Vertigans / Idowu Corporate Social Responsibility

Academic Insights and Impacts
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-35083-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten

Reihe: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance

This work collects the most important results presented at the Congress on Differential Equations and Applications/Congress on Applied Mathematics (CEDYA/CMA) in Cádiz (Spain) in 2015. It supports further research in differential equations, numerical analysis, mechanics, control and optimization. In particular, it helps readers gain an overview of specific problems of interest in the current mathematical research related to different branches of applied mathematics. This includes the analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, exact solutions techniques for ordinary differential equations, numerical analysis and numerical simulation of some models arising in experimental sciences and engineering, control and optimization, and also trending topics on numerical linear Algebra, dynamical systems, and applied mathematics for Industry.
This volume is mainly addressed to any researcher interested in the applications of mathematics, especially in any subject mentioned above. It may be also useful to PhD students in applied mathematics, engineering or experimental sciences. 

Stephen Vertigans is Head of School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. His research interests include Corporate Social Responsibility in the energy sector, with particular attention placed upon social impacts in Africa. To this end he has visited numerous African countries to help build capacity and to investigate how CSR approaches can help overcome deep rooted social problems and political tensions. Stephen was instrumental in the introduction of a MSc programme looking at CSR and Energy. He has published widely across a range of fields including Corporate Social Responsibility, African studies and forms of political violence.Samuel O. Idowu is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility at the London Guildhall Faculty of Business & Law, London Metropolitan University, UK. He researches in the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporate Governance, Business Ethics and Accounting and has published in both professional and academic journals since 1989. He is a freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Samuel is a Vice President of the Global Corporate Governance Institute. He has led several edited books in CSR and is the Editor-in-Chief of two Springer's reference books - the Encyclopaedia of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also a Series Editor for Springer's books on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. One of his edited books was ranked 18th in the 2010 Top 40 Sustainability Books by, Cambridge University, Sustainability Leadership Programme. Samuel is a member of the Committee of the Corporate Governance Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management (BAM). He is on the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Business Administration, Canada and Amfiteatru Economic Journal, Romania. Samuel has delivered a number of Keynote Speeches at national and international conferences and workshops on CSR and has on two occasions 2008 and 2014 won Emerald's Highly Commended Literati Network Awards for Excellence. To date, Samuel has edited several books in the field of CSR, Sustainability and Governance and has written four forewords to books. Samuel has served as an external examiner to the following UK Universities - Sunderland, Ulster, Anglia Ruskin and Plymouth. He is currently an external examiner at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and Teesside University, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Hallam University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vertigans, Stephen

