Stakeholders, Governance and Responsibility: (14 Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility)

While it is generally accepted that both governance and corporate social responsibility are concerned with the way that an organisation manages its relations with its stakeholders, the actual relationships are not simple. The stakeholders who are considered to be dominant and most powerful can change dramatically over time. This is particularly so when governance or CSR is considered in the context of non-commercial forms of organisation. This book re-examines these relationships and the way in which they are changing and developing. The various contributions to the book address different aspects of these relationships from a wide international and interdisciplinary perspective.

Table of Contents:
Part 1. Stakeholders roles in organisationsChapter 1. Value creation from strategic partnerships between companies and NGOs; Louise Helene Nielsen, Peter Neergaard Chapter 2. Participation As A Human Rights: A Right-Based Approach to Development; Nour Mohammad, Yeasmin Farzana Chapter 3. The role of the Integrated Reporting in raising awareness of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) performance; Thinh Hoang Chapter 4. Employee well-being at work: insights for business leaders and corporate social responsibility; Nicole Cvenkel Chapter 5. Strategic Alliance for Environmental Stewardship: The Market-Place Model; Chimaobi Okere Chapter 6. Striving for Corporate Legitimacy through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Insights from NGO’s Perspectives; Mahadir Ladisma @ Awis, Hazman Shah Vijayan Abdullah, Norziana Lokman, Roshima Said Part 2. Industry and stakeholders  Chapter 7. Social Responsibility in Transition of Stakeholders – from the School to the University; Loreta Tauginienė, Jolanta Urbanovič   Chapter 8. Institutionalizing Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study of Provisions and Implications of Indian Companies Act 2013; Roopinder Oberoi Chapter 9. An Assessment of Airport Governance Policies with a Stakeholder Persepective; Ferhan Kuyucak Sengur, Bijan Vasigh   Chapter 10. Corporate Social Responsibility as Catalyst for Development: Prospects and Challenges in Nigeria; Nojeem Amodu Chapter 11. Sweatshops and a duty of care – to what extent? The case of Bangladesh; Sam Sarpong Chapter 12. Synergising Distance Education and ICT, a study of the state of Meghalaya, India; Ananya S Guha & Isagahah Lawrniang

Review :
Contributed by an international group of researchers, the 12 essays in this book examine corporate governance and social responsibility and their relationship to stakeholders. In the first section, they discuss stakeholders' roles in organizations, including value creation from strategic partnerships between companies and nongovernmental organizations; participation in development as a human right; the role of integrated reporting and raising awareness of environmental, social, and corporate governance performance; employee well-being; building strategic alliances for environmental stewardship using a market-place model; and corporate legitimacy through corporate social responsibility. The second section addresses industry and stakeholders, with essays on social responsibility in educational settings, and stakeholders and their management strategies; institutionalizing corporate social responsibility and the role of government in setting standards in India; airport governance policies and stakeholder issues; corporate social responsibility as a catalyst for development in Nigeria; the need to ensure the welfare of workers in developing countries, using the example of sweatshops in Bangladesh; and the use of information and communication technology and mixed technology for self and distance learning in India.