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Corporate Responsibility and Financial Performance: The Paradox of Social Cost » Read Now
by Moses L. Pava, Joshua Krausz. 180 pgs.

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The core idea of corporate social responsibility, the notion that companies have a responsibility beyond legal requirements, is by now deeply embedded in the corporate cultures of the largest U.S. companies. The authors suggest that productive debate now focuses on the following two issues. First...
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The core idea of corporate social responsibility, the notion that companies have a responsibility beyond legal requirements, is by now deeply embedded in the corporate cultures of the largest U.S. companies. The authors suggest that productive debate now focuses on the following two issues. First, what are the impacts of existing corporate social responsibility programs for the corporation? And, second, what constitutes the precise contours of this responsibility? This book explores these two themes. The issue of how corporate social responsibility affects individual companies engaged in socially responsible activities is not well understood. Further, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate corporate social responsibility activities has not always been clearly drawn. This book, therefore, is designed to fill in some of the gaps in our understanding. This is done by carefully organizing and reviewing the relevant and growing literature on corporate social responsibility. In addition, this book reports on the results of two original empirical studies designed to further explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility and traditional financial performance. This book has profound implications for business executives and researchers in finance, accounting, business ethics, and business and society.
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Counting What Counts: Turning Corporate Accountability to Competitive Advantage » Read Now
by Marc J. Epstein, Bill Birchard. 320 pgs.

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Drawing from the collective experience of twenty-five years of research, writing, and teaching in the field, Epstein and Birchard present a new approach to managing corporate accountability, as a function of four essential and interlocking drivers: governance, performance measurement, control...
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Drawing from the collective experience of twenty-five years of research, writing, and teaching in the field, Epstein and Birchard present a new approach to managing corporate accountability, as a function of four essential and interlocking drivers: governance, performance measurement, control systems, and reporting. They identify where and how companies fail in meeting requirements of these four cornerstones, and then build a powerful framework for managers at all levels to improve decision making, clarify and communicate strategy, accelerate feedback and learning, and secure stakeholder loyalty.
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Guidelines for Top Management » Read Now
by Jerry W. Anderson. 284 pgs.

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This volume, intended for corporate managers and communicators, brings the newly emphasized area of social concern and responsibility into clear focus. Anderson provides a complete overview of all aspects of social responsibility. He gives a wealth of practical advice, backed by numerous case...
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This volume, intended for corporate managers and communicators, brings the newly emphasized area of social concern and responsibility into clear focus. Anderson provides a complete overview of all aspects of social responsibility. He gives a wealth of practical advice, backed by numerous case studies for the executive who seeks a clear, workable understanding of corporate social responsibility. Each chapter is followed by a list of references; many chapters also include real-world scenarios highlighting important social responsibility issues.
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The Limits of Corporate Responsibility (1973) » Read Now
by Neil W. Chamberlain. 232 pgs.

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...THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY NEIL W. CHAMBERLAIN BASIC...8. 9. 10. THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY 1 THE CORPORATE...
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Organizational Downsizing, Discrimination and Corporate Social Responsibility » Read Now
by Zeinab A. Karake-Shalhoub. 160 pgs.

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Organizational restructuring and corporate downsizing can have a significant impact on the perceived social responsibility and responsiveness of any firm. This book analyzes the phenomenon by identifying the nature and types of structural or functional relationships that exist between downsizing and...
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Organizational restructuring and corporate downsizing can have a significant impact on the perceived social responsibility and responsiveness of any firm. This book analyzes the phenomenon by identifying the nature and types of structural or functional relationships that exist between downsizing and organizational performance variables, on the one hand, and organizational social responsiveness on the other. It looks at changes in the use of various restructuring techniques to improve efficiency and effectiveness and the effects of these changes on the organizational citizenship standing in the community. It goes on to add to the understanding of the general phenomenon of downsizing by examining its relationship to the level and pervasiveness of corporate social responsibility.
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Audit, Accountability, and Government » Read Now
by Kathryn Hollingsworth, Fidelma White. 228 pgs.

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This book explains, from a public law perspective, the constitutional purpose and significance of audit, a topic which has been largely neglected, and casts light on important aspects of accountability in the British system of government. The book suggests that audit, as an accountability mechanism...
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This book explains, from a public law perspective, the constitutional purpose and significance of audit, a topic which has been largely neglected, and casts light on important aspects of accountability in the British system of government. The book suggests that audit, as an accountability mechanism, has been underplayed to date and that greater significance should be attributed to its role in delivering both democratic accountability and, within government, managerial accountability. The focus of the book is central government audit in Britain, but the constitutional role of audit at a local level and at a European Union level is also considered. The book begins by explaining, in a non -technical way, the basic concepts of accounting and audit, and sets audit in its historical context. The different types of audit and the institutional framework within which audit is conducted are then analysed. Any shortcomings in each area are identified and suggestions for change are explored. The constitutional significance of the changes to the role of audit that are currently taking place are analysed, as are the effects of developments, such as the creation of agencies, contracting-out, and more recently, resource accounting and budgeting and devolution, on the constitutional role of audit. The fundamental principles, both institutional and substantive, of public sector audit are identified and new tasks that audit could fulfil at central government level are proposed.
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Counting What Counts: Turning Corporate Accountability to Competitive Advantage » Read Now
by Marc J. Epstein, Bill Birchard. 308 pgs.

