About the Book

Introducing the key concepts in corporate social responsibility, the authors bring together the essential issues relevant to the responsible management of businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government.

With detailed coverage and cross-referencing for each concept and over 50 concepts introduced, this guide to both the theory and implementation of CSR and sustainability, provides an indispensable reference for any student of the subject.

Key concepts include: accountability; business ethics; corporate citizenship; corporate environmental reporting; definitions of CSR; ethical consumerism; human rights; NGOs; risk management; stakeholder theory and sustainable development.

Contents

Agency Theory   

Business at the Bottom of the Pyramid   

Business Case for CSR   

Business Ethics   

Business Networks   

Civil Society   

Codes of Conduct   

Community Relations   

Complexity Theory   

Corporate Accountability   

Corporate Citizenship   

Corporate Responsibility Reporting   

Corporate Social Responsibility   

Corporate Sustainability   

Corporate Sustainability Strategies   

Eco-Efficiency   

Employee Engagement   

Employee Health and Safety   

Environmental Discourses   

Environmental Policy Tools   

Ethical Consumerism   

Fair Trade   

Globalization   

Governance   

Green Marketing   

Greenwash   

Human Rights  

 Intergenerational Equity  

 Intragenerational Equity   

NGOs   

Performance Evaluation and Measurement   

Philanthropy   

Pollution and Waste Management   

Post-Colonialism  

 Product Stewardship   

Resource-Based View   

Responsible Leadership   

Risk Management   

Social and Societal Marketing   

Social Capital   

Social Entrepreneurship   

Social Partnerships   

Socially Responsible Investment   

Stakeholder Theory   

Stewardship   

Sustainable Development   

Sweatshops   

Systems Approaches   

Triple Bottom Line   

Voluntary Regulation

About the Author / Editor

Suzanne Benn - University of Technology, Australia

Dianne Bolton - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia