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The True Value of CSR

Corporate Identity and Stakeholder Perceptions

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  • © 2015

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  1. Barbara Fryzel

    1. Jagiellonian University, Poland

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Meaning of Responsibility in Organizations: Some Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. CSR: What Does It Mean?

      • Rafael Alvira
      Pages 3-14

    3. Corporate Social Responsibility: Some Clarifications and Questions

      • Leszek Balcerowicz
      Pages 15-28

    4. CSR: Between Management Strategy and a New Paradigm of Thought

      • Janina Filek
      Pages 29-48

    5. The Stakeholder Organization Theory and its Systemic Foundation Revisited

      • Wojciech W. Gasparski
      Pages 49-62

  3. A Market for CSR: Forming Identities and Behaviours

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Identity, Responsibility and Corporate Personhood

      • Paul Griseri
      Pages 65-82

    3. Dimensions of CSR Identity

      • Nina Seppala, Barbara Fryzel
      Pages 83-104

    4. The Social Construction of CSR’s Identity in Management Consulting

      • Stephanos Avakian
      Pages 105-128

    5. The Relationship between CSR Communication and Corporate Reputation in the Credit Lending Process: A Qualitative Study Based on Italian Banks

      • Rita Lamboglia, Giuseppe D’Onza
      Pages 129-146

  4. Capitalist Economy and CSR: Contradictions and Inconsistencies?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Fraud, Corruption and CSR: Hands-on Account of a Fraud Investigator

      • Mariusz Witalis
      Pages 149-162

    3. Corporate Social Responsibility, Inequality and Corporate Governance

      • Peter Abell, Ofer Engel, Henry P. Wynn
      Pages 163-174

    4. Actions Speak Louder than Words: Competitive Conduct vs. CSR Policy

      • A. Vindelyn Smith-Hillman
      Pages 175-193

    5. The Capitalist Economy and CSR: Contradictions and Inconsistencies: From CSR to Business in Development

      • Peter Davis
      Pages 194-210

    6. Regulatory Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability

      • László Fekete
      Pages 211-230

    7. The Dichotomy of Values vs. Rules in Anti-Corruption Law

      • Jean-Pierre Méan
      Pages 231-244

  5. Responsible Business and Behavioural Patterns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Business and Society: Collective and Individual Corporate Social Responsibility

      • Richard Pettinger
      Pages 247-263
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By considering the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a business paradigm but also as a growing scepticism about it's outcomes, The True Value of CSR answers questions about true value behind this concept, motivations of firms embedding CSR in their core strategies and a capacity of CSR to make a real difference on the market.

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  • Jagiellonian University, Poland

    Barbara Fryzel

About the editor

Barbara Fryzel is Associate Professor of Management at the Jagiellonian University, Poland, and an economist. She was an Honorary Research Fellow at the University College London in 2006-2008 and is a laureate of the fellowship program of the Foundation for Polish Science. She is also a management practitioner, working previously with British Petroleum, Royal Ahold and CBRE.

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