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TRUST AND POWER ON THE SHOP FLOOR -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1 Paradoxes on the shop floor -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The shop floor in stories -- 3 A 'new world of work' -- 4 Responsibility in a technological age -- 5 Motive, research questions, and objectives -- CHAPTER 2 New production concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Frederick Taylor: The 'One best way' -- 3 Socio-Technical Systems Design: Participative Democracy -- 4 Lean Production: The elimination of waste -- 5 Business Process Reengineering: The redesign of business processes

1. Ethics according to economists -- 2. Ethics applied to economics -- 3. The roots of ethical uncertainty : a change in values -- 4. Ethical risk and how to manage it -- 5. Areas on which to focus efforts -- 6. Company functions responsible for monitoring and overseeing ethics -- 7. Tools to make companies more ethical -- 8. Conclusions.

PurposeThe corporate social responsibility (CSR) debate has developed tremendously over decades. However, while CSR communication has developed significantly, web‐accessibility of CSR communications is under researched. The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms make their CSR communications accessible to their stakeholders on the internet.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used number of "clicks" to download CSR communication of a firm to measure its accessibility. Independent mean test showed that CSR communications by high impact sectors are more accessible on the internet than low impact sectors, but web‐accessibility is not affected by country.FindingsAlthough CSR research has grown tremendously over the decades, the discourse has been largely restricted to disclosures in the annual reports and, lately, to the standalone sustainability reports. In addition, they have mainly examined the management's motives for disclosures, using legitimacy theory as the most influential theoretical underpinning. Only very few studies have examined CSR communication on the internet and even these studies have only researched the content of the disclosure, examining the quality and quality of disclosures.Originality/valueThe originality of this paper lies in its consideration of the effect of firms' CSR communications on the recipients. While CSR communication has developed significantly, web‐accessibility of CSR communications remains under researched.

Society's demands for individual and corporate social responsibility as alternative responses to market and distributive failures are becoming increasingly prominent. We draw on recent developments in the psychology and economics of prosocial behaviour to shed light on this trend and the underlying mix of motivations. We then link individual concerns to corporate social responsibility, contrasting three possible understandings of the term: firms' adoption of a more long‐term perspective, the delegated exercise of prosocial behaviour on behalf of stakeholders, and insider‐initiated corporate philanthropy. We discuss the benefits, costs and limits of socially responsible behaviour as a means to further societal goals.

Free enterprise system, financial markets and corporate culture -- The role and responsibility of business in society -- Introduction to business sustainability, corporate governance and organizational ethics -- Business sustainability -- Sustainability principles, theories, research and education -- Drivers and sources of business sustainability initiatives -- Financial economic dimension of sustainability -- Non-financial dimensions of sustainability -- Business sustainability performance reporting, assurance -- Emerging issues in sustainability performance, reporting and assurance -- An introduction to corporate governance -- Fundamentals of corporate governance -- Oversight function -- Board committees -- Managerial function -- Compliance function -- External auditing function -- Internal auditing function -- Legal and advisory function -- Monitory function -- Corporate governance of private and not-for-profit organizations -- Corporate governance, performance, information technology, research, education and reporting -- Transformation of corporate governance, contemporary issues and global perspectives -- Overview of business ethics -- Where ethics comes from : gazing at the human conditions -- How people make ethical decisions -- Ethics as corporate culture -- The institutionalization of the ethical corporation -- Emerging business ethics issues -- Ethical leadership.

PurposeThe paper aims to examine the status of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Nepalese companies.Design/methodology/appoachThe study is descriptive‐cum‐analytical and is based on a review of the literature.FindingsThe cases presented in the paper show a low intensity of CSR in Nepal. Both government and employers are somehow not serious in implementing labor laws. At the company level, employees' awareness of CSR can bring a positive attitude towards the company.Practical implicationsThis paper is useful to academicians and companies seeking to understand the factors supporting and inhibiting CSR in Nepalese companies.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation is that although there are many variables by which to measure CSR initiatives, only labor laws, employees' awareness and a few HRM dimensions have been covered.Originality/valueThis is perhaps the very first investigation of its kind in the Nepalese context.

There has, in recent times, been an increasing interest in understanding corporate social (and environmental) responsibility (CSR) and, in particular, CSR reporting in developing countries. However, many of these studies fail to investigate fully the contextual factors that influence CSR and reporting in those countries, preferring to rely on theories and hypotheses developed from studies undertaken in the West, particularly the US, UK and Australasia. It may be argued that this is appropriate as many emerging economies are experiencing growth and moving towards having a more market-based orientation. Notwithstanding this, a large number of these countries have an entirely different socio-political environment, with different political regimes, legal systems and cultural influences. These factors have a significant effect on the applicability of theories such as stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory and accountability theory, which are commonly used to explain the phenomenon of reporting.In State Capitalist countries, such as China, an important influence on companies is the political ideology that underpins the nation's government. The nature and impact of ideology and hegemony in China has been under-studied and, therefore, investigating how the ideology, and competing forces that may mitigate its influence, manifest themselves in Chinese reporting are essential. In the Middle East, countries such as Saudi Arabia have no free press, are ruled by a royal family, have a market dominated by the oil industry, and potential religious influences. Such socio-cultural differences mean societies develop different understandings of concepts such as sustainability and social responsibility. Finally, countries such as Sri Lanka have some similarities to other developing countries, but their economy is set against a background of a recent civil war - operating in a post-conflict economy is a factor rarely considered in social and environmental disclosure, yet has important influence on policy in these areas.This paper discusses three contextual issues that warrant more and improved consideration in CSR research, with particular emphasis on CSR reporting research.