Corporate Responsibility The American Experience

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This thought-provoking history of corporate responsibility in the USA is a landmark publication documenting the story of corporate power and business behavior from the mid-eighteenth century to the modern day. It shows how the idea of corporate responsibility has evolved over time, with the roles, responsibilities and performance of corporations coming increasingly under the spotlight as new norms of transparency and accountability emerge. Today, it is expected that a corporation will be transparent in its operations; that it will reflect ethical values that are broadly shared by others in society; and that companies will enable society to achieve environmental sustainability as well as a high standard of living. As we enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, the social, political and economic landscape is once again shifting: the need for an informed public conversation about what is expected of the modern corporation has never been greater. Without index.

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• Year: 2,012

• Pages: 593

• Pages In File: 593

• Language: English

• Topic: 7

• Identifier: 9,781,107,020,948

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• Tags: Corporate Responsibility American

• Toc: cover.pdf......Page 23 Introduction The Corporation in the Public Square.pdf......Page 24Chapter 0: Patterns and Prospects......Page 46Why do corporations ``do good´´?......Page 48The meaning of corporate responsibility......Page 515 Chapter 1 Foundations of Capitalism and the Birth of the Corporation (1776–1880).pdf......Page 526 Chapter 2 The Turbulent Rise of the Corporation (1880–1900).pdf......Page 837 Chapter 3 The Progressive Era and a New Business–Government Relationship (1900–1918).pdf......Page 1118 Chapter 4 The Corporation's Case for Social Responsibility (1918–1929).pdf......Page 1459 Chapter 5 The Corporation and National Crisis (1929–1945).pdf......Page 17311 Chapter 6 Corporate Legitimacy Affirmed (1945–1963).pdf......Page 21412 Chapter 7 A Revolution of Rising Expectations (1963–1973).pdf......Page 24913 Chapter 8 Managing Corporate Responsibility (1973–1981).pdf......Page 28315 Chapter 9 Stakeholders and Stockholders (1981–1989).pdf......Page 32016 Chapter 10 Corporate Responsibility Institutionalizes and Globalizes (1989–2001).pdf......Page 35417 Chapter 11 A New Social Contract for the Twenty-first Century (2001–2011).pdf......Page 39318 Conclusion Patterns and Prospects.pdf......Page 43119 Endnotes.pdf......Page 44220 References.pdf......Page 48021 List of Plates.pdf......Page 52422 Plate section.pdf......Page 530c02094-0-1......Page 531