Corporate Responsibility - Softcover

Blowfield, Michael; Murray, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199678324 ISBN 13: 9780199678327

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In its journey from the margins to the mainstream, the idea of corporate responsibility has become a significant part of the business agenda. Whilst society has always held expectations of business that go beyond wealth creation, the backdrop against which businesses now operate - characterised by financial crisis, climate change, political shifts, and population growth - has seen corporate responsibility becoming increasingly central to the ability of businesses to address global concerns.

In a world where prosperity is measured in terms of economic growth, the pressure on business to maximise profits whilst also being held publically accountable for its social and environmental record, continues to increase.
Drawing on numerous case studies, theories, and perspectives, this textbook explores what corporate responsibility reveals about the changing role of business in the twenty-first century.

The third edition has been updated to reflect the full impact of the 2008-9 financial crisis and new examples of actual business practice have been presented throughout. These include: Google and their struggles with the Chinese government over censorship; Trafigura and their illegal dumping of toxic waste; and Proctor & Gamble and their charitable work to provide clean water to poor communities.


The text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes:

For students:

Additional case studies
Further reading
Sources on regulation and governance
Suggested films
Web exercises
Web links

For lecturers:
Images from the book

About this title

About the Author

Michael Blowfield, Professor, Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Wolverhampton University, Senior Visiting Research Associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University; and Teaching Fellow in Corporate Responsibility, London Business School.,Alan Murray, Professor, Hoare Professor of Responsible Management at Winchester Business School; Visiting Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at Newcastle University Business School; and Visiting Professor at Groupe Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Pau (ESC-PAU)e Co

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.

Edition details

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