DEBATE OVER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SHOULD BUSINESS STRIVE TO BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND IF SO, HOW? THE DEBATE OVER CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY UPDATES AND BROADENS THE DISCUSSION OF THESE QUESTIONS BY BRINGING TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE MOST COMPREHENSIVE VOLUME AVAILABLE ON THE QUESTION OF JUST HOW "SOCIAL" BUSINESS OUGHT TO BE. THE VOLUME INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FIELDS OF COMMUNICATION, BUSINESS, LAW, SOCIOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ACCOUNTING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. MOREOVER, IT DRAWS FROM EXPERIENCES AND EXAMPLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECENT CORPORATE SCANDALS AND CONTROVERSIES IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE. A NUMBER OF THE CHAPTERS EXAMINE CLOSELY THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS. OTHER CHAPTERS SPEAK TO THE PRACTICAL CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLILTY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.