Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe

Rhetoric and Realities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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The acid test of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply this: does it lead to positive impacts on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? And if it does lead to positive impacts, how can these be enhanced? This timely book tackles this cutting-edge challenge by presenting empirical findings from a range of surveys and in-depth case studies. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR.For selected sustainability issues - mitigation of climate change and chemical risk, resource management in marine fisheries, promotion of gender equality and countering of bribery - and within different European industries, the authors show that the rhetoric of CSR is still stronger than its reality. They do so by investigating into CSR practices which encompass the creation of a vision on CSR, its strategic and operative implementation and its organisational and cultural embedding within companies and their supply chains. The authors conclude that the reality of CSR is strong enough to allow for some rhetoric. They name intra- and extra-company success factors for, and limits of, producing sustainability impacts through CSR. Finally, they discuss its contribution to achieving public policy goals and the governance paradigms that are necessary to make CSR effective. The volume successfully combines a business and public policy perspective, based on an interdisciplinary approach.This book will be invaluable for both students and researchers interested in the effects of CSR, and will prove a useful tool for policy-makers and CSR practitioners alike.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-04-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781847207647

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Contents:ForewordPART I: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK1. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Impact: Opening up the ArenaRegine Barth and Franziska Wolff2. A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Impact of CSRJon Birger Skjærseth and Jørgen Wettestad 3. A Framework for Explaining the Sustainability Impact of CSRFederica Viganò, Franziska Wolff and Daniele NicolaiPART II: MAPPING CSR: SURVEY DATA ON SELECTED ISSUES IN FOUR SECTORS4. Introduction to the SurveysKatharina Schmitt5. CSR in the European Oil Sector: A Mapping of Company PerceptionsElin Lerum Boasson, Jørgen Wettestad and Maria Bohn6. CSR in the European Fish Processing Industry: Not Just Fishing for ComplimentsKatharina Schmitt and Franziska Wolff7. CSR in the European Banking Sector: Evidence from a SurveyFederica Viganò and Daniele Nicolai8. Driving on CSR: SMEs in the Automotive Supply ChainTamás Pálvölgyi, János Szlávik, Noémi Csigéné Nagypál, Miklós Füle and Mária Csete9. CSR Practices Across Four Sectors: A Synthesis of the SurveysKatharina SchmittPART III: ASSESSING AND EXPLAINING THE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OF CSR: CASE STUDY FINDINGS10. Standardized CSR and Climate Performance: Why is Shell Willing, but Hydro Reluctant?Elin Lerum Boasson and Jørgen Wettestad11. In Hunt for Sustainable Seafood: Sustainability Effects of CSR in Three Fish Processing CompaniesFranziska Wolff and Katharina Schmitt12. CSR for Gender Equality: A New Approach for Dealing with Long-Standing Inequalities? Insights from Two BanksIrmgard Schultz13. Banking on Integrity: CSR Helps Counter Bribery and Money Laundering in Two BanksPeter Wilkinson14. CSR Effects Across Four Issue Areas: A Synthesis of the Case StudiesFranziska WolffPART IV: CSR AND PUBLIC POLICY15. CSR and Public Policy: Mutually Reinforcing for Sustainable Development?Franziska Wolff, Maria Bohn, Irmgard Schultz and Peter Wilkinson16. Striking Oil? CSR and the EU Integration Processes: The Example of HungaryTamás Pálvölgyi, Noémi Csigéné Nagypál, János Szlávik, Hajnalka Csáfor and Mária Csete17. Rhetoric and Realities in CSR: Main Findings and Implications for Public Policy and ResearchFranziska Wolff, Regine Barth, Christian Hochfeld and Katharina SchmittReferencesIndex