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Drawing from the collective experience of twenty-five years of research, writing, and teaching in the field, Epstein and Birchard present a new approach to managing corporate accountability, as a function of four essential and interlocking drivers: governance, performance measurement, control...
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Drawing from the collective experience of twenty-five years of research, writing, and teaching in the field, Epstein and Birchard present a new approach to managing corporate accountability, as a function of four essential and interlocking drivers: governance, performance measurement, control systems, and reporting. They identify where and how companies fail in meeting requirements of these four cornerstones, and then build a powerful framework for managers at all levels to improve decision making, clarify and communicate strategy, accelerate feedback and learning, and secure stakeholder loyalty.
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Fair Shares: The Future of Shareholder Power and Responsibility » Read Now
by Jonathan P. Charkham, Anne Simpson. 275 pgs.

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This is a book about shareholders -- who they are, what they own, how their composition and character has changed, and with it their relationship with the companies they own. It is also a book about shareholder rights and responsibilities. In a clear and readable style the book explores the key...
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This is a book about shareholders -- who they are, what they own, how their composition and character has changed, and with it their relationship with the companies they own. It is also a book about shareholder rights and responsibilities. In a clear and readable style the book explores the key current corporate governance issues -- company law and reporting, chief executive pay, regulatory and accountability requirements -- against the background of an ever-changing business environment: an environment in which private investors may have grown in number, but in which shareholders influence has dwindled as institutions have become the dominant shareholding group. Throughout the book the authors provide numerous examples and anecdotes illustrating the evolution of the joint stock company from the South Sea Company of the 18th century to the giants and cause celebres on the corporate stage in the 1980s and 1990s. Both authors are authoritative and informed commentators on issues of corporate governance with extensive management, policy and advocacy experience; their underlying concern is to show the importance of shareholder interest and involvement, which they strongly believe will remain in the best interests of the company and the wider society in the 21st century.
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Boards of Directors: Their Changing Roles, Structure, and Information Needs » Read Now
by Charles N. Waldo. 214 pgs.

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...The fundamental responsibility of the individual corporate director is to...School: "Directors Responsibility for Corporate Strategy," Harvard...The fundamental...
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Institutional Shareholders and Corporate Governance » Read Now
by G. P. Stapledon. 378 pgs.

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This book examines the role of institutional shareholders in corporate governance, which is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. This si a subject of great concern to "public companies", their management, their shareholders and their employees. The recent concern about the...
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This book examines the role of institutional shareholders in corporate governance, which is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. This si a subject of great concern to "public companies", their management, their shareholders and their employees. The recent concern about the effectiveness of corporate governance in a number of different countries has produced an outpouring of books and other publications including the Cadbury Committee Report which sought to address the principal problems arising in the UK. The unusual feature of this book is that it compares systems operating in Australia with those in the UK while at the same time also looking carefully at US, German and Japanese experience. The significance of the subject matter of this book lies in the fact that institutional investors collectively hold a very large proportion of the equity capital of the UK "corporate sector", and a sizeable proportion of the equity capital of the Australian equivalent. In addition domestic companies in turn occupy an extremely significant position in the UK economy and a significant one in the Australian economy. How these companies are managed is of very great significance to the economies of these countries.
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe and the U.S.: Insights from Businesses' Self-Presentations, in Journal of International Business Studies » Read Now
by Isabelle Maignan, David A. Ralston. 18 pgs.

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...Corporate social responsibility in Europe and the U.S...levels of enthusiasm for corporate social responsibility (CSR). In particular, recent...still needed to understand...
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NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility, in Ethics & International Affairs » Read Now
by Morton Winston. 18 pgs.

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...Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility. by Morton Winston...Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and the Robert F. Kennedy...Interfaith Center...
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The Certification of Corporate Conduct: Issues and Prospects, in International Labour Review » Read Now
by Olivier Boiral. 24 pgs.

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...competitiveness around "corporate social responsibility activities". But it...international standard on corporate social responsibility would be to spell...indicators...
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Ethics and Corporate Governance: An Australian Handbook » Read Now
by Ronald D. Francis. 232 pgs.

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Distils the principles of ethics for busy people and studetns, and shows how they can be applied without oversimplifying nor becoming overly theoretical. The book focuses on the need for a strong adherence to codes of corporate governance in a rapidly deregulating and globalising world.