Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

Spread over 30 chapters in six units, Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business is a comprehensive guide to corporate social responsibility (CSR). It explains how the bases of CSR are politics and ethics, without which the role of business in society cannot be understood. Though designe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores:	Usha, author (author), Murthy, K., author
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Pearson India 2010.
Edición:	1st edition
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628188706719

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Cover
Contents
About the Authors
Preface
Unit I: Thinking Conceptually about Politics
Chapter 1: Liberty
1.1 Meaning and Nature of Liberty
1.2 Negative Liberty
1.3 Positive Liberty
1.4 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Equality
2.1 Meaning and Significance of Equality
2.2 Foundational Equality
2.2.1 Fundamental Equality of Persons
2.2.2 Equality of Opportunity
2.2.3 Equality of Condition
2.2.4 Equality of Outcome
2.3 Distributional Equality
2.3.1 Equality of Welfare
2.3.2 Equality of Resources
2.4 Equality of Capability
2.5 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 3: Justice
3.1 The Concept
3.2 Core Elements of Justice
3.2.1 Non-Arbitrariness
3.2.2 Consistency
3.2.3 Relevance
3.2.4 Proportion
3.2.5 Procedure
3.3 Justice as an Ethical Principle
3.3.1 Distributive Justice
3.3.1.1 Justice as Equality (Egalitarianism)
3.3.1.2 Justice Based on Contribution (Capitalist Justice)
3.3.1.3 Justice Based on Needs and Abilities (Socialism)
3.3.1.4 Justice as Freedom (Libertarianism)
3.3.1.5 Justice as Fairness
3.3.2 Retributive Justice
3.3.3 Compensatory Justice
3.4 Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness
3.4.1 Rawls' Method
3.4.2 Rawls' Principles of Justice
3.4.2.1 Principle of Equal Liberty
3.4.2.2 The Difference Principle
3.4.3 The Principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity
3.4.4 Critical Evaluation of Rawls' Theory
3.5 Distributive Justice and Business
3.6 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 4: Rights
4.1 Meaning and Nature of Rights
4.2 Basis Of Rights
4.2.1 Legal Rights
4.2.2 Moral Rights
4.2.3 Negative and Positive Rights
4.2.4 Contractual Rights
4.2.5 Natural Rights and Human Rights
4.3 Human Rights and the Corporate World.
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 5: Recognition
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Meaning of Recognition
5.3 Politics of Recognition
5.4 Forms of Recognition
5.5 Multiculturalism and Diversity
5.6 Misrecognition or Non-Recognition
5.7 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 6: The Idea of a Good Society
6.1 A Good Society
6.2 Three Partners
6.2.1 Community and Society
6.2.2 State and Society
6.2.3 Markets and Society
6.3 Sustainability of a Good Society
6.4 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Unit II: Domain of Politics and Ethics
Chapter 7: Democracy
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Why Good Governance?
7.2.1 Evolution of Democracy
7.2.2 Forms of Governance
7.3 Democracy - Its Varieties and Processes
7.3.1 Varieties
7.4 Democratic Process
7.4.1 Implications for the Corporation
7.5 A Corporation as a Democratic Body
7.6 Democracy - Beyond the State Level
7.7 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 8: Welfare State
8.1 Interpretations of Welfare State
8.2 Origins
8.2.1 The Development of Welfare States
8.3 Arguments For and Against the Welfare State
8.3.1 Arguments in Favour
8.3.2 Arguments Against
8.4 Criticism
8.5 The Welfare State and Social Expenditure
8.6 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 9: Markets and Globalisation
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Market Economy
9.3 What Is Market Failure?
9.4 Social Controls
9.5 The Decline of the Welfare State and Growth of Multinationals
9.6 Implication of Globalisation
9.6.1 Globalisation
9.6.2 Economic Globalisation
9.6.3 Globalisation, Market and Inequality
9.6.4 Globalisation and Corruption
9.7 Global Corporate Responsibility
9.8 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography.
Unit III: Business Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Chapter 10: Business Ethics
10.1 Nature of The Study of Business Ethics
10.2 Levels of Business Ethics
10.3 Evolution of Business Ethics
10.3.1 Decline in the Role of the State
10.3.2 Impact of Consumer Movements
10.3.3 Evolution of Common Standards
10.3.4 Adverse Impact of Multi-national Corporations
10.3.5 Threat of Legal Action
10.4 Ethical Issues and Approaches
10.5 Business Ethics and Philosophy of Business
10.6 Business and Society
10.6.1 Nature of Business
10.6.2 Role of Business in Relation to Other Entities
10.6.3 Moral Obligation of Business
10.7 Paradigm Shift
