Global Business Citizenship : a Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism.

Global Business Citizenship : a Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism.

This practical and engaging book provides a coherent approach to global business responsibility and ethics based on the latest research, theory, and practice. The authors incorporate numerous interesting and current real world examples to support the argument that corporations need to - and can - id...

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Main Author: Wood, Donna J.
Other Authors: Logsdon, Jeanne M., Lewellyn, Patsy G., Davenport, Kimberly S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Subjects:
International business enterprises > Management.
Social responsibility of business.
Business ethics.
Business ethics
International business enterprises > Management
Social responsibility of business
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. An Invitation to Global Business Citizenship; Linking Ethics to Business Practice; Globalization and the New Pressures on Managers; Countervailing Forces; The Promise of Global Business Citizenship; 2. What's Wrong with the Status Quo?; Systems Are More Complex and Turbulent; Firms Face More Threats ... and Opportunities; Managers Are Caught in a Vise; Capitalism Itself Is Threatened; The Promise of Global Business Citizenship; Conclusion; 3. The Lens of Global Business Citizenship.
  • The Concept of CitizenshipMaking the Leap from Individual to Business Citizenship; Three Approaches to Citizenship; Comparing Views of Citizenship; The Process of Global Business Citizenship; Guidelines for Implementing GBC; Conclusion; 4. Principles, Codes, and Policies: The Guidance System for Global Business Citizenship; Organizational Guidance Systems; GBC Requires a Small Set of Comprehensive Universal Principles; Universal Principles and Ethical Relativism; What Are "Universal" Principles?; Codes of Conduct: What's Covered?; Codes of Conduct: Temptations and Dilemmas.
  • What Does a GBC Code Look Like?Designing for Buy-In; The Biggest Mistakes in Codes of Conduct; Conclusion; 5. The Principle of Accountability and Processes of Stakeholder Engagement; Accountability: An Overview; Stakeholder Engagement; Which Stakeholders Need to Be Engaged?; How and Where Do We Engage Our Stakeholders?; Basic Approaches to Stakeholder Engagement; More Complex Approaches to Stakeholder Engagement; Stakeholder Engagement for Large-Scale Social Problem-Solving; Making Stakeholder Engagement Work; 6. Cases in Implementing GBC Stakeholder Engagement.
  • Implementing Stakeholder EngagementEmployee Stakeholder Engagement: Calcados Azaléia S/A, Brazil; Supplier Engagement: Hewlett-Packard; Local Community Engagement: Holcim and Union Cement; Public-Private Partnerships: Volvo and Göteborg; Multi-Sector Collaboration: Vietnam Footwear Industry; Collaborating on the Hardest Stuff: AngloGold Ashanti and Danfoss Group; Stakeholders Matter; Conclusion: Implementing Can Be Fun; 7. Building the Citizen Company: The Principles of Organizational Change (Nice Theory, But Will It Work?); Definitions, Levels, Principles.
  • How Does Change Occur? The CHANGE ModelWhy Do Some Change Efforts Fail?; Conclusion; 8. Organizational Change the GBC Way: Cases in Implementation; What's Different About GBC Implementation?; What Makes a Problem Easier or Harder?; Merging the GBC Process and the Change Process: Examples from Global Compact Cases; Conclusion; 9. The Practice of Accountability: GBC Measurement and Reporting; GBC Reporting Goes Further; Reporting Then: An Historical Perspective; Reporting Now: A Current Perspective; Accountability Tools: An Internal Focus; Accountability Tools: An External Focus.

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