Corporate social responsibility : challenges, opportunities and strategies for 21st century leaders

Idowu, Samuel O. (Added Author). Okpara, John O. (Added Author).

Summary: In today's global business environment it is no longer acceptable that a corporation does well simply by doing good. It is expected. With increasing pressures from stakeholders to improve the bottom line as well as to be good corporate citizens, business leaders face tough decisions. What social issues should we support? What initiatives should we develop that will do the most good for the company as well as the cause? Do we include social messages in our advertising, encourage our employees to volunteer, do we modify our business practices? How do we integrate a new initiative into current strategies? These and other challenges will continue to face future leaders. This book provides thoughtful answers to these important questions, and to many more. The book offers suggestions on how to choose among major worthy causes and also how to measure the amount of good achieved both for the recipients and the companies themselves. Of course, all is not only about challenges, there are loads of opportunities that go along with them but it's only responsible and sustainable leaders who would be able to spot these opportunities. That is the future which awaits 21st century leaders.

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ISBN: 9783642409745
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 296 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Berlin : Springer, �2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:april.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Conceptual Framework of CSR. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of the Concept and Analysis of the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century / John O. Okpara and Samuel O. Idowu -- The Ethical Foundations for CSR / Claus Strue Frederiksen and Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen -- Corporate Social Responsibility: A Governable Space / Anthea Wesley [and others] -- EI, IQ and Competence: Toward a Comparative Model of China and Bangladesh / M. Ruhul Amin and Quanxin Zhang -- Confucius' Teachings and Corporate Social Responsibility / Kim Cheng Patrick Low and Sik Liong Ang -- Global CSR Challenges and Opportunities. Environmental Performance: The Impact of R & D Intensity on Firms' Environmental Concerns / Jean D. Kabongo and John O. Okpara -- CSR Life-Cycle Exploration / Catalina Sitnikov -- Corporate Leaders' Perceptions About Corporate Social Responsibility: An Exploratory Analysis / John O. Okpara and Jean D. Kabongo -- Sustainability: Implementing CSR in MNCs/MNEs, SMEs and Family Businesses. CSR-Oriented SMEs: A Question of Entrepreneurial Virtues in Action? Reflections in Theory and Practice / Mara Del Baldo -- Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Management Paradigm? / Ren�e Schmidpeter -- Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation in the EU and USA: The Trend and the Way Forward / Mia Mahmudur Rahim and Nakib Mohammad Nasrullah. Corporate Social Responsibility: An Indian Perspective / Monica Singhania, Navendu Sharma and J. Yagnesh Rohit -- CSR in Higher Education Institutions Around the World. Corporate Social Responsibility in Business Education: A Review of Current Status of American Business Schools Curriculum / John O. Okpara, Nicholas Koumbiadis and Samuel O. Idowu -- Corporate Social Responsibility in Higher Education Institutions in the Development of Communities and Society in Nigeria / Olanrewaju Samson Ibidunni -- Management and Policy Process in Adult Education: Leadership Implications to Corporate Social Responsibility in Higher Institutions / Williams Emeka Obiozor and Vivian Ngozi Nwogbo -- Ethics in American Universities: A Review of Ethics Teaching in Business Schools Accounting Programs / Nicholas Koumbiadis and John O. Okpara.
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