Overview

European approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are supposed to be largely different from those in other continents like America, Asia, and Africa. Yet, European approaches to CSR are not a single and static one, but vary across and within national states and shift over time. This edited volume aims at exploring the uniqueness and complexity of European CSR approaches, perspectives, and practices through a critical lens. It contributes to existing understanding of European CSR by addressing the frontier CSR issues in the current state at the EU, national and institutional levels. Specifically, the volume critically examines the macro-level CSR frameworks, policies, and trends and their impact on CSR practices at the micro-level, including the roles of EU and national governments in shaping the CSR landscape in similar and different ways. It also analyses how various stakeholder groups and business sectors and firms across major European countries perceive, interpret and approach CSR in a dynamic way. Contributors of this book are experts mainly from Western and Eastern European countries and thus provide rich experiences, fresh insights, and deep understanding of the critical state of CSR in Europe.

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Author:   Ralph Tench (Leeds Beckett University, UK) ,  Brian Jones (Leeds Beckett University, UK) ,  William Sun (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.649kg
ISBN:  

9781787561502

ISBN 10:   178756150
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   29 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. THE CRITICAL STATE OF CSR IN EUROPE: AN INTRODUCTION; Ralph Tench, Brian Jones and William Sun  Chapter 2. EU CSR POLICY CO-DESIGN: A SHOPPING BASKET VOLUNTARY APPROACH; Cristina Mititelu and Gloria Fiorani  Chapter 3. A PERSPECTIVE FROM CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: HOW CSR IS APPROACHED BY EUROPEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES; Elisa Baraibar-Diez, María D. Odriozola and José Luis Fernández Sánchez  Chapter 4. TWO WORLDS APART? CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; Sara Csillag, Zsuzsanna Gyori and Reka Matolay  Chapter 5. ACTIVE AND NEUTRAL GOVERNMENTAL ROLES IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLICIT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MODEL; Denitsa Blagova and Penka Korkova Chapter 6. CSR IN GERMANY: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC POLICY; Theresa Bauer Chapter 7. THE RELUCTANT STATE: A FAILED ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL CSR POLICY; Urša Golob and Anita Hrast   Chapter 8. TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: FACT, FICTION OR FAILURE?; Mavis Amo-Mensah and Ralph Tench Chapter 9. SOCIO-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GERMANY AND CROATIA; Paula Maria Bögel, Ivana Brstilo Lovrić, Sigrid Bekmeier- Feuerhahn, and Charlotta Sophie Sippel Chapter 10. CHALLENGING THE BUSINESS CASE LOGIC FOR SUSTAINABILITY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CSR: DO CONSUMER ATTITUDES IN GERMANY SUPPORT A BUSINESS CASE?; Patrick Kraus, Bernd Britzelmaier, Peter Stokes and Neil Moore Chapter 11. THE MBA STUDENT AND CSR: A CASE STUDY FROM A EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL; Paul Christopher Manning  Chapter 12. THE ROLE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN CSR AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: THE POLISH STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE; Justyna Berniak-Woźny Chapter 13. A FORGOTTEN ISSUE: FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CSR DEBATE; Adrian Zicari and Cécile Renouard  Chapter 14. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A FRENCH SME IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR: NETWORKING FOR CHANGE; Marie-Laure Baron and Suzanne Marie Apitsa  Chapter 15. LESSONS ON FRUGAL ECO-INNOVATION: MORE WITH LESS IN THE EUROPEAN BUSINESS CONTEXT; Vera Ferrón Vílchez and Dante I. Leyva-de la Hiz Chapter 16. REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES OF SOCIAL REPORTING IN ITALIAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS; Maria Teresa Nardo and Benedetta Siboni Chapter 17. CSR AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY, A MISSING BUT NECESSARY LINK: TOWARDS A REALIST ACCOUNT OF THE FIRM; Adalberto Arrigoni

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This book contains 16 essays on corporate social responsibility approaches, perspectives, and practices in Europe and their role, operation, and impact. Business and other scholars mainly from Europe offer theoretical insights, practice-based case study analysis, and critical approaches detailing corporate social responsibility policies and approaches at the macro-level, including policy agenda co-design, how corporate governance codes approach corporate social responsibility, corporate social responsibility and the employment of people with disabilities, whether active or neutral governmental approaches to corporate social responsibility lead to better results, the role of public policy in corporate social responsibility in Germany, and the failed attempt to develop a national corporate social responsibility policy in Slovenia; corporate social responsibility development in different contexts, particularly transnational companies and socio-cultural differences in the understanding and development of corporate social responsibility in Germany and Croatia; corporate social responsibility perceptions and attitudes from the perspective of stakeholders, including consumers in Germany, MBA students, and business students in Poland; and implementation in organizations, with discussion of fiscal responsibility, the French transport sector, frugal eco-innovation, Italian nonprofit organizations, and corporate social responsibility in relation to social ontology.--Annotation (c)2018 (protoview.com)

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