Visible hands : government regulation and international business responsibility / Jette Steen Knudsen, Jeremy Moon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knudsen, Jette Steen, author.

Moon, Jeremy, 1955- author.

Series:

Business, value creation, and society.

Business, value creation, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business--Government policy.

Social responsibility of business.

International business enterprises--Government policy.

International business enterprises.

Trade regulation--Moral and ethical aspects.

Trade regulation.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

A growing number of states are regulating the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of domestic multinational corporations relating to overseas subsidiaries and suppliers. In this book, Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon offer a new framework for analysing government-CSR relations: direct and indirect policies for CSR. Arguing that existing research on CSR regulation fails to address the growing role of the state in shaping the international practices of multinational corporations, the authors provide insight into the CSR issues that are addressed by government policies. Drawing on case studies, they analyse three key examples of CSR: non-financial reporting, ethical trade and tax transparency in extractive industries. In doing so, they propose a new research agenda of government and CSR that is relevant to scholars and graduate students in CSR, sustainability, political economy and economic sociology, as well as policymakers and consultants in international development and trade.

Contents:

Government and CSR: hands visible and invisible

National government and international corporate social responsibility

Government and corporate social responsibility: from domestic to international spheres

Government and non-financial reporting: public policy in Denmark

Governments and ethical trade: the ethical trading initiative and responses to Rana Plaza

Governments and tax transparency: the extractive industries transparency initiative, Dodd-Frank, and the European Accounting Act amendments

Conclusion: visible hands for responsible international business.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-50606-2

1-108-51351-4

1-108-51500-2

1-108-51649-1

1-108-51798-6

1-108-52394-3

1-316-22490-2