Book Description:
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment in all aspects of their operations. This obligation is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation to comply with legislation and sees organizations voluntarily taking further steps to improve the quality of life for employees and their families as well as for the local community and society at large. This book presents new analyses of this very active field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. European Union Public Support Instruments to Industry as Drivers to Achieve Sustainability Results, pp. 1-35
(María Jesús Muñoz-Torres, Juana M. Rivera-Lirio, University Jaume I. Castellón, Spain)

Chapter 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: From Sideline Specialist to Mainstream Activity, pp. 37-62
(Graham Hubbard, Adelaide Graduate, School of Business, The University of Adelaide, Australia)

Chapter 3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Decisions-Synergy or Cynicism?, pp. 63-83
(Lorice Stainer, University of Hertfordshire Business School, UK)

Chapter 4. Shifting Locus of Influence in the Labor Union Movement: Negotiations in International Framework Agreements, pp. 85-109
(Niklas Egels-Zanden, Centre for Business in Society, School of Business, Economics and Law at Goteborg Univ., Goteborg, Sweden)

Chapter 5. Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility and Pluralism in Papua New Guinea, pp. 111-133
(Benedict Y. Imbun, School of Management, University of Western Sydney, Australia)

Chapter 6. Nations, Cultures and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Public Relations of Broadcasting Advocates in a Diverse, Devolving U.K., pp. 135-148
(Rachel (Randy) Kovacs, York College, CUNY, New York, NY)

Chapter 7. Incorporating Stakeholder Perspective into Entrepreneurship Research, pp. 149-163
(Francesco Perrini, Clodia Vurro, Bocconi University, Italy)

Chapter 8. Corporate Social Responsibility and Hydropower Development, pp. 165-187
(Risako Morimoto, CERMAS, Toulouse Business School, France)

Chapter 9. The Divulgation of Information on Corporate Social Responsibility Viewed Through the Theory of Political Costs, pp. 189-206
(Gallego Álvarez Isabel, García Sánchez Isabel María, Prado Lorenzo José Manuel, Universidad de Salamanca, School of Economics and Business, Salamanca)

Chapter 10. Transferring Corporate Social Responsibility to the School Context: Teachers' Perceived Responsibility for Students' Failure, pp. 207-220
(Maria Cristina Matteucci, Department of Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy)

Chapter 11. Helping SMEs to take CSR: Responsible Business Scrub Brush Camps in Sri Lanka, pp. 221-228
(Tarja Ketola, Univ. of Vaasa, Finland)

Chapter 12. Long-term Thinking in the Service of Corporate Social Responsibility, pp. 229-241
(Erzsébet Nováky, Gergely Tyukodi, Corvinus University of Budapest)

Index pp.243-260