Definitions
Business Ethics: moral guidelines for the conduct of business based on notions of what is right, wrong and fair. Business people are affected by their superiors and immediate colleagues when making business decisions and may feel pressurized to behave unethically when seeking to make profits.
SOURCE: The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility (2007).
Corporate Social Responsibility: a business philosophy which stresses the need for firms to behave as good corporate citizens, not merely obeying the law but conducting their production and marketing activities in a manner which avoids causing environmental pollution or exhausting finite world resources.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR & Management
- Guide to Management Ideas and GurusTim Hindle provides a short introduction to the management concepts that have most influenced companies over the past century, and discusses management ideas related to corporate social responsibility.
- Emerging Markets: Lessons for Business Success and the Outlook for Different MarketsThis book provides practical advice on what companies should be aware of in terms of corporate social responsibility. It also offers suggestions on what strategies companies should take to help avoid bad publicity.
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business: A Guide to Leadership Tasks and FunctionsAlessia D'Amato, Sybil Henderson and Sue Florence provide an overview of topics such as: Partnering with Stakeholders, Leadership Capabilities and Competencies and Organizational Challenges and Limitations.
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