Kenneth A. Loparo

Should Prometheus Be Bound?

Corporate Global Responsibility

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Proposing a critical analysis of the new corporate responsibilities in a globalizing world this title offers a conceptual and critical analysis of the new trend towards Corporate Social Responsibility and argues that the legitimacy of the corporation depends on what it can bring to our transition towards sustainable development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-57812-8
• 2005
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 135mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780230578128
• ISBN-10: 0230578128
• Artikelnr.: 26245385

Autorenporträt

PHILIPPE DE WOOT is Emeritus Professor at Louvain Catholic University in Belgium, where he teaches Business Policy, Strategic Management and Business Ethics. He has led multidisciplinary research in these fields and he is still actively committed to the research and promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility. He is the author of many books and articles on these subjects and has been Consultant or Director of various European corporations. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, the International Academy of Management and the European Academy for Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface - Acknowledgements - PART I: CORPORATE CREATIVITY AND AN UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL - The Creative Enterprise - New Weapons: The Techno-Sciences - New Spaces: Globalization of the Market Economy - New Power: Political Deficit and Ethical Vacuum - An Unsustainable System? - PART II: NEW CORPORATE CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Broadening the Raison d'être of the Firm - The Ethics of the Future - Societal Debate and New Consultations - The Move Forward: Social Responsibility - Towards Sustainable Development? - Postscript - Notes - Bibliography - Index

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Preface Acknowledgements PART I: CORPORATE CREATIVITY AND AN UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL The Creative Enterprise New Weapons: The Techno-Sciences New Spaces: Globalization of the Market Economy New Power: Political Deficit and Ethical Vacuum An Unsustainable System? PART II: NEW CORPORATE CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Broadening the Raison d'être of the Firm The Ethics of the Future Societal Debate and New Consultations The Move Forward: Social Responsibility Towards Sustainable Development? Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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Winner of the Manpower Prize for the best work on Human Resources 2006