Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: Integrity Within

ISBN-13: 9781107007208 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 274 str.

Christine A Hemingway

Opis

Business ethics teaching appears to have had little impact, particularly in the light of continued malpractice and misdemeanour in the form of financial scandals, environmental disasters and adverse consequences for communities. This timely book directly addresses a central question: is it that the existence of an ethical or an unethical climate influences behaviour, or, does the presence or absence of a moral character and personal values have the greatest influence on behaviour at work? Drawing on an empirically derived study and over thirty years of experience in both the public and private sectors, Hemingway proposes four modes of individual moral commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability: the Active Corporate Social Entrepreneur, the Concealed Corporate Social Entrepreneur, the Conformist and the Disassociated. Hemingway posits that the Conformists represent the majority of people in organisations, adhering to the prevailing ethical climate, whatever that might be. However, it is the discovery of the corporate social entrepreneur which offers students and scholars a critical, alternative and optimistic perspective for the future of ethical business.

Recenzje

'Finally someone tells us that the artificial divide between CSR and ethics is just a big hoax. Dr Hemingway does so by exposing the reader to a challenging question: is a company 'good' because it is run by 'good' people? If you study, research or practice CSR - this is the book to read right now.' Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, York University

Spis treści

Foreword Jeremy Moon; Preface; Introducing corporate social responsibility; Part I. Values and Corporate Social Responsibility: 1. Structural drivers of corporate social responsibility; 2. Agential drivers of corporate social responsibility; 3. Moral agency and discretion: duty or disengagement?; Part II. Personal Values and Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: 4. The relationship between personal values and behaviour; 5. The corporate social entrepreneur; 6. Integrity and the moral character; Part III. Modes of Moral Commitment to CSR: 7. Investigating corporate social entrepreneurship; 8. The active corporate social entrepreneur; 9. The concealed corporate social entrepreneur; 10. The conformist; 11. The disassociated; Part IV. Developing a Socially Responsible Organisational Culture: 12. Conclusion: ad-hoc CSR cannot be sustainable; 13. Leveraging integrity within: some brief, practical steps; Appendix: Rokeach Values Survey; Index.