Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-81044-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades. Although it originated in the developed countries of the West, the concept has been embraced and adapted by corporations and policy-making agencies in many developing countries. Not surprisingly, given the importance of growth and development as policy objectives in these countries, CSR has had a significant impact on sustainable development.

Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility explores the evolution of CSR across the developed and developing world, with a particular focus on China and sustainable development. Through an extensive review of the literature and relevant case studies, the book examines whether CSR can make a contribution to sustainable development, how the patterns of CSR in developed Western economies compare to that in the rapidly growing economy of China, what trade-offs take place between CSR and economic growth as well as the future of CSR and its possible impact on the global sustainable development agenda.

This book is a valuable resource for academics and upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of human/social geography, economics, business studies, sustainable development, development studies and environmental studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Dongyong

Morse, Stephen

Kambhampati, Uma

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Corporate Social Responsibility in context

Chapter 2. Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable development

Chapter 4. Drivers for Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter 5. Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter 6. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development in China

Chapter 7. Concluding marks

Über Autor(innen)

Dongyong Zhang is Associate Professor of Sustainable Development at Henan Agricultural University, China.

Stephen Morse is Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability at the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey, UK.

Uma Kambhampati is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading, UK.