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Practising CSR in the Middle East

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Includes original case studies and examples from the Middle East
  • Reviews current debate and frameworks for CSR in the region
  • Provides a geographical focus on the Middle East, with wider implications for CSR on an international platform

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Belaid Rettab, Kamel Mellahi
    Pages 1-7
  3. CSR in the Middle East: Theoretical, Conceptual, and Empirical Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Corporate Social Responsibility: An Outline of Key Concepts, Trends, and Theories

      • JÄ™drzej George Frynas, Camila Yamahaki
      Pages 11-37
    3. CSR in the Middle East: From Philanthropy to Modern CSR

      • Kamel Mellahi, Belaid Rettab
      Pages 39-51
    4. CSR Logics in the Middle East

      • Dima Jamali, Mohamad Hossary
      Pages 53-80
  4. CSR Practices in the Middle East

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. SWFs and Corporate Social Responsibility

      • Christine Bischoff, Geoff Wood
      Pages 83-99
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 205-211

About this book

Edited by two renowned specialists in CSR in the Middle East, this book features contributions from leading CSR scholars in the region. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the most pertinent issues within the subject area, and also includes a number of real life case studies addressing emerging and timely CSR topics facing organizations in the Middle East. The book is intended for researchers and students of CSR, providing a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, best practices and current debates focused upon the Middle East.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Economic Research and Sustainable Business Development, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Belaid Rettab

  • Centre for Responsible Business, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Kamel Mellahi

About the editors

Belaid Rettab is the Chief Economist & Senior Director for Economic Research & Sustainable Business Development at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has written several reports on CSR in the Middle East and published widely in scholarly journals. Before moving to the UAE, he was a Lecturer in micro-economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Economic Research Manager at EIM, the Netherlands. He also served for many years as an International Consultant for the European Union, UN, the World Bank and several national governments. He is member of The International Chamber of Commerce‘s Commissions on Economic Policy, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption.

Kamel Mellahi is a Senior Manager at the Centre of Responsible Business at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has published extensively on CSR and management in the Middle East. He has published 8 books and over 100 scholarly articles. A former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Reviews, he is currently an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management and Senior Editor for Strategy and the Environment at the Journal of World Business.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practising CSR in the Middle East

  • Editors: Belaid Rettab, Kamel Mellahi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02044-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02043-9Published: 16 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02044-6Published: 07 January 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 211

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Corporate Social Responsibility, International Business

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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