Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an area of increasing global interest with companies taking CSR issues more seriously, devoting more resources to such issues and acknowledging the benefits of CSR activities. This insightful book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development of CSR in a diverse range of countries including the UK, Italy, Poland, Turkey, the USA, the Middle East, Australia, Japan and Korea. Christine Mallin has brought together leading experts from both academia and the business world to provide fully up-to-date accounts of developments in CSR from a range of legal, cultural and economic perspectives.
This timely resource will serve as an invaluable teaching and resource tool for advanced students and academics and will provide insights and guidance to the wider business community.
Contents:
Introduction and Overview
Christine A. Mallin
PART I: CSR IN EUROPE
1. CSR and Integrated Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Italy: Case Study Evidence
Andrea Melis, Silvia Carta and Silvia Del Rio
2. CSR in Spain: Examples of Some Practices
María Sacristán Navarro and Silvia Gómez Ansón
3. Sticking to Core Values: The Case of The Body Shop
Bert van de Ven, André Nijhof and Ronald Jeurissen
PART II: CSR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
4. CSR in Russia
Alexander Settles, Olga Melitonyan and James Gillies
5. Responsible Business in Polish Economic Practice: The Experiences of the Camela S.A. Factory of Clothing Inserts
Izabela Koladkiewicz
PART III: CSR IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
6. CSR Dynamics in South Korea and Japan: A Comparative Analysis
Seungho Choi and Ruth V. Aguilera
7. Pulp, Politics, Process and Pollution: Gunns Ltd and the Tamar Valley Pulp Mill
Kathy Gibson and Gary O'Donovan
PART IV: CSR: ADDITIONAL DIMENSIONS
8. A Case Study of the Strategic Use of CSR: The American Gaming Association and the National Center for Responsible Gaming
Kate Spilde Contreras and Donald S. Siegel
9. Accounting Disclosure and Human Rights in the Oil Industry
Matthias Beck and Steven Toms
10. Does the Adoption of Codes of Conduct Marginalize Labor Unions? The Case of Turkey's Garment Industry
Melsa Ararat and Mahmut Bayazit
11. CSR in Islamic Financial Institutions in the Middle East
Samy Nathan and Chris Pierce
Index
