Overview

The essays collected in this book discuss the contemporary practice of corporate responsibility by applying the Christian principles of the unity of knowledge and pursuit of truth to the traditional principles of justice, human dignity and the common good, to rediscover a corporate culture that will help transform our economic system and the characteristics required to build an enduring trust in economic relationships. In this volume a select group of management theorists, theologians, legal scholars, economists and ethicists jointly strive ​to give back to the market economy its ethical and political dimensions. They assess the quality of present day corporate social responsibility, discuss the social and environmental costs of production and argue for an agenda that can be used in modern corporations in their effort to align profitability and growth with business ethics. 

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Author:   Bartholomew Okonkwo
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   3.226kg
ISBN:  

9783319033655

ISBN 10:   3319033654
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   25 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Seeing the World of Business.- The Business in Society: Can Companies Save the World.- Philosophical Underpinnings of Good Company.- The Challenge of Clashing Theories.- Social Vocation of the Firm.- Non Profit and Business Sector Collaboration.- The Common Good and Social Competitive Creativity.- Maximizing the Shareholder Value.- Consumer, Client,Customer or Citizen - Can the State be a Good Company.- Doing Well by Doing Good: Distinguishing the Right from Good in Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility.- Moral Intuition and Transformative Organizations.- The Game of Exchange: Towards Justice in Bargaining.- The Posture of Services.- When Being Good Isn't Good Enough: the Case of Malden Mills.- What of Financialization?.- Accounting for Just Wages: A Proposal.- A Framework for CSR Assessment, Measurement and Reporting.

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Bartholomew C. Okonkwo is the research director of St. Bonaventure's Center for Catholic Studies in Osha, Nigeria. He is an Analyst and prolific writer of multifarious interests covering politics, religion and human relations. Among his other books are ""The Mystery of Human Personhood"" and ""Finding Meaning in Business: Theology, Ethics, and Vocation"".

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