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Written in the European tradition of Kant's philosophical trilogy on critique and Hegel's concept of ethical life it outlines the great traditions in ethical philosophy: Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarianism. It presents modern ethics from Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas to Kohlberg's stages of moral development

AbstractThis research aims to analyze the contribution of social responsibility to the work involvement of employees through its influence on social capital, legitimacy and loyalty and which entail benefits for the organization such as its survival and its competitive advantage. The data for the empirical analysis were obtained through an online survey in the field of higher education. The data was processed using the structural equations technique (PLS‐SEM). The findings show that, social responsibility significantly influences employees' organizational legitimacy. Social responsibility does not have a positive effect on employees' social capital directly, but through legitimacy. Social capital has a positive influence on employees' loyalty. Managers must make the social responsibility actions known to their employees and should involve them in these actions. This study is an original contribution in assessing the positive effects of social responsibility on social capital, legitimacy, and loyalty from the point of view of employees.

Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility In recent decades, the field of corporate governance has increasingly recognized corporate social responsibility (CSR)—the responsibility of firms to serve the interests of a broader set of stakeholders beyond their shareholders—as an important part of the corporate goal. This dissertation includes three empirical studies that are designed to advance our knowledge about the role of corporate governance in shaping a firm's CSR practices. Findings from these studies highlight two issues regarding the intersection between corporate governance and CSR. First, in some cases, corporate governance mechanisms that should stimulate socially responsible behavior merely play a symbolic role. As demonstrated in Chapter 2, NGO directors are more prevalent among firms with lower prior year CSR performance. Yet, their presence on boards is not associated with subsequent improvements in CSR performance. Second, institutions manifest their influence on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and CSR over time and across space. Chapter 3 explores the time dimension, revealing that transient institutional investors and quasi-indexers have become more important in reducing executive-to-worker pay dispersion as this issue becomes more salient since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Chapter 4 focuses on the space dimension and shows that the effectiveness of board gender diversity policies in increasing women on boards varies across countries due to the different legislative, cultural, and economic institutions.

AbstractSelecting employees considering their fit with organizations' values for sustainable development can be an effective way of enhancing sustainable development at a business level. Employers' commitment with sustainable development will be stronger if sustainable development initiatives help them to achieve organizational objectives as attracting talented employees.This study discusses if recruitment messages including information on the social dimension of sustainable development are valued by prospective employees. In particular, we are interested in finding out if five actions showing employer responsibility towards employees influence prospective job applicants' perceptions of organizational attraction.Results from a policy‐capturing study that combines nomothetic and ideographic designs confirm that organizational attractiveness is higher when organizations show responsibility towards employees. Our findings also show the relevance of each of the studied actions to explain organizational attractiveness and differences among participants' perceptions. Results from ideographic analysis underline differences on attractiveness perceptions among participants.

The logic and history of global capitalism -- Global capitalism and free markets -- Cultural diversity and cultural relativism -- Law, morality and natural rights -- Emerging and frontier markets -- Corporate bribery and the foreign corrupt practices act -- Political risk, corporate collusion and disinvestment -- Patents, big pharma, and emerging markets -- Big tech, censorship, and geopolitics -- Multinationals and environmetnal integrity -- Responsible sourcing and offshoring.

Kapitel 1: Nachhaltigkeit - Hintergründe und Defintionen -- Kapitel 2: Nachhaltigkeit aus Unternehmensperspektive -- Kapitel 3: Grundsätze Nachhaltiger Unternehmensführung -- Kapitel 4: Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung in den Kernprozesse -- Kapitel 5: Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung in den Managementprozessen -- Kapitel 6: Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation und –Berichterstattung -- Kapitel 7: Standards der Berichterstattung -- Kapitel 8: Finanzmarktperspektive SRI -- Kapitel 9: Nachhaltigkeit als Treiber für Innovation -- Kapitel 10: Nachhaltigkeit und Stakeholder-Engagement.

Nos últimos anos a Responsabilidade Social das Organizações (RSO) tem ganho uma profunda popularidade. Actualmente, muitos gestores têm-se apercebido da necessidade de terem em consideração a responsabilidade social e também têm tido preocupações acerca dos custos e dos benefícios potencialmente gerados pela RSO. Desta forma, o estudo do impacto da RSO nas Vantagens Competitivas (VC) tem uma relevância prática e teórica acrescida. Este trabalho baseia-se num conjunto de proposições teóricas, procurando avaliá-las de acordo com uma escala de medida definida, sobre a relação do modelo HEXIE e a RSO. Através da aplicação de um questionário foram colectados 176 questionários entre 1 de Setembro de 2010 e 30 de Janeiro de 2011 no Norte da China. Para analisar os dados recolhidos foram usadas as técnicas estatísticas da análise factorial e o modelo de equações estruturais. Com base nos resultados obtidos, discutimos o papel da RSO no modelo HEXIE no processo de mediação das VC e da relação entre os stakeholders. Usou-se os softwares Amos 9.0 e SPSS 18.0 para processar e analisar os dados do questionário, para verificar a relações existente entre as variáveis do modelo conceptual e as hipóteses de investigação. Estas são as principais conclusões: (1) Como um todo, os gestores Chineses têm um bom desempenho na responsabilidade requerida pelas normas/lei; contudo têm desempenhos fracos na responsabilidade "obrigatória" ao nível ético e filantrópico; (2) A RSO no modelo HEXIE começa com duas dimensões, mecanismo do princípio-dual, a interna "He" (gestores, cultura organizacional, estratégia do negócio, liderança) e a externa "Xie" (normativos legais, supervisão das instituições governamentais e organizações não governamentais, supervisão dos media, standards internacionais); (3) A relação com os Stakeholders deve ser dividida em dois aspectos: stakeholders que não têm uma relação de negócio e os que têm uma relação de negócio; (4) As vantagens competitivas também devem ser separadas em duas dimensões: as externas (reputação da organização, apoio governamental, tanto financeiro como outro tipo de apoio) e internas (talento interno, capacidade de inovação); (5) O modelo HeXie tem uma relação directa com a RSO, mas não positiva, na promoção e manutenção de VC; (6) A influência da relação entre a RSO e o modelo HeXie nas VC pode ser analisado da seguinte forma: RSO no Modelo HeXie -> stakeholders -> vantagens competitivas. Os stakeholders têm um importante papel na mediação entre a RSO e o Modelo HeXie, potenciando as VC. ; In the past years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) gained more and more popularity. At present, many businesses have realized the necessity and imperative to undertake CSR, and also been concerned about the costs and benefits possibly generated from CSR. The study about the impact of CSR on Competitive Advantage (CA) is an important practical and theoretical issue. The thesis based on theoretical analysis about CSR' HEXIE management, Stakeholder Relationship and CA, brings forward a series of propositions and establishes the measurement scales for them. Through pilot in-depth interview and the questionnaire approaches, we collect 176 questionnaires in the context of North China from September 1, 2010 to January 30, 2011. On the basis of the statistic analysis of Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), we discusse the role of CSR's HEXIE management on promoting CA through the mediator variable (Stakeholder Relationship). The statistics softwares SPSS18.0 and Amos9.0 have been used for processing and analyzing the survey data, to verify the hypotheses. The conclusions of the thesis are as follow: (1) As a whole, the Chinese businesses have a good performance in CSR required by the laws, however, a poor performance in mandatory responsibility at ethical and philanthropic level. (2) CSR's HEXIE management is started with the two dimensions, dual-principles mechanism, internal "He" principle (employee management, corporate culture, business strategy, leadership concepts) and external "Xie" principle (legal restraint, governmental and non-governmental organizations' supervision, media supervision, international standards); (3) Stakeholder relationship is divided into two aspects: non-business related stakeholder relationships and business related stakeholders; (4) Competitive advantage is also separated into two dimensions: external CA (enterprise's reputation, financing and government support) and internal CA (enterprise's employees and innovation ability); (5) HEXIE management on CSR Plays a direct but not positive role in promoting and maintaing of competitive advantages; (6) The positive influence of CSR's HEXIE management on CA is passed on as follows: CSR's HEXIE management -> stakeholders relationships -> CA. The stakeholder relationship plays a crucial mediator role in increasing the effect from CSR's HEXIE management on CA.

This book describes the current innovative tendencies characteristic of multifaceted scientific research and practical developments in the field of international business development and sustainable management. This book shows how companies are forced to change development strategies and business models, which actualizes new priorities for scientific research in the field of international business and sustainable management. Therefore, completely new subject areas of research are being formed; management guidelines are being transformed; new business development tools are being developed; the very system of academic research is changing. This book "Innovative Trends in International Business and Sustainable Management" is devoted to the discussion of these and other issues related to all major areas of international business development and sustainable management. This book systematically describes multidimensional trends, challenges, and opportunities for the development of international business and sustainable management in the context of a global pandemic. In this sense, it is unique and relevant for both scientific researchers and modern business practitioners. This book uniquely highlights new priorities of scientific and practical research in the field of international business and sustainable management that require a systematic knowledge of the ongoing transformations of trends, challenges, and opportunities for the development. Aimed at scholars and practitioners, the book provides illustrations of international best practice for conducting business beyond borders. The main goals of the book are firstly to provide opinions on current innovative approaches and technologies for solving modern problems of international business, as well as on the formation of a multi-level system of sustainable management of the socioeconomic systems development, secondly, to integrate research from academia, as well as practitioners in order to form priorities, approaches and models of company management in the context of globalization, strategies for the development of management systems in the context of the "new reality", thirdly, to find the most relevant new areas of research, the results of which can be useful to companies for making management decisions, and concludes to analyze new tools for the development of international business, their capabilities, and areas of application.

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