Corporation, be Good!

Corporation, be Good!
Author: William C. Frederick
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1598581031

Here is the story of Corporate Social Responsibility---what it means, where it came from, where it is going, what it requires of business. Told in an eyewitness, I-was-there style by a pioneer of the study of CSR in the nation's business schools, it takes the reader through a half century of corporate scandals and fierce struggles over corporate ethics---from Ralph Nader's 1960s Campaign GM to today's white collar crimes at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and other Wall Street giants. It lays bare the values that drive corporate culture, explores the motivational depths of corporate strategy and policy, demonstrates how biological impulses can lead business decision makers astray, questions the relevance and ethical commitment of business school education, reveals the spiritual side of management life, and holds out hope that the New Millennium will see improvement in the ethical performance of business. William C. Frederick is one of the founders of the study of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States and initiated some of the key concepts and analytic categories. His books include Business and Society, Social Auditing, and Values, Nature, and Culture in the American Corporation. He was president of The Society for Business Ethics and The Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics, and chaired the Social Issues in Management division of The Academy of Management. He conducted studies of management education in Spain, Italy, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Australia, and designed and taught programs for executives in U. S. corporations. He was dean of the business schools at the University of Kansas City and the University of Pittsburgh. He received a PhD in economics and anthropology from the University of Texas. Corporation, Be Good draws on the author's half-century of thinking about the social and ethical responsibilities of the modern corporation.

Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility

Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Samuel O Idowu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2008-12-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3540688153

Being socially responsible on the part of corporate entities is now no longer an option, it is part of their normal business obligations to all their stakeholders regardless of whether these are primary or secondary stakeholders. Modern societies around the world now expect corporate entities of all shapes and forms to be socially responsible in whatever they do; the “Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility” is a first attempt at bringing together in one book experts' accounts of how corporate entities in twenty independent nations around the world are dealing with the issue of CSR. The world today faces diverse social problems. These become apparent as one moves from one country to the next, interestingly, society now expects corporations to help in finding solutions to these problems. The problem of global warming affects us all; modern corporations can no longer continue to assume that the problem will go away, if nothing is done by them. We can all make a little difference by our actions.

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility
Author: Archie B. Carroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107020948

This landmark history of corporate responsibility documents corporate power and business behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century to the modern day. It shows how corporate responsibility has evolved, with the roles, responsibilities and performance of corporations coming increasingly under the spotlight as new norms of transparency and accountability emerge.

Business and its connection to society

Business and its connection to society
Author: Difrine Madara
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2020-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3346103765

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: A, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: The view that businesses exists for the good of the society has come under massive scrutiny in recent years. Argument that as long as businesses act legally and ethically they should not concern themselves with the larger social goals is now being challenged world over (Fernando, 2010). As a result, businesses have been forced to be more conscious of their environment and sustainability of their products and processes. Businesses must now look deep into the possible adverse impacts of their operations in the society and consumers. According to John Browne, to divert anger and suspicions that they have created, businesses must reconnect with the society radically (Grant and Miller, 2018). Looking at the case of many multinational corporations such as Nike, Inc, it is clear that there are numerous ethical and social responsibility concerns that businesses grapple that make them bad members of the society. In this regard, the author examines ethical and social responsibility concerns at Nike and other corporations with an aim of determining the best ways through which a business can connect with the society.

Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance

Corporate Ethics and Corporate Governance
Author: Walther C. Zimmerli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2007-06-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540708189

This book represents an introduction to and overview of the diverse facets of the ethical challenges confronting companies today. It introduces executives, students and interested observers to the complex trends and developments in business ethics. Coverage presents industry-specific topics in ethics. The book also provides a general, interdisciplinary survey of the ethical dimensions of management and business.