Idowu, Samuel O.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Preface;8
3;Academic Insights and Impacts of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Introduction;10
4;Acknowledgements;16
5;Contents;18
6;About the Editors;20
7;List of Contributors;22
8;Part I: Practical Corporate Social Responsibility;29
8.1;Chapter 1: Imagined Communities Incorporated: Corporate Social Responsibility and Value Creation in a Globalised World;30
8.1.1;1.1 Introduction: An Outsider Looking In;31
8.1.2;1.2 Corporate Social Responsibility: Good Business, Doing Good or a Power Play?;32
8.1.3;1.3 Imagined Communities Inc.;34
8.1.4;1.4 Corporate Communications: Print Media and Beyond;36
8.1.5;1.5 Back to the Beginning: The Corporate Appropriation and Reinvention of the Past;39
8.1.6;1.6 A Genealogy of Corporate Belonging;42
8.1.7;1.7 Mapping the Moral Terrain;44
8.1.8;1.8 Conclusions;45
8.1.9;References;47
8.2;Chapter 2: Financial Capabilities and Poverty Alleviation: The Role of Responsible Financial Decisions;50
8.2.1;2.1 Introduction;51
8.2.2;2.2 Socio-Economic Transformation and Financial Capabilities;54
8.2.3;2.3 Financial Capabilities and Financial Decision Making: The Role of Adaptive Heuristics;56
8.2.4;2.4 Institutional Approach to Building Responsible Financial Decisions;60
8.2.5;2.5 Heuristic-Driven Economic Socialization;62
8.2.6;2.6 Heuristics Driven Financial Education;63
8.2.7;2.7 Heuristic-Driven Financial Product Design;64
8.2.8;2.8 Conclusion;65
8.2.9;References;67
8.3;Chapter 3: From Weak to Strong CSR: The Contribution of New Categories in the Account(ing) Ability of EoC Industrial Parks;72
8.3.1;3.1 Introduction;72
8.3.2;3.2 The Theoretical Framework of the Economy of Communion and EoC Enterprises;74
8.3.3;3.3 The Governance of EoC Companies;77
8.3.4;3.4 The Accountability of Communion;79
8.3.5;3.5 The EoC Industrial Poles: A ``New´´ Type of Network;83
8.3.6;3.6 The Italian Industrial Park: The Lionello Bonfanti Pole in Incisa Val d´Arno (Florence);85
8.3.7;3.7 Conclusions;88
8.3.8;References;89
8.4;Chapter 4: Public Interests and Corporate Obligations: The Challenge from Consequentialism;93
8.4.1;4.1 Introduction;93
8.4.2;4.2 Setting the Scene: Stakeholders and Non-Stakeholders;95
8.4.3;4.3 The Proper Valuing of Relationships Argument;96
8.4.3.1;4.3.1 The Objection from Contractarianism;97
8.4.3.2;4.3.2 The Objection from Consequentialism;99
8.4.4;4.4 The Different Moral Levels Argument;101
8.4.5;4.5 Consequentialism and the Stakeholder Approach to CSR;104
8.4.6;4.6 Conclusion;106
8.4.7;References;107
8.5;Chapter 5: Agribusiness CSR Practices on the Establishment of Underdeveloped Supply Chains: Evidence from Tanzania;109
8.5.1;5.1 Introduction;109
8.5.2;5.2 Transaction Cost Economic Theory;111
8.5.3;5.3 CSR and Food Value Chain in Africa;114
8.5.4;5.4 Methodology;115
8.5.5;5.5 Findings;117
8.5.5.1;5.5.1 Products Availability;117
8.5.5.2;5.5.2 Market Linkage;117
8.5.5.3;5.5.3 Product Safety and Standards;118
8.5.6;5.6 Economic Responsibility;119
8.5.6.1;5.6.1 Building Capacity of Suppliers;120
8.5.7;5.7 Discussion and Policy Implications;121
8.5.7.1;5.7.1 Policy Implications;122
8.5.8;References;122
9;Part II: Sociological Corporate Social Responsibility;127
9.1;Chapter 6: A Sociological Approach to the Problem of Competing CSR Agendas;128
9.1.1;6.1 Introduction;129
9.1.2;6.2 Sociological Contributions to Understanding CSR;130
9.1.3;6.3 The Problem of Competing Agendas of Responsibility;131
9.1.3.1;6.3.1 Researching the Terrain of the Struggle;132
9.1.4;6.4 A Categorisation of CSR Agendas;133
9.1.4.1;6.4.1 Political;134
9.1.4.2;6.4.2 Corporate;136
9.1.4.3;6.4.3 Professional;137
9.1.4.4;6.4.4 Activist;139
9.1.5;6.5 A Sociological Analysis of CSR Contestation;140
9.1.6;6.6 Conclusion;141
9.1.7;References;142
9.2;Chapter 7: New Directions for Corporate Social Responsibility and Health?;144
9.2.1;7.1 Introduction;144
9.2.2;7.2 Models of Health: Why Health Is More than Behaviours, Biology and Biomedicine;146
9.2.3;7.3 Health as Social in Corporate Social Responsibility;150
9.2.3.1;7.3.1 External CSR and Community Health;150
