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Corporate Social Responsibility

Reconciling Aspiration with Application

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Editors:
  1. Andrew Kakabadse

    1. Cranfield University School of Management, UK

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  2. Mette Morsing

    1. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility — Reconciling Aspiration with Application

    1. Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility — Reconciling Aspiration with Application

      • Andrew Kakabadse, Mette Morsing
      Pages 1-6

  3. Theories and Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. A New Approach to CSR: Company Stakeholder Responsibility

      • R. Edward Freeman, S. Ramakrishna Velamuri
      Pages 9-23

    3. In Defence of Corporate Responsibility

      • Chris Marsden
      Pages 24-39

    4. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

      • Steen Thomsen
      Pages 40-54

    5. Environment: Who is Responsible and How to Govern it?

      • Nada K. Kakabadse, Cécile Rozuel, Andrew Kakabadse
      Pages 55-78

  4. Reporting and Regulating

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. What to Measure in the Twenty-first Century?

      • Lance Moir, Mike Kennerley
      Pages 81-93

    3. The Sustainability Perspective: a New Governance Model

      • Antonio Tencati, Francesco Perrini
      Pages 94-111

    4. The Role of Governments in Fostering CSR

      • Laura Albareda, Tamyko Ysa, Josep M. Lozano, Heike Roscher
      Pages 112-128

    5. The Global Reporting Initiative in Denmark: Emperor’s New Clothes or Useful Reporting Tool?

      • Jette Steen Knudsen
      Pages 129-139

    6. Social Construction as a Mode of Regulation: Reconstructing CSR in Denmark

      • Eva Boxenbaum
      Pages 140-152

  5. Actions and Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Social Performance: Key Lessons from Recent Experiences within Shell

      • Titus Fossgard-Moser
      Pages 155-182

    3. Novo Nordisk A/S: Integrating Sustainability into Business Practice

      • Mette Morsing, Dennis Oswald
      Pages 183-216

    4. Creating a Corporate Responsibility Culture: the Approach of Unilever UK

      • Thomas Lingard
      Pages 217-230

  6. Questions and Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. From the Margins to the Mainstream: Corporate Responsibility and the Challenge Facing Business and Business Schools

      • Peter Lacy, Charlotte Salazar
      Pages 233-244

    3. CSR and Stakeholder Involvement: the Challenge of Organisational Integration

      • Mette Morsing, Steen Vallentin
      Pages 245-254
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About this book

This unique collection of international papers integrates CSR theory, research and practice. The book examines the challenges of regulating and reporting CSR application, exploring issues concerning all agencies involved. Recommendations for performance enhancement are complimented by insightful enterprise and case studies on CSR sustainability.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cranfield University School of Management, UK

    Andrew Kakabadse

  • Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

    Mette Morsing

About the editors

LAURA ALBAREDA ESADE: Institute of Public Management, Spain RUTH BARRATT Doctoral Candidate, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK SEB BELOE Director of Research and Advocacy, SustainAbility, UK EVA BOXENBAUM Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagan Business School, Denmark GEORGE CHENEY Professor of Communication, University of Utah, USA JOHN ELKINGTON Co-founder and Chair, SustainAbility, UK TITUS FOSSGARD-MOSER Social Performance Management Unit, Shell International, UK R.EDWARD FREEMAN The Darden School, University of Virginia, USA NADA K. KAKABADSE Professor of Management and Business Research, Northampton Business School, University College Northampton, UK MIKE KENNERLEY Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK JETTE STEEN KNUDSEN Director, The Copenhagen Centre, Denmark PETER LACY Executive Director, The European Academy of Business in Society, Belgium THOMAS LINGARD Corporate Responsibility Manager, Unilever, UK JOSEP MA. LOZANO ESADE: Institute of Public Management, Spain CHRIS MARSDEN Chair of Amnesty International Business Group, UK LANCE MOIR Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK DENNIS OSWALD Assistant Professor of Accounting, London Business School, UK FRANCESCO PERRINI Associate Professor of Management and Innovation, G. Pivato Management Department, Bocconi University, Italy HEIKE ROSCHER ESADE: Institute of Public Management, Spain JULIET ROPER Associate Professor of Management Communication, The University of Waikato, New Zealand CÉCILE ROZUEL Postgraduate Researcher, Northampton Business School, University College Northampton, UK CHARLOTTE SALAZAR Membership Manager, The European Academy of Business in Society, Belgium ANTONIO TENCATI Assistant Professor of Business Management, G. Pivato Management Department, Bocconi University, Italy STEEN THOMSEN Professor, Centre for Corporate Governance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark JODIE THORPE Head of Gearing Up Project, SustainAbility, UK S.RAMAKRISHNA VELAMURI IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain STEEN VALLENTIN Copenhagan Business School, Denmark TAMYKO YSA ESADE: Institute of Public Management, Spain.

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