Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility: (13 Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility)

It can be argued that Corporate Social Responsibility has been universally accepted and is gradually being incorporated into the planning and activities of all organisations around the world. The subject of CSR has been debated and theorized over the last 25 years, to such an extent that we can claim to have arrived at a theoretical understanding as well as an understanding of what constitutes best practice.The aspects which merit attention have also been generally agreed – at least according to the majority of researchers. Present attention is directed towards such things as sustainability. This book, however, takes a different approach and argues that there has been a divergence between what academics understand by corporate social responsibility and what is practiced in the world – both in business and elsewhere within society.  Through a series of studies of aspects of CSR from around the world, it re-examines the topic though the lenses of various disciplines and cultures. It shows that the subject is much wider than is generally perceived and that CSR is evolving in a way which has not been generally recognized within the academic community. Invaluable to researchers and students in the field, this book contributes towards a much-needed redefinition of CSR.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. The Need to Reconsider CSR; Shahla Seifi and David CrowtherChapter 2. Can a values reframing of ISO14001:2015 finally give business an effective tool to tackle climate change?; Sarah Williams Chapter 3. Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility in Capitalist Neoliberal Times; Rafaela Costa Camoes Rabello, Katen Nairn and Vivienne Anderson  Chapter 4. Adoption of Integrated Reporting: an attempt to Reduce the gaps between CSR Discourse and its Implementation; Iona Dragu  Chapter 5. Pouring Politics Down Our Throats: CSR Communication and Consumer Catharsis; Georgiana Grigore and Mike Molesworth Chapter 6. The Life and Death of Corporate Social Responsibility; David Crowther  Chapter 7. Archaeology and the symbols of socially responsible communication; Shahab Seifi and Shahla Seifi  Chapter 8. Traditional Artisans as Stakeholders in CSR: a Rehabilitation Perspective in an Indian Context; P. N. Sankaran Chapter 9. Reinventing CSR in Nigeria: Understanding its Meaning and Theorirs for Effective Application in Industry; Luqman Raimi Chapter 10. How managers perceive Internal CSR: An Empirical Study of Indonesian Women; Kurnia Perdana and Nova Mardiana  Chapter 11. The Influence of Corporate Governance and Human Governance towards Corporate Financial Crimes: a conceptual paper; Wan Nailah Abdullah & Roshima Said Chapter 12. To Blow the Whistle or Not: the Roles of Perceived Organisational Responses and Upward Communication Satisfaction in Employees Responses to Observed Wrongdoing; Isil Karatuna and Oguz Basol

About the Author :
David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, UK; Research Professor at London School of Commerce, UK and Visiting Professor at Shanghai University, China. He is Founding Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network and has published more than 50 books and 400 articles and shorter works.  Shahla Seifi is an engineer by training and worked at a senior level preparing standards for the national institute of Iran before moving to the UK. She is now Visiting Researcher at the University of Derby, UK; organises SRRNet conferences and runs her own consultancy.

Review :
This volume contains 11 essays by an international group of researchers, who examine the actual practice of corporate social responsibility and the current relationship between practice and theory around the world. They discuss the revised ISO14001:2015 environmental standard and climate change, rethinking corporate social responsibility in capitalist neoliberal times, the adoption of integrated reporting, political corporate social responsibility communication and consumer outrage, the need to rediscover corporate social responsibility, socially responsible aspects hidden from researchers, traditional artisans as stakeholders in corporate social responsibility in the Indian context, reinventing corporate social responsibility in Nigeria, managers' perceptions of employment practices and human rights for Indonesian women employees, the influence of corporate governance and human governance on financial crime and the personal characteristics of top executives involved in this crime, and the roles of perceived organizational retaliation and upward communication satisfaction in employee whistleblowing.