10.7.1 Implications of Shifts in Paradigm
10.8 Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
10.9 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 11: Theories of Moral Reasoning
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Moral Theory
11.2.1 Two Approaches to Moral Reasoning
11.2.2 Definition of Consequentialism or Teleology
11.2.3 Definition of Deontology
11.3 Moral Reasoning and Business Ethics
11.4 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 12: Business Ethics Issues and New Developments
12.1 Overview of Business Ethics
12.2 Business Ethics and Society
12.3 Business Ethics in Management
12.3.1 Business Ethics and Accounting
12.3.2 Ethics of Human Resource Management
12.3.3 Ethics of Sales and Marketing
12.3.4 Ethics of Production
12.3.5 Ethics of Intellectual Property, Knowledge and Skills
12.3.6 International Business Ethics
12.3.7 Issues and Subfields Include
12.4 New Developments in Ethical Theories
12.4.1 Feminist Theory
12.4.2 Stakeholder Theory
12.4.3 Criticism
12.4.4 Social Contract Theory
12.5 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 13: Ethics in Management.
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Institutionalising Ethical Climate
13.2.1 Importance of Ethical Climate
13.3 Ethical Models of Morality
13.3.1 Immoral Managers
13.3.2 Moral Managers
13.3.3 Amoral Managers
13.4 Ethical Decision Making
13.4.1 Importance of Ethical Decision Making
13.4.2 Principles of Ethical Decision Making
13.5 Conclusion
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Unit IV: Politics and Ethics in Business
Chapter 14: Corporate Code of Ethics
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Types of Codes of Ethics
14.2.1 General Codes
14.2.2 Specific Codes
14.3 Nature of Codes of Ethics
14.3.1 Social Norms
14.3.2 Voluntary Codes
14.3.3 Mandatory Codes
14.4 CSR Principles, Processes and Code of Ethics
14.5 Steps for Institutionalising Ethical Norms and Behaviour
14.5.1 Written Codes, Policies or Guidelines
14.5.2 Ethical Committees
14.5.3 Dissemination of Policies to Stakeholders, not Just Management
14.5.4 Reinforcement
14.5.5 Training
14.5.6 Grievance Mechanism
14.5.7 Monitoring
14.6 Social Code for Business by Confederation of Indian Industry and United Nations Development Programme
14.7 Conclusions: Living Ethical Norms
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 15: Responsibility and Accountability
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Basic Framework
15.2.1 Responsibility
15.2.2 Accountability
15.2.3 Governance
15.3 Corporate Responsibility
15.3.1 Good Governance
15.3.2 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
15.3.3 Environmental Accountability
15.4 Integrated Approach
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 16: Environment
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Business and Environmental Problems
16.3 Environmental Degradation
16.3.1 Pollution
16.3.2 Acid Rain
16.3.3 Global Warming
16.3.4 Rainforest Depletion
16.3.5 Hazardous Waste.
16.3.6 Ozone Layer Depletion
16.4 Responsibility of Humans Towards Environmental Harms
16.5 Responsibilities to the Natural World
16.6 Business Ethics in the Age of Sustainable Economics
16.7 Operationalising Environmental Accountability
16.8 Corporate Environmental Accounting
16.9 Rationale for Environmental Accounting
16.10 Different Environmental Accounting Disciplines
16.11 Global Environmental Accounting
16.12 EMA
16.13 Environmental Financial Accounting
16.14 Environmental Audit
16.14.1 Data Collection
16.14.2 Compliance
16.14.3 Documentation
16.14.4 Periodic Audits
16.15 International Environmental Standards - ISO 14000
16.15.1 Benefits of International Certification
16.16 Corporate Sustainability Reporting
16.16.1 Frameworks and Guidance
16.16.2 Trends and Drivers
Chapter 17: Leadership
17.1 Meaning
17.2 Qualities and Attributes of Leaders
17.3 Leadership and Morality
17.4 Leadership and Responsibility
17.5 Conclusion - Leadership Challenges
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Chapter 18: Workforce Diversity
18.1 Workforce Diversity
18.2 Forms of Diversity
18.3 Diversity and Competitive Advantages
18.4 Diversity and Competitive Disadvantages
18.5 Managing Diversity Through Training
18.5.1 Need Assessment for Diversity Training
18.5.2 Adaptation of Diversity
18.5.3 Training in Diversity
18.6 Challenges
18.7 Conclusions
Suggested Questions
Bibliography
Unit V: Corporate Social Responsibility: An Overview
Chapter 19: Corporate Philanthropy
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Meaning and Background
19.3 Key Developments
19.3.1 Global Philanthropy
19.3.2 Strategic Philanthropy
19.4 Philanthropy and Others
19.4.1 Philanthropy and CSR
19.4.2 Philanthropy and Sponsorship
19.5 Corporate Philanthropy.
19.5.1 Philanthropy as Foundation of CSR in India.

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