CSR and Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Michael Hopkins is both an academic and a businessman, as well as a widely published author on CSR and sustainability. He has worked for IBM, ITT, BAT etc in the corporate sector, the United Nations (ILO in Geneva for 13 years as senior economist), advises UEFA on CSR, and has been an academic (IDS, University of Sussex, UK). In 1988, Michael set up the research and advisory company on CSR and sustainability, MHC International Ltd (MHCi), with headquarters in London, UK. Currently he is Adjunct Professor of CSR at George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Visiting Professor at Management University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Visiting and Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India.

• CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter One : Introduction to CSR, the Turbulence Today and Why Social Responsibility Is Needed More than Ever Before; Chapter Two : Where Is CSR Today and Where Is It Going?; Chapter Three: CSR/Sustainability and Big Issues: A New Charter for Business; Chapter Four CSR/Sustainability Model (H-CSR-M) Defined; Chapter Five : My Own Experience In Applying CSR; Chapter Six : The Planetary Bargain Updated; Chapter Seven : Is It the Responsibility of Corporations to Create Jobs?; Chapter Eight : nequality and Poverty Increase as Calls for Basic Income Rise as a Result; Chapter Nine : CSR and the SDGs: The Role of the Private Sector; Chapter Ten : Immigration plus Business in Conflict Areas; Chapter Eleven : National Social Responsibility Index (NSRI); Chapter Twelve : International Development and CSR Updated; Chapter Thirteen : Do the Media Incite Terrorist and Militarization Outrages: Would More Social Responsibility Help?; Chapter Fourteen Other Big Issues Climate Change, Corruption, Human Rights; Chapter Fifteen : Leadership Responsibility and Implications; Chapter Sixteen : Gender – Women May Not Need CSR; Chapter Seventeen : Good and Bad CSR Examples; Chapter Eighteen : CSR Covers Sustainable Philanthropy and Social Enterprise; Chapter Nineteen : Conclusion: Next Steps and for Whom?; Annex; Index

'Michael Hopkins has explored new aspects of corporate activity, widening the concept of CSR to include all corporate bodies, such as NGOs, the public sector and social enterprises. In this book he is widening the concept even further to include the currently fashionable term of ‘sustainability’ and explores how CSR/Sustainability have expanded the corporate worlds vision to take previously taboo subjects in new directions.’ - Professor Guy Standing, SOAS University of London and father of Basic Income, as well as former Director at ILO, UK.