Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development : Is Business the Solution?

ISBN-13: 9781844076109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 243 str.

Michael Hopkins

Opis

Presenting ideas for how business can lead the way in deriving the good from globalisation, this book makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under the umbrella of the United Nations, have failed in their attempts to rid the planet of underdevelopment and poverty.

Spis treści

Can CSR Pave the Way for Development? * What is CSR all About and Where is it Going? * Corporate CSR Development Case Studies: Failures and Success * Failures of Development: A Global View * Corporations Should Abandon Philanthropy and Concentrate on CSR * A Critique of CSR and Development * CSR and Poverty * Supply Chain Issues * CSR in developing countries * Limitations of International Agencies * Socially Responsible Investment in Developing Countries * Main Actions for Companies Involved in Development * Index

O autorze

MICHAEL HOPKINS is CEO of MHC International Ltd (London and Geneva), a research and service company that specializes in social development issues for the public and private sector. He is also Professor of Corporate and Social Research at Middlesex University Business School, UK, Visiting Professor at Brunel University, UK and author of The Planetary Bargain (2003, Earthscan).