Corporate Social Responsibility

Oliver Williams is a member of the faculty of the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame and is the director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business.Williams is the editor or author of 15 books as well as numerous articles on business ethics in journals such as the Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Horizons and Theology Today. Recent books include Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business: The South African Experience and Global Codes Today (co-authored with S. Prakash Sethi) and Peace Through Commerce: Responsible Corporate Citizenship and the UN Global Compact.He served as associate provost of the University of Notre Dame from 1987-94 and is a past chair of the Social Issues Division of the Academy of Management. In 2006, he was appointed a member of the three-person Board of Directors at the United Nations Global Compact Foundation. The United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative with over 7,000 businesses around the world as members.

• Introduction 1. Corporate social responsibility: its history and development 2. The purpose of business: the basic issue 3. Stretching the limits of CSR: breaking the bounds of the market logic 4. Corporate social responsibility as an instrument of global governance: the UN Global Compact 5. Conclusion: moving from incremental progress toward transformational action in shaping an inclusive and sustainable economy

"This well written, and easily accessible book on corporate social responsibility cuts through the mountain of literature to tackle the big issues. It is both intelligent and compassionate at the same time, coming from a wise and experienced man." - Dr Malcolm McIntosh FRSA"[The book] is concise, well-documented, and convincing. The approach is non-theological (there are no explicit references to Catholic social teaching) but draws upon the conclusion of that literature. It would be an excellent resource in any course on contemporary business ethics." - Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C, President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame"…by dipping into the book, you will discover that it is written skillfully and thoughtfully by one of the CSR field’s leading thinkers….you will also find a practical and attainable way to make corporate social responsibility an operational reality within an expanding array of for-profit corporations around the globe." - William C. Frederick, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh.