Ebook: Professionals' Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility

Since the general acceptance of the field of corporate social responsibility worldwide, corporate entities and those who act for them either as executives or "ordinary" employees are expected to be socially responsible. Being socially responsible has a number of quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits for the entity and its stakeholders. It improves the entity’s bottom line results, protects jobs, and is also better for the environment. As such, it makes good sense for professionals and those that they interact with as colleagues, suppliers of goods and services, lenders etc to want to take the issue of CSR seriously. This perhaps explains why this book has chosen to explore how nineteen professions across the world have integrated and continue to impress upon their staff the importance of CSR in their operational activities. We are constantly reminded that our world’s natural resources are exhaustible; we can therefore no longer live for today alone if we do not want to cause substantial problems for future generations.

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Since the general acceptance of the field of corporate social responsibility worldwide, corporate entities and those who act for them either as executives or "ordinary" employees are expected to be socially responsible. Being socially responsible has a number of quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits for the entity and its stakeholders. It improves the entity’s bottom line results, protects jobs, and is also better for the environment. As such, it makes good sense for professionals and those that they interact with as colleagues, suppliers of goods and services, lenders etc to want to take the issue of CSR seriously. This perhaps explains why this book has chosen to explore how nineteen professions across the world have integrated and continue to impress upon their staff the importance of CSR in their operational activities. We are constantly reminded that our world’s natural resources are exhaustible; we can therefore no longer live for today alone if we do not want to cause substantial problems for future generations.

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Since the general acceptance of the field of corporate social responsibility worldwide, corporate entities and those who act for them either as executives or "ordinary" employees are expected to be socially responsible. Being socially responsible has a number of quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits for the entity and its stakeholders. It improves the entity’s bottom line results, protects jobs, and is also better for the environment. As such, it makes good sense for professionals and those that they interact with as colleagues, suppliers of goods and services, lenders etc to want to take the issue of CSR seriously. This perhaps explains why this book has chosen to explore how nineteen professions across the world have integrated and continue to impress upon their staff the importance of CSR in their operational activities. We are constantly reminded that our world’s natural resources are exhaustible; we can therefore no longer live for today alone if we do not want to cause substantial problems for future generations.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Professionals’ Perspectives of CSR: An Introduction....Pages 1-8
Corporate Responsibility, Accounting and Accountants....Pages 11-32
Perspectives of Lawyers in Practice on CSR....Pages 33-47
Corporate Social Responsibility from the Perspective of Corporate Secretaries....Pages 49-69
Mainsteaming Corporate Social Responsibility: A Triadic Challenge from a General Management Perspective....Pages 71-96
The Company Directors’ Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility....Pages 97-117
The Need to Reconsider Societal Marketing....Pages 119-133
An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility, Trust and Reputation in the Banking Profession....Pages 135-156
An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability Reporting Assessment in the Greek Banking Sector....Pages 157-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Industrial Engineering’s Perspective of CSR....Pages 177-189
An Exploratory Study of the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Greek Manufacturing Sector....Pages 191-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Investor’s Perspective....Pages 211-231
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Estate Surveyors and Valuers’ Perspective....Pages 233-252
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics in Real Estate: Evidence from Turkey....Pages 253-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Does ‘Corporate’ Responsibility Apply to Not-for-Profit Organizations?....Pages 271-288
A Hotelier’s Perspective of CSR....Pages 289-300
Emphasizing the ‘Social’ in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Social Work Perspective....Pages 301-318
Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in Terms of CSR: Theory and Practice-Based Approaches at Izmir Metropolitan City, Turkey....Pages 319-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
An Academic’s Perspective on the Role of Academics in Corporate Responsibility....Pages 347-361
The Proliferation of CSR from Two Professional Perspectives: Academic Researchers and Consultants....Pages 363-377
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
An Analysis of the Competence of Business School Teachers to Promote Sustainable Development in Finland....Pages 379-391
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resource Management: A Strategic-Balanced Model....Pages 393-407
Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: Some Thoughts....Pages 409-412
Back Matter....Pages 413-445

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Since the general acceptance of the field of corporate social responsibility worldwide, corporate entities and those who act for them either as executives or "ordinary" employees are expected to be socially responsible. Being socially responsible has a number of quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits for the entity and its stakeholders. It improves the entity’s bottom line results, protects jobs, and is also better for the environment. As such, it makes good sense for professionals and those that they interact with as colleagues, suppliers of goods and services, lenders etc to want to take the issue of CSR seriously. This perhaps explains why this book has chosen to explore how nineteen professions across the world have integrated and continue to impress upon their staff the importance of CSR in their operational activities. We are constantly reminded that our world’s natural resources are exhaustible; we can therefore no longer live for today alone if we do not want to cause substantial problems for future generations.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Professionals’ Perspectives of CSR: An Introduction....Pages 1-8
Corporate Responsibility, Accounting and Accountants....Pages 11-32
Perspectives of Lawyers in Practice on CSR....Pages 33-47
Corporate Social Responsibility from the Perspective of Corporate Secretaries....Pages 49-69
Mainsteaming Corporate Social Responsibility: A Triadic Challenge from a General Management Perspective....Pages 71-96
The Company Directors’ Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility....Pages 97-117
The Need to Reconsider Societal Marketing....Pages 119-133
An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility, Trust and Reputation in the Banking Profession....Pages 135-156
An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability Reporting Assessment in the Greek Banking Sector....Pages 157-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Industrial Engineering’s Perspective of CSR....Pages 177-189
An Exploratory Study of the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Greek Manufacturing Sector....Pages 191-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Investor’s Perspective....Pages 211-231
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Estate Surveyors and Valuers’ Perspective....Pages 233-252
Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics in Real Estate: Evidence from Turkey....Pages 253-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Does ‘Corporate’ Responsibility Apply to Not-for-Profit Organizations?....Pages 271-288
A Hotelier’s Perspective of CSR....Pages 289-300
Emphasizing the ‘Social’ in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Social Work Perspective....Pages 301-318
Democratic Gains in Public Administration at Local Level in Terms of CSR: Theory and Practice-Based Approaches at Izmir Metropolitan City, Turkey....Pages 319-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
An Academic’s Perspective on the Role of Academics in Corporate Responsibility....Pages 347-361
The Proliferation of CSR from Two Professional Perspectives: Academic Researchers and Consultants....Pages 363-377
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
An Analysis of the Competence of Business School Teachers to Promote Sustainable Development in Finland....Pages 379-391
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resource Management: A Strategic-Balanced Model....Pages 393-407
Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: Some Thoughts....Pages 409-412
Back Matter....Pages 413-445
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