Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, Communication, Governance

This upper-level textbook offers an original and up-to-date introduction to issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a global perspective. Written by an international team of experts, it guides students through key themes in CSR including strategy, communication, regulation and governance. Balancing critiques of CSR with a discussion of the opportunities it creates, it includes chapters devoted to critical issues such as human rights, anti-corruption, labour rights and the environment. Pedagogical features include customised case studies, study questions, key term highlighting, practitioner pieces and suggestions for further resources. The book is also complemented by a companion website featuring adaptable lecture slides, teaching notes for cases and links to related resources. Tailored for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and business ethics, it is also relevant to non-business courses in political science, international relations and communications.

List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Preface; Prologue Jim Walsh; 1. The changing role of business in global society: CSR and beyond Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing and Jeremy Moon; Part I. Strategy and CSR: 2. Historical perspectives on corporate social responsibility Jeremy Moon and Jean-Pascal Gond, with Luisa Murphy; 3. Strategic CSR: ambitions and critiques Steen Vallentin and Laura J. Spence; 4. Corporate responsibility strategies for sustainability Mike Valente; 5. Managing for stakeholders in the digital age R. Edward Freeman, Sergiy Dmytriyev and Robert G. Strand; 6. Political CSR: the corporation as a political actor Glen Whelan; Personal reflection Mads Øvlisen; Part II. The Regulatory Dynamics of CSR: 7. Standards for corporate social responsibility: legitimacy, impact, and critique Andreas Rasche and Sandra Waddock; 8. Corporate responsibility reporting Christian Herzig and Anna-Lena Kühn; 9. NGO activism and CSR Frank G. A. de Bakker and Frank den Hond; 10. Government as a regulator of corporate social responsibility: beyond voluntarism Jette Steen Knudsen; Personal reflection Clare Short; Part III. Communication and CSR: 11. CSR communication: what is it? Why is it important? Mette Morsing; 12. CSR and crisis communication strategies W. Timothy Coombs; 13. CSR and reputation: too much of a good thing? Christopher Wickert and Joep Cornelissen; 14. The corporate construction of transparency and (in)transparency Lars Thøger Christensen and Dennis Schoenborn; Personal reflection Daniel Mittler; Part IV. The Governance of Transnational Issues: 15. Business and human rights: not just another CSR issue? Karin Buhmann and Florian Wettstein; 16. Anti-corruption governance and global business Hans Krause Hansen; 17. Business and transnational environmental governance Stefano Ponte, René Taudal Poulsen and Jane Lister; 18. Labour rights in global supply chains Dirk Ulrich Gilbert and Kristin Huber; Personal reflection Mark Moody-Stuart; Epilogue Jonas Haertle; Glossary on CSR and related concepts; References; Index.

Andreas Rasche is Professor of Business in Society at the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Copenhagen Business School. He has published more than fifty academic articles and cases as well as four books and is Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly.
Mette Morsing is Professor and Co-Director of the Sustainability Platform at Copenhagen Business School. She was a Founding Member of the Academy of Business in Society (ABIS) in Brussels and Associate Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Management.
Jeremy Moon is Velux Professor of Corporate Sustainability at Copenhagen Business School. He is the co-author of Corporations and Citizenship (with Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten, 2008) and author of A Very Short Introduction to Corporate Social Responsibility (2014).