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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  • Language: English

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  • Toc: cover.pdf......Page 2 3 Introduction The Corporation in the Public Square.pdf......Page 24 Chapter 0: Patterns and Prospects......Page 46 Why do corporations ``do good´´?......Page 48 The meaning of corporate responsibility......Page 51 5 Chapter 1 Foundations of Capitalism and the Birth of the Corporation (1776–1880).pdf......Page 52 6 Chapter 2 The Turbulent Rise of the Corporation (1880–1900).pdf......Page 83 7 Chapter 3 The Progressive Era and a New Business–Government Relationship (1900–1918).pdf......Page 111 8 Chapter 4 The Corporation's Case for Social Responsibility (1918–1929).pdf......Page 145 9 Chapter 5 The Corporation and National Crisis (1929–1945).pdf......Page 173 11 Chapter 6 Corporate Legitimacy Affirmed (1945–1963).pdf......Page 214 12 Chapter 7 A Revolution of Rising Expectations (1963–1973).pdf......Page 249 13 Chapter 8 Managing Corporate Responsibility (1973–1981).pdf......Page 283 15 Chapter 9 Stakeholders and Stockholders (1981–1989).pdf......Page 320 16 Chapter 10 Corporate Responsibility Institutionalizes and Globalizes (1989–2001).pdf......Page 354 17 Chapter 11 A New Social Contract for the Twenty-first Century (2001–2011).pdf......Page 393 18 Conclusion Patterns and Prospects.pdf......Page 431 19 Endnotes.pdf......Page 442 20 References.pdf......Page 480 21 List of Plates.pdf......Page 524 22 Plate section.pdf......Page 530 c02094-0-1......Page 531

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