The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility

by Andrew Crane, Abagail McWilliams, Dirk Matten, Jeremy Moon, Donald S. Siegel

Overview

Business schools, the media, the corporate sector, governments, and non-governmental organizations have all begun to pay more attention to issues of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in recent years. These issues encompass broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society and government, environmental issues, corporate governance, the social and ethical dimensions of management, globalization, stakeholder debates, shareholder and consumer activism, changing political systems and values, and the ways in which corporations can respond to new social imperatives.

This Oxford Handbook is an authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues. Bringing together leading experts in the area, it provides clear thinking and new perspectives on CSR and the debates around it.

The Handbook is divided into seven key sections:

* Introduction,
* Perspectives on CSR,
* Critiques of CSR,
* Actors and Drivers,
* Managing CSR,
* CSR in Global Context,
* Future Perspectives and Conclusions.

About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199573943
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/18/2009
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Andrew Crane is the George R. Gardiner Professor of Business Ethics in the Schulich School of Business at York University. He has a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Nottingham, and was previously Chair in Business Ethics and Director of the UK's first MBA in CSR in the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University Business School. Abagail McWilliams, PhD - Ohio State University, is a Professor in the College of Business, University of Illinois - Chicago and since 2002 has been a Visiting Professor in the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility - University of Nottingham. Her research on CSR has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Management Studies. Dirk Matten holds the Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. He holds a doctoral degree and the habilitation from Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany. He is interested in CSR, business ethics and comparative management. He has published widely, including in Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Business Ethics Quarterly. Jeremy Moon is Professor and Director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University Business School. Recent publications include Corporations and Citizenship (Cambridge University Press) and papers in Academy of Management Review and British Journal of Management. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Donald S. Siegel is Dean of the Business School at the University at Albany, SUNY. Recent publications include Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change (Oxford University Press) and articles on CSR in Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and Leadership Quarterly. He is editor of the Journal of Technology Transfer, an associate editor of the Journal of Business Venturing and the Journal of Productivity Analysis, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Learning & Education, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Table of Contents

Section I: Introduction1. The CSR Agenda, Andrew Crane, Abagail McWilliams, Dirk Matten, Jeremy Moon, and Donald SiegelSection II: Perspectives on CSR2. A History of Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts and Practices, Archie B. Carroll3. Corporate Social Responsibility Theories, Domènec Melé4. The Business Case for CSR, Elizabeth C. Kurucz, Barry A. Colbert, and David Wheeler5. Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: A Research Synthesis, Marc OrlitzkySection III: Critiques of CSR6. Principals and Agents: Further Thoughts on the Friedmanite Critique of CSR, José Salazar and Bryan W. Husted7. Re-Thinking Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of the Firm: On the Denial of Politics, Gerard Hanlon8. Critical Theory and CSR: Can/Should We Get Beyond Cynical Reasoning?, Timothy Kuhnand and Stanley Deetz9. Much Ado About Nothing: A Conceptual Critique of CSR, J. (Hans) van Oosterhout and Pursey P. M. A. R. HeugensSection IV: Actors and Drivers10. Top Managers as Drivers for CSR, Diane Swanson11. Socially Responsible Investment and Shareholder Activism, Lloyd Kurtz12. Consumers as Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility, N. Craig Smith13. CSR, Government, and Civil Society, Jeremy Moon and David VogelSection V: Managing CSR14. Corporate Governance and CSR, Ann K. Buchholtz, Jill A. Brown, and Kareem M. Shabana15. Stakeholder Theory: Managing CSR in a Multiple Actor Context, Thomas W. Dunfee16. Responsibility in the Supply Chain, Andrew Millington17. CSR: The Reporting and Assurance Dimension, David Owen and Brendan O'DwyerSection VI: CSR in Global Context18. Globalization and Corporate Social Responsibility, Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo19. CSR and Theories of Global Governance: Strategic Contestation in Global Issue Arenas, David L. Levy and Rami Kaplan20. Corporate Social Responsibility in a Comparative Perspective, Cynthia A. Williams and Ruth V. Aguilera21. CSR in Developing Countries, Wayne VisserSection VII: Future Perspectives and Conclusions22. Educating for Responsible Management, Duane Windsor23. Corporate Social Responsibility:Deep Roots, Flourishing Growth, Promising Future, William C. Frederick24. Senior Management Preferences and Corporate Social Responsibility, Alison Mackey, Tyson B. Mackey, and Jay B. Barney25. The Transatlantic Paradox: How Outdated Concepts Confuse the American/European Debate about Corporate Governance, Thomas Donaldson26. Spirituality as a firm basis for CSR, Peter Pruzan27. Future Perspectives of CSR: Where are we coming from? Where are we heading?, Ulrich Steger28. Conclusion, Andrew Crane, Abagail McWilliams, Dirk Matten, Jeremy Moon, and Donald Siegel

Editorial Reviews

"Probably the most impressive collection of (28) papers on the subject. Invaluable course material for any student of the subject, whether academic or practitioner."Long Range Planning

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