Corporate Responsibility - Softcover

Blowfield, Michael; Murray, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199678324 ISBN 13: 9780199678327

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This much needed textbook examines the multiple dimensions to corporate responsibility, creating a framework that presents a historical and interdisciplinary overview of the field, a summary of different management approaches, and a review of the key actors and trends worldwide.

The authors take a critical perspective and successfully provide a balance between theory and practice. They offer comprehensive coverage of the subject, combining an insightful, interdisciplinary, approach with the pedagogy and support sought after by students.

An online resource centre will accompany the text, comprising weblinks, new legislation, further reading, email listservs and links to courses for students, and case studies and essay questions for lecturers.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Blowfield is Senior Research Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment where he researches business transformation in an era of climate change and resource constrained economies.
Alan Murray is the Hoare Chair in Responsible Management at Winchester University. He founded the British Academy of Management Special Interest Group in Corporate Responsibility in 2007.

Review:

`'The content is strong, relevant, and well crafted. A most comprehensive range of international examples are used throughout.'
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Gary Martin, University of Ulster

`'I think this textbook is the best for students studying corporate responsibility. An aspect that I particularly value is the level of critical engagement - it makes for a more interesting read.'
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David Worham, University of the West of England

`'A really good book. I recommend it because it adopts a critical approach that encourages students to discuss and debate both the ethical and the pragmatic aspects of current theory and the practice of corporate responsibility.'
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Kleio Akrivou, University of Reading

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199678324
• ISBN 13: 9780199678327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 440