A Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

  • 17h 13m
  • David Crowther (eds), Güler Aras
  • Ashgate Publishing
  • 2010

The current economic situation has highlighted deficiencies in corporate governance while also showing the importance of stakeholder relations. It has also raised the profile of the debates regarding corporate social responsibility and shown the inter-relationship with governance. And the two together are essential for sustainable business. The social and environmental contexts of business are generally considered to be as significant as the economic and financial contexts and good governance will address all of these aspects. The combination of these aspects offers long term benefits for a firm, such as reducing risk and attracting new investors, shareholders and more equity as well as sustainable performance. Written by experts from all over the world, The Gower Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility is the most authoritative single-volume guide to the relationship between good governance and social responsibility and the reality of managing both. In addition to the theory and practice of governance and CSR, the book includes case studies from large and small organizations and NGOs to highlight examples of good and bad practice, and to show international and cultural similarities and differences while at the same time furthering the debate regarding the relationship between good governance and social responsibility.

About the Editors

Guler Aras is Professor of Finance and Director of the Graduate School at the Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. She is the author of 15 books and contributed over 150 articles to academic, business and professional journals and magazines and to edited book collections. She has also spoken extensively at conferences and seminars and has acted as a consultant to a wide range of government and commercial organisations. Her research is into financial economy and financial markets with particular emphasis on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and a firm's financial performance.

David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK. He is a qualified accountant who worked as an accountant, systems specialist and general manager in local government, industry and commerce for 20 years before moving in to the higher education arena. He has authored or edited over 25 books and has contributed over 250 articles to academic, business and professional journals and to edited book collections. He has also spoken widely at conferences and seminars and acted as a consultant to a wide range of government, professional and commercial organisations. His research is into corporate social responsibility with a particular emphasis on the relationship between social, environmental and financial performance. Their joint research is concerned with sustainability, sustainable development and with governance issues. Together they run the Social Responsibility Research Network, socialresponsibility.biz.

In this Book

  • A Handbook of Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
  • Overview
  • A Luhmannian in the Playground—Corporate Social Responsibility from a Systems-Theoretic Perspective
  • What is ‘Good’ Corporate Governance?
  • Redefining Sustainability
  • The Social Contract of Business in Society
  • The Shifting Meaning of Sustainability
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting
  • Responsible Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Trends in Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Governance—Responsibilities of the Board
  • Shareholder Rights and Stakeholder Rights in Corporate Governance
  • The Regulatory and Legal Framework of Corporate Governance
  • The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance
  • Auditing, Product Certification and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Decisive Risk Management for Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility—A Broader View of Corporate Governance
  • The Social Responsibility of Major Shareholders
  • External Agencies and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • How Globalization is Affecting Corporate Social Responsibility—Dynamics of the Interaction Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalization
  • Responsibility and Performance—Social Actions of Firms in a Transitional Society
  • Feasibility of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities Practiced by SME’s in Uzbekistan—A Stakeholders’ Perspective
  • Education for Ethics and Socially Responsible Behaviour
  • Socially Responsible Investment Funds
  • Corporate Reporting Frameworks
  • Corporate Reputation and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Rating
  • Business and Environmental Responsibility
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in the Creation of Shareholder Value
  • Employer Duties
  • Whistleblowing—Perennial Issues and Ethical Risks
  • Framing the Social Responsibility of Business—The Role of Pressure Groups—Paradigmatic Feuds
  • Corporate Environmental Responsibility From the Perspective of Systematic and Dialectical Science
  • Why People Do Good—Promoting Responsible Behaviours—The Myth or Reality of Persuasion in Fundraising Letters
  • Royal Ahold—The Role of Corporate Governance
  • Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility into the Day-to-Day Life of Organisations—A Practical System Thinking Approach
  • Istiqbol Dilnoza—A Corporate Social Responsibility Study of a Micro/Small Business in Tashkent
  • Lessons Learned from Washington State’s Sustainable Business Program
  • Esh Added Value—A Case Study in Indigenous Corporate Social Responsibility
  • A Case Study on the Tobacco Industry, Social Responsibility and Regulation
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