Format:
1 Online-Ressource (circa 272 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781788970693
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
In business, does it pay to be good? Drawing from two decades of published conceptual and empirical scholarship, this book outlines the mechanisms of the business case for corporate social responsibility and demonstrates the conditions that cause good corporate acts to succeed, or fail, in turning a profit. Central to the explanation is the role of stakeholders, who are portrayed as agents who can turn corporate ""good into gold"" but lack the capacity to do so consistently. This book takes a critical perspective, noting significant limits on the ability of stakeholders to reward good corporat
Content:
7. GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURS: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF AN INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATORY INSTITUTION8. Finding a Working Balance Between Competitive and Communal Strategies; 9. One Voice, But Whose Voice? Exploring What Drives Trade Association Activity; 10. Why Stakeholders Ignore Firm Misconduct: A Cognitive View; 11. Sorry to (Not) Burst Your Bubble: The Influence of Reputation Rankings on Perceptions of Firms; 12. The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Critique and an Indirect Path Forward; 13. Building a better business case: where do we go from here?; Index
Content:
Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. The business case is a basket case: an introduction; 2. Opportunity Platforms and Safety Nets: Corporate Citizenship and Reputional Risk; 3. BEYOND DICHOTOMY: THE CURVILINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; 4. STAKEHOLDER INFLUENCE CAPACITY AND THE VARIABILITY OF FINANCIAL RETURNS TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY; 5. DOES IT PAY TO BE REALLY GOOD? ADDRESSING THE SHAPE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; 6. STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO THE REPUTATION COMMONS PROBLEM
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781788970686
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Barnett, Michael L. Limits to stakeholder influence Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 ISBN 9781788970686
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.4337/9781788970693
URL:
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