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Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility
Selections From CQ Researcher



August 2009 | 376 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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  • Corporate Social Responsibility: Is Good Citizenship Good for the Bottom Line?
  • Curbing CEO Pay: Is Executive Compensation Out of Control?
  • Buying Green: Does It Really Help the Environment?

These are just a few of the provocative questions posed in Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility. This engaging reader allows students to see an issue from all sides and to think critically about topics that matter to them. Classroom discussion will never be dull again!

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Each article gives substantial background and analysis of a particular issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material:

  • A pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single question
  • A detailed chronology of key dates and events
  • An annotated bibliography that includes Web resources
  • An outlook section that addresses possible regulation and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next 5 to 10 years
  • Photos, charts, graphs, and maps

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Annotated Contents
 
Preface
 
Contributors
 
INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
 
1. Corporate Social Responsibility: Is Good Citizenship Good for the Bottom Line?
 
ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
 
2. Curbing CEO Pay: Is Executive Compensation Out of Control?
 
3. Gender Pay Gap: Are Women Paid Fairly in the Workplace?
 
4. Labor Unions? Future: Can They Survive in the Age of Globalization?
 
ECONOMIC ISSUES
 
5. Socially Responsible Investing: Can Investors Do Well by Doing Good?
 
6. Regulating Credit Cards: Are Tougher Regulations Needed to Protect Consumers?
 
7. Fair Trade Labeling: Is It Helping Small Farmers in Developing Countries?
 
8. Buying Green: Does It Really Help the Environment?
 
9. Consumer Safety: Do Government Regulators Need More Power?
 
10. Limiting Lawsuits: Is Business Pushing Too Hard to Restrict Litigation?
 
SOCIETAL ISSUES
 
11. The New Environmentalism: Can New Business Policies Save the Environment?
 
12. Confronting Warming: Can States and Localities Prevent Climate Change?
 
13. Carbon Trading: Will It Reduce Global Warming?
 
14. Ecotourism: Does It Help or Hurt Fragile Lands and Cultures?
 
15. Philanthropy in America: Are Americans Generous Givers?

The problem with this book is that it is totally 100% US-oriented, which can be problematic for non-US scholars and students. The idea of the book itself is good and a non-US educators can use it selectively, choosing the topics relevant to the reality of their countries. I hope such textbook with European orientation will be prepared in the future. I would personally love to see a text like this with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe.

Dr Maciej Koczerga
Business Administration , Poznan University of Economics
August 16, 2010
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Sample Materials & Chapters

2. Curbing CEO Pay


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