The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility (Dislocations, 18)

ISBN 10: 1785330713 ISBN 13: 9781785330711

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2016

Synopsis

The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility explores the meanings, practices, and impact of corporate social and environmental responsibility across a range of transnational corporations and geographical locations (Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa, the UK, and the USA). The contributors examine the expectations, frictions and contradictions the CSR movement is generating and addressing key issues such as  the introduction of new forms of management, control, and discipline through ethical and environmental governance or the extent to which corporate responsibility challenges existing patterns of inequality rather than generating new geographies of inclusion and exclusion.

About this title

About the Authors

Catherine Dolan is on the faculty of anthropology at SOAS, University of London, and holds fellowships at James Martin Institute, Green Templeton College and Said Business School, all at University of Oxford. Her research centres on contemporary forms of moral capitalism, including Fair Trade, inclusive development and bottom of the pyramid business, in Africa. She is a co-founder of the Centre for New Economies of Development (www.responsiblebop.com).

Dinah Rajak is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex.  She is the author of In Good Company. An Anatomy of Corporate Social Responsibility (Stanford University Press 2011) and the co-founder of the Centre for New Economies of Development (www.responsiblebop.com).

Edition details

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785330713
• ISBN 13: 9781785330711
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Dolan Catherine, Rajak Dinah