Responsibility and Governance

Description

This book examines various aspects of changes to business behavior through the lenses of the “twin pillars” of sustainability – responsibility and governance. It discusses whether the focus of corporate social responsibility has changed so much that we need to think about redefinitions of key concepts in the field, and analyses both the theory and practice in a variety of ways to enable conclusions to be drawn about the changes needed to any definitions. This approach is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network, which in its 15-year history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and relevant to business. This book consists of the best contributions from the 16th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and 7th Organisational Governance Conference held in Derby, United Kingdom in August/September 2017. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Responsibility and Governance: The Twin Pillars of Sustainability (David Crowther, Shahla Seifi, Tracey Wond)....Pages 1-13 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Walking Away from Omelas (David Crowther)....Pages 17-25 Blue Accounting: Looking for a New Standard (Rute Abreu, Fátima David, Luís Lima Santos, Liliane Segura, Henrique Formigoni)....Pages 27-43 The Concept of Business Legitimacy: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Governance as Essential Elements of Ethical Business Legitimacy (Jacob Dahl Rendtorff)....Pages 45-60 Three Important Words: Corporate Social Responsibility—How and Where to Say Them (Khosro S. Jahdi)....Pages 61-72 Evaluation for What Purpose? Findings From Two Stakeholder Groups (Tracey Wond)....Pages 73-86 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 The Sustainability of Post-crisis Management on Flooding Prevention (Linne Marie Lauesen)....Pages 89-112 The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Development of Sustainable Tourism (Ermelinda Oliveira)....Pages 113-133 Should We Expect Exemplary Integrated Reporting to Increase Organisational ESG Ratings? (Elaine Conway)....Pages 135-162 A Content Analysis of CSR Research in Hotel Industry, 2006–2017 (Abdul Moyeen, Shahnawaz Kamal, Mohammad Yousuf)....Pages 163-179 Front Matter ....Pages 181-181 Business Excellence Models and the Plight of Contract Workers (Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Denis Leonard)....Pages 183-195 Discovering New Traits of the European Buycotter (Matilde Schwalb-Helguero, Iñaki García-Arrizabalaga)....Pages 197-213 Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA) Research in the Public Sector: The Portuguese Case (Verónica Paula Lima Ribeiro, Sónia Maria da Silva Monteiro)....Pages 215-236 An Investigation into the Sustainable Actions of Micro- and Small Businesses (Stacey Marshall, Sarah Williams)....Pages 237-255