Fukukawa Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-135-19265-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge International Business in Asia

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an important issue in contemporary business, management and politics, especially since the launch of the United Nations Global Compact in 2000 as an initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them. This book examines the theory and practice of CSR in Asia. The philosophical and ideological underpinnings of CSR are rooted in Anglo-American and European principles of liberal democratic rights, justice and societal structures. This book not only considers the impact of Western CSR practices in Asia, but also provides much needed Asian perspectives on this issue. It investigates the operation of CSR in different countries across Asia, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh – comparing the different meanings given to CSR, and the varying degrees of success experienced in different national contexts. This book argues if CSR is ever to revolutionize the manner in which we trade then it is needs to open itself up to the full variety of social responsibility as it occurs around the world. The book re-maps and refines debates about CSR as a global phenomenon, and will be of great value to professionals making strategic decisions in the global business environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fukukawa, Kyoko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors



List of Figures and Tables



Acknowledgements



Foreword - John Elkington



Introduction: Global Crossroads: Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia - Kyoko Fukukawa



1. Social Paradigms in China and the West - William E. Shafer



2. Structural Change in Corporate Society and CSR in Japan - Kanji Tanimoto



3. Perceptions of CSR and its Adoption to Business Practice in the Thai Context - Nooch Kuasirikun



4. A Multilevel Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Malaysia - Roszaini Haniffa and Mohammad Hudaib



5. Exploitation of Labor in Bangladeshi RMG sector: Who is responsible? - Samia Ferdous Hoque and Abdullah Al Faruq



6. CSR – a Virtuous Circle. But Which Circle? And Whose ‘Virtue’? - John Kidd and Frank-Jürgen Richter

Über Autor(innen)

Kyoko Fukukawa is a Senior Lecturer at Bradford University School of Management, UK. She was a Fellow of the Japan Foundation in 2006, investigating CSR practices in Japan, and co-edited the special issue of Journal of Business Ethics on Corporate Identity, Ethics and CSR (2007).