Indramayu District, Indonesia (Lina Widyastuti)....Pages 209-217 CSR in the Context of Transition Economy: An Evaluation of Enterprises CSR Practices in China (Bing Zhu, Andre Habisch)....Pages 219-234 Women Symbolism in Marketing: Are the Human Rights Legit? (Debarati Das Gupta, Aruna Das Gupta)....Pages 235-241 Back Matter ....Pages 243-251