The Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility

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While the concept and domain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not new―its beginnings can be tracked back to the 1960s―its scope, urgency, and relevance have shifted dramatically in recent years. CEO responses show that the majority of business leaders understand that they operate in an environment of contested values and that stakeholders expect companies to do better and more. However, many corporate incentive systems are not in sync with societal norms and expectations. Moreover, "grand challenges" such as climate change and global pandemics and growing interconnectedness shed light on the fault lines of value creation through complex supply chain systems, exposing unacceptable working conditions, modern slavery, and the environmental consequences of highly distributed production at any cost. As a consequence, corporate social responsibility has become a widely accepted common denominator of the role and responsibilities of business in society, ranging from core functions such as health, safety, and environment standards, to governance and recognition of stakeholders, supply chain design, and corporations’ stand on climate change and its responsibility to future generations. This volume assembles state-of-the-art scholarship from leading scholars in the field and enables a "full range view" of CSR, from its roots, normative foundations, and institutional perspectives to matters of stakeholding, the global value chain, social innovation, and future directions. The Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility represents a prestige reference work providing an overview of the subject area of CSR for academics, researchers, postgraduate students, as well as reflective practitioners. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Acronyms Contributors Chapter 1 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Bringing Society Back In Part 1 History and Theory of CSR Chapter 2 Corporate Social Responsibility: A Chronicle and Review of Concept Development and Refinements Chapter 3 Evolution of the Business and Society Field: From a Functionalist to a Supra-functionalist Orientation Chapter 4 CSR Discovery Leadership: A Multilevel Framework in Historical Context Chapter 5 A Theory of Business Part 2 Normative Foundations of CSR Chapter 6 CSR and Corporate Character Chapter 7 CSR and Virtue Ethics: The Common Good of Firms, Markets, and Civil Society Chapter 8 Spirituality and CSR Chapter 9 Catholic Social Teaching on the Social Responsibility of Business Chapter 10 Ontological Foundations of Managerial Responsibility Part 3 Political CSR and Institutional Perspectives Chapter 11 Transnational Power and Translocal Governance: The Politics of Corporate Responsibility Chapter 12 Global Governance: CSR and the Role of the UN Global Compact Chapter 13 From Explanation to Outcome: The Use of Institutional Theory in Corporate Responsibility Research Chapter 14 Strategic CSR: A New Definition and New Frontiers Chapter 15 Mind the Gap: Shell’s Political CSR Agenda and Challenges in Nigeria Part 4 CSR, Stakeholding, and Partnering Chapter 16 A New Approach to CSR: Company Stakeholder Responsibility Chapter 17 Inclusive Business: A Private-Sector Approach to Poverty Alleviation in Developing Economies Chapter 18 In Pursuit of Dignity and Social Justice: Changing Lives Through 100 Percent Inclusion—An Example of Responsible Leadership and Sustainable Rural Development Chapter 19 Transparency and Accountability in Natural Resource Governance: A Case Study of Oil and Gas in Ghana Part 5 CSR and the Global Value Chain Chapter 20 Integrated Management: Operations at the Crossroads of Innovation, Sustainability, and the Built Environment Chapter 21 Modern Slavery in Supply Chains Chapter 22 Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Why Have We Missed Out on Animal Welfare? Part 6 CSR and Social Innovation Chapter 23 Corporate Social Innovation: The Next Stage of CSR Chapter 24 Social Entrepreneurship in Japan Chapter 25 Challenges and Opportunities in Using Social Media to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility Part 7 Critical CSR and Future Directions Chapter 26 Toward Future Directions for Critical CSR: Beyond Framing CSR as Strategic, Political, or Utopian Chapter 27 Travelled Roads and Novel Vistas: Taking Stock of Empirical Studies into Tensions in Business Sustainability Chapter 28 Are B Corps Really the Answer?: Addressing the Market Versus Social Logic Problem Through a Regenerative System of Good Dividends Index