Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Post-COVID Era

Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Leadership: Exploring the Compatible Territories

Corporate Social Responsibility for International Business

The recent proliferation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes and standards has been matched only by the boom in writings on the subject. This paper will focus mainly on the interaction between these codes and formal legal requirements, at national and international levels. It starts from the perspective that the recent spate of voluntary corporate codes for TNCs must be understood in...

Corporate social responsibility , business strategy , and the environment

We examine the concept of firms sacrificing profits in the social interest within the environmental realm, with particular focus on the case of the United States by addressing four key questions. May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Can they do so on a sustainable basis, or will the forces of a competitive marketplace render such efforts and...

Understanding the “Corporate” in Corporate Social Responsibility

As progressives confront the problems of the twenty-first century, be they global poverty and increasing income inequality, the scourge of HIV and other diseases, educational disparities, or climate change, an increasingly popular strategy is to enlist corporations in the effort. Even as some progressives continue to launch attacks on corporate misbehavior, often excoriating corporations for ca...

Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Analyzing Business in Transnational Contexts

Ever since the European Commission (EC) defined what “corporate social responsibility” is, European debate has taken up the definition as given. However a brief review of literature soon highlights that the adopted definition has given rise to some relevant concerns and is not without its critics. These criticisms might relate to the fact that literature on the issue is mainly produced by Ameri...