Corporate social responsibility in management and engineering / editors, Carolina Machado, João Paulo Davim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Machado, Carolina, 1965- editor.

Davim, J. Paulo, editor.

Series:

River Publishers series in management sciences and engineering.

River Publishers Series in Management Sciences and Engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Industrial management--Moral and ethical aspects.

Industrial management.

Engineering ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gistrup, Denmark ; Delft, Netherlands : River Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

The book looks to contribute to the exchange of experiences and perspectives about the state of the research related to CSR, as well as the future direction of this field of research.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

List of Figures

List of Tables

1: The Boundaries of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Managerial Perspective

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Singularity of Corporations

1.2.1 Unique Attributes of Corporations

1.2.2 Fictitious Entity or Contractual Nexus?

1.3 Dualisms and Dilemmas

1.3.1 Recognizing Dualisms and Responding to Dilemmas

1.3.2 Reframing Dualisms, Avoiding Dilemmas, and Negotiating Impasses

1.3.3 Internal Stakeholders and Micro-Level CSR Dilemmas

1.4 Triple Bottom Lines and Trilemmas

1.4.1 Triple Bottom Line Perspectives

1.4.2 Corporate Trilemmas and Sensemaking

1.5 The Boundaries of Corporate Social Responsibility

1.5.1 Motivations for Corporate Social Responsibility

1.5.2 Parallel Universes and Porous Boundaries

1.6 Conclusion

References

2: Future-Focused Entrepreneurship Assessment (FFEA)

2.1 Motivations for CSR

2.1.1 Maslow for CSR

2.1.2 Future-Proof Resilience of Companies and Society

2.2 (Not) Ready for the Future

2.2.1 The Eastman Kodak Case

2.2.2 The Xerox Case

2.2.3 The Music Industry Case

2.3 The Four Perspectives of Future-Focused Entrepreneurship Assessment

2.3.1 Traveling toward the Future

2.3.2 Company Perspectives

2.3.3 Cumulative Perspectives

2.4 The FFEA System

2.4.1 The Five Modules of Future-Focused Entrepreneurship Assessment

2.4.2 Six Topics to Each Module

2.4.3 The Royal Dutch Shell Case

2.4.4 Details of the FFEA System

2.5 Application of FFEA

2.5.1 Assessment Principles

2.5.2 The FFEA Assessment

2.5.2.1 Individual Scoring

2.5.2.2 Consensus Meeting

2.5.3 The Results, or: What You Get

2.5.4 MSPOE: From Mission to Strategy to Policy to Operations to Evaluation to Mission.

2.6 FFEA Case Studies

2.6.1 The Tilburg Mentaal Case

2.6.2 The Inventive Case

2.7 The FFEA Extensions

2.7.1 An Extension for Topic S1: The CSR Motivation Mix Assessment

2.7.2 An Extension for Topic I4: STELES, The Self-Test of Leadership Styles

2.7.3 An Extension for Topics P4 and O4: RESFIA+D, or the Seven Competences

2.7.4 An Extension for Topic I6: The FFEA Certificate for Future-Proof Resilience

2.8 Origins and Theoretical Backgrounds of FFEA

2.8.1 Management Models

2.8.2 Quality Management

Environmental Management

CSR

2.8.3 AISHE: Assessment and Certification of Sustainability in Higher Education

2.9 Conclusion

3: Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case of East Timor Multinationals

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Theoretical Framework: Corporate Social Responsibility Theories

3.2.1 The Stakeholder Theory

3.2.2 The Institutional Theory

3.2.3 The Theory of Legitimacy

3.2.4 Multiple Approaches

3.3 Methodology

3.3.1 Procedure and Description of the Data Collection Instrument

3.3.2 Sample Description

3.4 Results

3.4.1 Identifying the Stakeholders

3.4.2 Balancing Moral and Economic Motivations in CSR

3.4.3 Pursuing Legitimacy and the License to Operate

3.4.4 Adjusting Parent-Company Policies to Local Needs

3.5 Conclusion

4: Gender Diversity and Equality in the Boardroom: Impacts of Gender Quota Implementation in Portugal

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Theoretical Framework

4.2.1 Gender Quotas in the Boardroom

4.2.1.1 Definition

4.2.1.2 Quotas: Controversies and dilemmas

4.2.1.3 Impacts

4.3 Empirical Study

4.3.1 Methodology

4.3.2 Portuguese Context

4.3.3 Legislative Framework in Portugal

4.3.4 Analysis of the Interview Results

4.3.4.1 Perceptions of Gender Equality

4.3.4.2 Perceptions of Gender Diversity Impacts.

4.3.4.3 Views on Quotas

4.3.5 Discussion of Results

4.4 Conclusion

Appendixes

5: Reconstructing CSR in the Construction Industry

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Theoretical Underpinnings

5.2.1 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

5.2.2 History and Nature of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

5.2.3 Factors that Drive CSR in Ghana

5.2.4 Sectorial Analysis of CSR Activities in Ghana

5.2.5 Institutional and Regulatory Framework of CSR in Ghana

5.3 Methodology

5.4 Results and Discussion

5.4.1 Respondent Demographics (Section 1 of the Instrument)

5.4.2 Perspectives on CSR among Construction Workers (Section 2 of the Instrument)

5.4.2.1 Knowledge and Conceptualization of CSR

5.4.2.2 CSR Direction of Construction Firms in Ghana

5.4.2.3 Drivers of CSR in the Construction Industry

5.4.2.4 Nature of Firm's Operation

5.4.2.5 Environmental Sustainability Factors

5.4.2.6 Stakeholder and Legal and Institutional Pressures

5.4.2.7 Humanitarian and Human Rights Reasons

5.4.2.8 Management Discretion

5.4.3 Profession's Influence on Firms' CSR Practice (Section 3 of the Instrument)

5.4.3.1 The influence of Profession on Respondents' Conceptualization of CSR

5.4.3.2 The Influence of Respondents' Profession on firms' Direction of CSR

5.5 Implication and Conclusion

6: Work-Family Conciliation Policies: Answering to Corporate Social Responsibility - A Case Study

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Conciliatory Work-Family Organizational Policies

6.3 Methodological Options

6.4 Case Study: Analysis and Discussion of Results

6.4.1 Company Characterization

6.4.2 Human Resource Characterization

6.4.3 Human Resource Management Practices

6.4.4 Diversity Management

6.4.5 Organizational Policies for Work-Family Conciliation

6.5 Final Considerations

References.

Index

About the Editors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-79155-6

1-00-333773-2

1-003-33773-2

1-000-79467-9

87-93609-60-4

9781003337737

OCLC:

1225842362