Corporate sustainability

Summary: "This introductory textbook explores key issues and recent discussions within the field of corporate sustainability and social responsibility, through theoretical and practical perspectives. Written by an international team of experts, the chapters introduce the actors and corporate processes that shape firms' management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Spanning strategy, communication, changing regulation and governance, the book grapples with critical issues such as anti-corruption, labour rights and climate change, balancing incisive critique with suggestions for meaningful change. This analysis, supported by study questions and further learning resources in each chapter, equips students to effectively tackle sustainability challenges in their corporate work. A regularly updated companion website provides adaptable lecture slides and case studies with discussion questions for instructors. This is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on corporate sustainability, CSR and business ethics and also relevant to political science, international relations and communications"1 Corporate Sustainability – What It Is and Why It Matters (Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing, Jeremy Moon and Arno Kourula) -- PART I CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: APPROACHES 2 Historical Perspectives on Corporate Sustainability (Jeremy Moon, Luisa Murphy and Jean-Pascal Gond) -- 3 Ethical Approaches to Corporate Sustainability (Andreas Rasche) -- 4 Stakeholder Approaches to Corporate Sustainability (R. Edward Freeman, Laurence Wainwright, Sergiy Dmytriyev and Robert G. Strand) -- 5 Strategic Approaches to Corporate Sustainability (Andreas Rasche) -- 6 Political Approaches to Corporate Sustainability (Glen Whelan) -- 7 Ecological Approaches to Corporate Sustainability (Arno Kourula and Minna Halme) -- PART II CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: ACTORS 8 Multinationals, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Sustainability (Mette Morsing and Laura Spence) -- 9 Alternative Types of Organising for Corporate Sustainability (Carolin Waldner and Andreas Rasche) -- 10 Sustainability Professionals (Christine Moser and Evgenia I. Lysova) -- 11 Investors and Sustainable Finance (Andreas Rasche) -- 12 Government and Corporate Sustainability (Jette Steen Knudsen and Jeremy Moon) -- 13 NGOs, Activism and Sustainability (Frank G. A. de Bakker and Frank den Hond) -- 14 Consumers and Corporate Sustainability (Sankar Sen) -- PART III CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: PROCESSES 15 Corporate Governance and Sustainability (Andreas Rasche) -- 16 Reputation and Corporate Sustainability (Christopher Wickert and Joep Cornelissen) -- 17 Reporting, Materiality and Corporate Sustainability (Christian Herzig) -- 18 Sustainability Partnerships (Lea Stadtler and Arno Kourula) -- 19 Business Model Innovation for Sustainability (Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Stefan Schaltegger) -- 20 Sustainability Standards (Andreas Rasche) -- PART IV CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: ISSUES 21 Business and Human Rights (Karin Buhmann) -- 22 Labour Rights in Global Supply Chains (Dirk Ulrich Gilbert and Kristin Apffelstaedt) -- 23 Business, Climate Change and the Anthropocene (Andrew Hoffman and Sukanya Roy) -- 24 Anti-Corruption Governance, Global Business and Corporate Sustainability (Dieter Zinnbauer and Hans Krause Hansen) -- 25 International Development and Corporate Sustainability (Afua Owusu-Kwarteng and Sarah L. Jack) -- 26 Corporate Sustainability: Where Are We Going? (Arno Kourula, Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing and Jeremy Moon)