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This critical book presents ways to improve the impact of corporate
sustainability programs on the ecological and social systems that
we rely upon. Integrating three decades of multidisciplinary
empirical and conceptual research undertaken by three leading
management scholars in three countries, this book addresses the
current state of, and the prospects for, business to help create a
truly sustainable society. Providing a balanced perspective,
Salvaging Corporate Sustainability expertly charts the path from
the promises of corporate sustainability, to where it has gone
wrong, and on to where it needs to go from here. The authors
conclude by outlining a research agenda for finding a working
balance between free market and formal governance that can yield
substantive corporate sustainability programs. Overall, this book
will challenge readers to take a broader view of how we use the
planet’s limited resources and the ways in which corporations can
work with their stakeholders and the government to address our
global sustainability challenges. Offering new directions for
uncovering better ways to increase sustainability through business,
this book will be core reading for academics and students of
business leadership, corporate social responsibility, corporate
sustainability, and strategic management. It will also be useful
for practitioners who oversee and implement sustainability
practices, helping them to conceptualize how to approach their
jobs.
This critical book presents ways to improve the impact of corporate
sustainability programs on the ecological and social systems that
we rely upon. Integrating three decades of multidisciplinary
empirical and conceptual research undertaken by three leading
management scholars in three countries, this book addresses the
current state of, and the prospects for, business to help create a
truly sustainable society. Providing a balanced perspective,
Salvaging Corporate Sustainability expertly charts the path from
the promises of corporate sustainability, to where it has gone
wrong, and on to where it needs to go from here. The authors
conclude by outlining a research agenda for finding a working
balance between free market and formal governance that can yield
substantive corporate sustainability programs. Overall, this book
will challenge readers to take a broader view of how we use the
planet's limited resources and the ways in which corporations can
work with their stakeholders and the government to address our
global sustainability challenges. Offering new directions for
uncovering better ways to increase sustainability through business,
this book will be core reading for academics and students of
business leadership, corporate social responsibility, corporate
sustainability, and strategic management. It will also be useful
for practitioners who oversee and implement sustainability
practices, helping them to conceptualize how to approach their
jobs.
In business, does it pay to be good? Drawing from two decades of
published conceptual and empirical scholarship, this book outlines
the mechanisms of the business case for corporate social
responsibility and demonstrates the conditions that cause good
corporate acts to succeed, or fail, in turning a profit. Central to
the explanation is the role of stakeholders, who are portrayed as
agents who can turn corporate ''good into gold'' but lack the
capacity to do so consistently. This book takes a critical
perspective, noting significant limits on the ability of
stakeholders to reward good corporate behavior and rein in bad
corporate acts. It concludes with several ways that scholars can
improve this important and popular research topic. Using arguments
built from two decades of highly cited and award-winning published
scholarship, Michael L. Barnett uses strong theoretical building
blocks and a well-vetted critical perspective to chart the
boundaries of the business case for corporate social
responsibility. The original introduction organizes and integrates
this world-class research into a coherent and convincing story,
while the original concluding chapter takes the reader beyond the
current literature and provides a path forward that can build a
better business case. A multifaceted mix of conceptual and
empirical work across levels of analysis (individual, firm, and
industry) provides a comprehensive perspective, warts and all. This
critical and approachable collection will be a key resource for
management scholars, from doctoral students to senior professors,
whether they seek to gain a foothold on the core topic of the
relationship between business and society or wish to find a way to
add to this rich literature. The book would fit as a resource in
doctoral seminars and university libraries. Consulting firms and
practitioners may also take interest, as they prepare for, and
prepare others for, leadership roles in corporations.
In business, does it pay to be good? Drawing from two decades of
published conceptual and empirical scholarship, this book outlines
the mechanisms of the business case for corporate social
responsibility and demonstrates the conditions that cause good
corporate acts to succeed, or fail, in turning a profit. Central to
the explanation is the role of stakeholders, who are portrayed as
agents who can turn corporate ''good into gold'' but lack the
capacity to do so consistently. This book takes a critical
perspective, noting significant limits on the ability of
stakeholders to reward good corporate behavior and rein in bad
corporate acts. It concludes with several ways that scholars can
improve this important and popular research topic. Using arguments
built from two decades of highly cited and award-winning published
scholarship, Michael L. Barnett uses strong theoretical building
blocks and a well-vetted critical perspective to chart the
boundaries of the business case for corporate social
responsibility. The original introduction organizes and integrates
this world-class research into a coherent and convincing story,
while the original concluding chapter takes the reader beyond the
current literature and provides a path forward that can build a
better business case. A multifaceted mix of conceptual and
empirical work across levels of analysis (individual, firm, and
industry) provides a comprehensive perspective, warts and all. This
critical and approachable collection will be a key resource for
management scholars, from doctoral students to senior professors,
whether they seek to gain a foothold on the core topic of the
relationship between business and society or wish to find a way to
add to this rich literature. The book would fit as a resource in
doctoral seminars and university libraries. Consulting firms and
practitioners may also take interest, as they prepare for, and
prepare others for, leadership roles in corporations.
What does it mean to have a "good" or "bad" reputation? How does it
create or destroy value, or shape chances to pursue particular
opportunities? Where do reputations come from? How do we measure
them? How do we build and manage them? Over the last twenty years
the answers to these questions have become increasingly
important-and increasingly problematic-for scholars and
practitioners seeking to understand the creation, management, and
role of reputation in corporate life. This Handbook intends to
bring definitional clarity to these issues, giving an account of
extant research and theory and offering guidance about where
scholarship on corporate reputation might most profitably head.
Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines, such as management,
sociology, economics, finance, history, marketing, and psychology,
have contributed chapters to provide state of the art definitions
of corporate reputation; differentiate reputation from other
constructs and intangible assets; offer guidance on measuring
reputation; consider the role of reputation as a corporate asset
and how a variety of factors, including stage of life, nation of
origin, and the stakeholders considered affect its ability to
create value; and explore corporate reputation's role more broadly
as a regulatory mechanism. Finally, they also discuss how to manage
and grow reputations, as well as repair them when they are damaged.
In discussing these issues this Handbook aims to move the field of
corporate reputation research forward by demonstrating where the
field is now, addressing some of the perpetual problems of
definition and differentiation, and suggesting future research
directions.
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