9.2.3.2;7.3.2 Internal CSR and Workplace Health;152
9.2.4;7.4 Conclusion;158
9.2.5;References;159
9.3;Chapter 8: Business and Social Peace Processes: How Can Insights from Post-conflict Studies Help CSR to Address Peace and Reco...;162
9.3.1;8.1 Introduction;162
9.3.2;8.2 The Changing Context of Business Engagement in (Post-)conflict Zones;165
9.3.3;8.3 `Business for Peace and `Peace Through Commerce´: The Rise of an Agenda and Its Limitations;166
9.3.4;8.4 What Is Peace? Introducing the Concept of Social Peace Processes;170
9.3.5;8.5 How Can Companies´ CSR Strategies Contribute Towards Peace and Social Reconstruction in Post-conflict Settings?;171
9.3.6;8.6 Conclusions;175
9.3.7;References;176
10;Part III: Theoretical Corporate Social Responsibility;179
10.1;Chapter 9: Re-conceiving Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes for Education;180
10.1.1;9.1 Introduction;180
10.1.2;9.2 Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resources Management;181
10.1.3;9.3 Corporate Social Responsibility and Education;185
10.1.4;9.4 Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Engagement;188
10.1.5;9.5 Conclusions and Implications;189
10.1.6;9.6 Recommendations;191
10.1.7;References;192
10.2;Chapter 10: Developing Corporate Governance with CSR;196
10.2.1;10.1 Introduction;197
10.2.2;10.2 Corporate Governance;197
10.2.3;10.3 The Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradigm of Corporate Governance;202
10.2.4;10.4 Enlightened Corporate Governance;204
10.2.5;10.5 Conclusions;206
10.2.6;References;207
10.3;Chapter 11: Impact of CSR on Economies with Weak Governance;210
10.3.1;11.1 Introduction;211
10.3.2;11.2 CSR in Economies with Weak Governance;212
10.3.3;11.3 Risks and Problems of Countries with Weak Governance;213
10.3.3.1;11.3.1 Compliance with National Legislation, International Conventions and Declarations;214
10.3.3.2;11.3.2 Increased Attention to Business Management;214
10.3.3.3;11.3.3 Involvement in Political Activities;215
10.3.3.4;11.3.4 Knowing Customers, Business Partners and Other Stakeholders;215
10.3.3.5;11.3.5 The Role of Companies Within Governance Mechanisms;216
10.3.3.6;11.3.6 State-Owned Companies;217
10.3.4;11.4 The Effects of CSR Actions on Issues of Poor Governance Countries;217
10.3.5;11.5 Conclusions and Further Research;222
10.3.6;References;223
11;Part IV: Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility;226
11.1;Chapter 12: Responsible Risk-Taking, or How Might CSR Be Responsive to the Nature of Contemporary Risks? Reflections on Sub-se...;227
11.1.1;12.1 Introduction;228
11.1.2;12.2 Risk, Uncertainty and Modern Technology;228
11.1.2.1;12.2.1 Risk and Society;228
11.1.2.2;12.2.2 Governance Challenges Raised by New Technology;229
11.1.2.3;12.2.3 A Note on Data and Methodology;230
11.1.3;12.3 Case Study 1: Sub-seabed Carbon Dioxide Storage in Scotland;231
11.1.3.1;12.3.1 What Is CCS?;231
11.1.3.2;12.3.2 What Are the Perceived Risks Around Offshore CCS?;231
11.1.3.3;12.3.3 How Have Operators Dealt with These Perceived Risks and Uncertainties?;232
11.1.4;12.4 Case Study 2: Marine Radioactive Contamination in Fukushima, Japan;234
11.1.4.1;12.4.1 What Happened?;234
11.1.4.2;12.4.2 What Are the Perceived Risks?;235
11.1.4.3;12.4.3 What Steps Have Been Taken to Deal with Risks and Uncertainties?;235
11.1.5;12.5 Discussion: Responsible Governance of Risks?;237
11.1.6;12.6 Conclusions: Recommendations for Practice;241
11.1.7;References;242
11.2;Chapter 13: The Link Between CSR and Sustainable Development in a Global Economy;245
11.2.1;13.1 Introduction;245
11.2.2;13.2 Conceptual Framework;247
11.2.3;13.3 The Link Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development;248
11.2.4;13.4 Issues Arising from CSR Activities in a Global Economy: Drivers of CSR;252
11.2.4.1;13.4.1 International Organizations;254
11.2.4.2;13.4.2 The Role of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs);255
11.2.4.3;13.4.3 Multinational Corporations-MNCs;256
11.2.5;13.5 Economic Perspectives on CSR;256
11.2.6;13.6 Conclusion;259
11.2.7;References;259
12;Index;263