corporate social responsibility a research handbook

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1、CORPORATESOCIALRESPONSIBILITYConceptsofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)arewidelyusedbybusinesses,professionalbodiesandacademics,butarealsowidelycontested.CSRisusuallydescribedascomprisingofthreeelements:environmental,economicandsocial,thoughthereisno

2、seriousconsensusonhowtogoabouttranslatingideasintoprac-tice.Thisresearchhandbookaddressessomekeyareasofcontention,theoryandpracticewithinCSRinordertoaddress,challengeandinformdebateinacademiaandpractice.ThecollaborativetextextendsunderstandingofCSRthro

3、ugharticulatingcurrentthinkingoneachfacetofavitalsubject.Eachthemeisrepresentedbyinter-disciplinarydiscussionofkeyquestionsonCSRbyresearchersandpracti-tionersinthefield.Indoingso,thebook:ExploresandcritiquesCSRgoals,andnational,organizationalandmanager

4、ialstrategiesReviewsthedistinctiveroleandimportanceofCSRtoacademics,professionalsandpractitionersandidentifiesappropriatebridgingstrategiesEvaluatesthenature,directionandapplicabilityofselectedtheoreticaldimensionswhichinformtheunderstandingofCSRAssesse

5、stheopportunitiesfortheorybuilding,tosupportfurtherunderstandingofthecomplexitiesofCSRandthesustainabilityandlong-termvalueofCSRpracticetocorporationsandcivilsociety.ThistimelyandsignificantcontributiontothetheoryandpracticeofCSRwillprovetobevitalreadi

6、ngforstudents,researchersandpractitionersinvolvedwiththefield.Itwillalsobecomeakeyreferenceforanyonewithaninterestinbusinessandsociety.KathrynHaynesholdstheNorthernSocietyChairinAccountingandFinanceatNewcastleUniversity,UK.AlanMurrayisAssociateProfesso

7、rinCorporateSocialResponsibilityattheUni-versityofLeedsBusinessSchool,UK.JesseDillardisRetzlaffChairinAccountingatPortlandStateUniversity,USA.Heco-editedUnderstandingtheSocialDimensionofSustainability,alsopublishedbyRoutledge.CORPORATESOCIALRESPONSIBIL

8、ITYAresearchhandbookEditedbyKathrynHaynes,AlanMurrayandJesseDillardFirstpublished2013byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017Routledgeisanimp