Is the Good Corporation Dead?: Social Responsibility in a Global EconomyJohn W. Houck, Oliver F. Williams Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 318 pagine Can corporations remain socially responsible in today's fiercely competitive global economy? For several decades after World War II, companies like IBM, which exemplified what journalist Robert J. Samuelson called the 'good corporation, ' poured forth material comforts and technological ideas while guaranteeing full employment and adequate retirement. In the 1980s all of that changed, as corporations moved to 'downsize' and become lean, mean global competitors. In this collection, thirteen prominent scholars in business ethics, finance, management, and religion and six corporate leaders respond to a new essay by Samuelson that sounds the death knell of the 'good corporation.' They propose new approaches to corporate integrity and social responsibility in the global economy. The book will be useful in corporate workshops and will make an excellent business ethics text in philosophy departments and business schools |
Sommario
The Good Corporation RIP | 3 |
The Myth of Corporate Social Responsibility Ethics and International Business | 17 |
Responsibility and the Virtual Corporation | 37 |
The New Social Contract | 49 |
The International Economic Order Revisited Are We Better Off Today? | 65 |
Moving from a Socially Responsible to a Socially Accountable Corporation | 83 |
Managerial Discretion A Necessary Condition for Multinational Corporate Social Responsibility | 101 |
The Socially Responsible Corporation Responsible to Whom and for What? | 129 |
Corporate Social Responsibility Wisdom from the Worlds Religions | 231 |
Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not a Challenge | 253 |
The Hershey Story Vision and Leadership for a Socially Responsible Corporation | 267 |
How One Company Is Socially Responsible | 277 |
The Value of Corporate Values | 283 |
Chevrons Ethical Commitment | 293 |
Henkels McCoy Our Story | 299 |
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Accountability in a Global Economy | 151 |
Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility Educating Stakeholders and Virtuous Entrepreneurs | 169 |
Seven Corporate Responsibilities | 189 |
The Apartheid Struggle Learnings from the Interaction between Church Groups and Business | 203 |
About the Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business | 307 |
About the Contributors | 311 |
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