Features a collection of articles from leading academics, NGOs, researchers and businesses across Europe that examine the key questions and issues in corporate responsibility including governance, practical reporting tools, the challenges facing business schools and integrating corporate responsibility into business practices.

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Contents (326 pages)

Published by Palgrave Macmillan

Edited by Andrew Kakabadse (Cranfield School of Management) and Mette Morsing (Copenhagen Business School)

Foreword by G. Lenssen

Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility: Reconciling Aspiration with Application; A.Kakabadse & M.Morsing

PART 1: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES

• A New Approach to CSR: Company Stakeholder Responsibility; R.E.Freeman & S.R.Velamuri
• In Defence of Corporate Social Responsibility; C.Marsden
  Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Integrated View; S.Thomsen
• Environment: Who is Responsible and How to Govern it?; N.K.Kakabadse & C.Rozuel

PART 2: REPORTING AND REGULATING

• What to Measure in the Twenty-First Century; L.Moir & M.Kennerley
• The Sustainability Perspective: A New Governance Model; A.Tencati & F.Perrini
• The Role of Governments in Fostering CSR; L.Albareda, T.Ysa, J.M.Lozano, H.Roscher
• The Global Reporting Initiative in Denmark: Emperor's New Clothes or Useful Reporting Tool?; J.S.Knudsen
• Social Construction as a Mode of Regulation: Reconstructing CSR in Denmark; E.Boxenbaum

PART 3: ACTIONS AND CHALLENGES

• Social Performance: Key Lessons from Recent Experiences within Shell; T.Fossgard-Moser
• Novo Nordisk A/S: Integrating Sustainability into Business Practice; M.Morsing & D.Oswald
• Creating a Corporate Responsibility Culture: The Approach of Unilever UK; T.Lingard

PART 4: QUESTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES

• From the Margins to the Mainstream: Corporate Responsibility and the Challenge Facing Business Schools; P.Lacy & C.Salazar
• CSR and Stakeholder Involvement: The Challenge of Organisational Integration; M.Morsing & S.Vallentin
• The Meanings of Social Entrepreneurship Today; J.Roper & G.Cheney
  From Corporate Responsibility to Good Governance and Scalable Solutions; S.Beloe, J.Elkington & J.Thorpe
• CSR in the Boardroom: Contribution of the Non Executive Director; A.Kakabadse, N.K.Kakabadse & R.Barratt
  

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