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Introducing the key concepts in corporate social responsibility, the authors bring together the essential issues relevant to the responsible management of businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government.

With detailed coverage and cross-referencing for each concept and over 50 concepts introduced, this guide to both the theory and implementation of CSR and sustainability, provides an indispensable reference for any student of the subject.

Key concepts include: accountability; business ethics; corporate citizenship; corporate environmental reporting; definitions of CSR; ethical consumerism; human rights; NGOs; risk management; stakeholder theory and sustainable development.

Agency Theory
Business at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Business Case for CSR
Business Ethics
Business Networks
Civil Society
Codes of Conduct
Community Relations
Complexity Theory
Corporate Accountability
Corporate Citizenship
Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Sustainability
Corporate Sustainability Strategies
Eco-Efficiency
Employee Engagement
Employee Health and Safety
Environmental Discourses
Environmental Policy Tools
Ethical Consumerism
Fair Trade
Globalization
Governance
Green Marketing
Greenwash
Human Rights
Intergenerational Equity
Intragenerational Equity
NGOs
Performance Evaluation and Measurement
Philanthropy
Pollution and Waste Management
Post-Colonialism
Product Stewardship
Resource-Based View
Responsible Leadership
Risk Management
Social and Societal Marketing
Social Capital
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Partnerships
Socially Responsible Investment
Stakeholder Theory
Stewardship
Sustainable Development
Sweatshops
Systems Approaches
Triple Bottom Line
Voluntary Regulation