The corporate responsibility movement : five years of global corporate responsibility analysis from Lifeworth, 2001-2005

Bendell, Jem ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-4413 , ed. (2009) The corporate responsibility movement : five years of global corporate responsibility analysis from Lifeworth, 2001-2005. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, UK. Full text not available from this repository.

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Abstract

Corporate social responsibility is now an established agenda for large companies, with a new profession emerging that engages in the social and environmental contribution of business. How has this agenda emerged over time? What were the key events and actors? How has this new "movement" of committed individuals been taking shape around the globe? Insights into these questions come from a review of the first half of first decade of the 21st century. The Corporate Responsibility Movement compiles Lifeworth's highly praised Annual Reviews of Corporate Responsibility from 2001 to 2005. It is introduced with a new overview by the lead author of those reviews, Dr Jem Bendell, in a piece that examines the trajectory of a new social movement in and around business. At a time of searching questions about the future of finance, Dr Bendell argues that a new concept of "capital democracy" is emerging from within the community of people working towards corporate responsibility, which could be mainstreamed as a socially and environmentally enhanced system of economy. He calls on professionals, researchers and policy-makers to embrace an ambitious agenda for corporate responsibility and develop greater insight into acting together as a movement for change. This book is an essential resource for business libraries, recording, analysing and contextualising some of the key events, issues and trends during this historic period in the development of the corporation.

Item Type: Book
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
ISBN: 9781906093181
Departments: Research Centres > Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2016 17:10
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2024 08:16
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1990
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