Corporate citizenship and family business / edited by Claire Seaman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seaman, Claire, editor.

Series:

Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family-owned business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

"Current models of corporate citizenship largely consider business as one coherent entity. This view of business as a corporate force overlooks the growing evidence that most businesses are run by families. Family businesses are the most common form of business in existence - across countries, continents and geopolitical divides - and yet we know remarkably little about their approach to corporate citizenship. Where families run businesses, they create a concentration of family values that - for good or ill - influence the way business practices and behaviours develop. The role of the family in business has, therefore, an influence on the development of society that is partially mediated through corporate citizenship. This book pulls together current thinking from several diverse research fields that intersect with family business research to offer insight into current research and examples of practice for those studying and researching in the fields of family business, business values and corporate practice. The book will also explore the fact that family businesses tend to take a longer-term approach to business and that this is reflected in their behaviour towards the environment, community engagement, employee development and innovation. Bringing together contributions from researchers in the diverse fields of family business, philanthropy, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, innovation and policy, this book explores the many ways in which family businesses contribute to the corporate citizenship agenda"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Seaman, Claire Corporate Citizenship and Family Business

ISBN:

0-429-28122-6

1-000-56921-7

9780429281228

OCLC:

1280406812