CSR and Sustainability

The Big Issues of the Day

Michael Hopkins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

286 Seiten

2022
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83998-516-4 (ISBN)

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CSR and Sustainability promotes the need for social responsibility and sustainability and highlights their link with the big issues of society. It shows how science and positive thinking by humankind can prevent oft-vouched disasters due to human rights violation, global warming, growing income inequality (relative poverty), racism, gender discrimination and continuing absolute poverty.

Prof. Dr. Michael Hopkins is both an academic and a businessman, as well as a widely published author on CSR and sustainability. He has worked for IBM, ITT, BAT etc in the corporate sector, the United Nations (ILO in Geneva for 13 years as senior economist), advises UEFA on CSR, and has been an academic (IDS, University of Sussex, UK). In 1988, Michael set up the research and advisory company on CSR and sustainability, MHC International Ltd (MHCi), with headquarters in London, UK. Currently he is Adjunct Professor of CSR at George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Visiting Professor at Management University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Visiting and Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India.

CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter One : Introduction to CSR, the Turbulence Today and Why Social Responsibility Is Needed More than Ever Before; Chapter Two : Where Is CSR Today and Where Is It Going?; Chapter Three: CSR/Sustainability and Big Issues: A New Charter for Business; Chapter Four CSR/Sustainability Model (H-CSR-M) Defined; Chapter Five : My Own Experience In Applying CSR; Chapter Six : The Planetary Bargain Updated; Chapter Seven : Is It the Responsibility of Corporations to Create Jobs?; Chapter Eight : nequality and Poverty Increase as Calls for Basic Income Rise as a Result; Chapter Nine : CSR and the SDGs: The Role of the Private Sector; Chapter Ten : Immigration plus Business in Conflict Areas; Chapter Eleven : National Social Responsibility Index (NSRI); Chapter Twelve : International Development and CSR Updated; Chapter Thirteen : Do the Media Incite Terrorist and Militarization Outrages: Would More Social Responsibility Help?; Chapter Fourteen Other Big Issues Climate Change, Corruption, Human Rights; Chapter Fifteen : Leadership Responsibility and Implications; Chapter Sixteen : Gender – Women May Not Need CSR; Chapter Seventeen : Good and Bad CSR Examples; Chapter Eighteen : CSR Covers Sustainable Philanthropy and Social Enterprise; Chapter Nineteen : Conclusion: Next Steps and for Whom?; Annex; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.04.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-83998-516-X / 183998516X
ISBN-13	978-1-83998-516-4 / 9781839985164
Zustand	Neuware