Corporate social responsibility in Asia / edited by Kyoko Fukukawa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fukukawa, Kyoko.

Series:

Routledge international business in Asia series ; 5.

Routledge international business in Asia series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business--Asia.

Social responsibility of business.

Business ethics--Asia.

Business ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an important issue in contemporary business, management and politics, especially since the launch of the United Nations Global Compact in 2000 as an initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them. This book examines the theory and practice of CSR in Asia. The philosophical and ideological underpinnings of CSR are rooted in Anglo-American and European principles of liberal democratic rights, justice and societal structures. This book not only considers the impact of Western CS

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: Global crossroads - corporate social responsibility in Asia; 1 Social paradigms in China and the West; 2 Structural change in corporate society and CSR in Japan; 3 Perceptions of CSR and its adoption to business practice in the Thai context; 4 A multilevel assessment of corporate social responsibility disclosure in Malaysia; 5 Exploitation of labour in Bangladeshi ready-made garment sector: Who is responsible?

6 CSR - a virtuous Circle. But which circle? And whose 'virtue'?Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-19265-0

1-135-19266-9

1-282-37681-0

9786612376818

0-203-86421-2

9780203864210

OCLC:

503605792