Corporate social responsibility has been defined as "the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society." Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) just window dressing or is it a contradiction in terms? In this Very Short Introduction , Jeremy Moon shows that CSR holds much more value than it first appears, and examines how it has come of age in recent years. Illustrating the sorts of CSR investments companies make, the ways in which they practice CSR, and the challenges this brings, Moon considers how the principles migrated from their US roots to become a global business phenomenon. Exploring the place of CSR in different economic, social, political, and managerial contexts, this short guide considers the many positives, but also challenges, that CSR can present for companies, societies, and governments worldwide.
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Jeremy Moon is Velux Professor of Coporate Sustainability in the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management at Copenhagen Business School.
牛津大學出版社的通識讀本(A very short introduction series)很適合當作某個領域的敲門磚,整個系列六百多本內容包羅萬象,其中有一些已經被翻成中文了,不過讀起來沒有英文那麼流暢。有中文版的主題大部分都與哲學相關,這個系列很棒,如果喜歡研究一些專業之外的知識,可以上牛津大學出版社(Oxford University Press)的網頁瀏覽一番,或許會有意想不到的收穫。
剛查了一下,與商業管理相關的通識讀本目前只有11本,希望以後多出一些。這次讀的這一本Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)就是其中一本。CSR中文叫社會企業責任,這個專有名詞大家應該都不陌生了,企業是現代經濟活動的主要單元,企業在法律上屬於法人,但其實企業的經營跟自然人的行為沒有差別,所以也常被視為”企業公民”,如同一個好公民要奉公守法並且奉獻社會,企業在資本社會裡扮演非常重要的角色,所以民眾就會對企業有所期待,希望企業能在賺取利潤的同時,除了遵守法律,更要適度的回饋社會,讓所有人都能雨露均霑。
This is as advertised. A very short introduction to CSR. It hits the main issues and does a good job of summarizing a complex and expansive field and includes the entire world - not just focusing on US or UK or even EU views of CSR, which a lot of other books tend to do. For that reason I decided to give it three stars. That said, there is only so much detail that you can cover in something only 140 pages long. This book serves as a good snapshot of the field but isn't focused on giving any close up shots.
An accessible text that mixes dense, technical terms with many lucid descriptions and examples. I would highly recommend for those interested in CSR that are looking for a more detailed definition. I do wish some of the research was updated, but for the most part it makes reading the business section of the newspaper more accessible/clear in reference to the terms found herein.
I can't help but think that 'corporate social responsibility' just means 'ethics applied to the world of business', and it strikes me that what is missing from the whole field is any reflection whatsoever on the thousands of years of thinking about The Right Thing To Do, or even awareness of its existence. Instead it consists of vague thoughts translated into business-babble, resulting in books like this one which use - apparently with a straight face - words like 'operationalization' (no, seriously - page 60).
Never mind.
Chapter 1: An idea whose time has come Chapter 2: The company level Chapter 3: National and international developments Chapter 4: The socialization of markets Chapter 5: CSR and new governance Chapter 6: Critical perspectives Chapter 7: Prospects and reflections