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"This book combines the latest scholarly research on the challenges and solutions social entrepreneurs face as they address their corporate social responsibility in an effort to redefine the goals of today's enterprises and enhance the potential for growth and change in every community"--Provided by publisher.

This study aims to analyze the role of UNGP in constructing CSR legal policies in Indonesia and the implementation of CSR for companies, in order to create effective, targeted and beneficial CSR for the country, companies and society. This research is a normative study using a statutory approach, historical approach, conceptual approach and comparative approach. The results showed that according to UNGP, there is a principle of the company's obligation to respect human rights, so the company has a tool for accountability with human rights due diligence. This human rights due diligence serves to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for the impact of human rights violations that arise. In Indonesia, these UNGP principles need to be adopted in legislation such as that of France in order to create an effective, targeted and useful CSR.

This book presents and deconstructs the existing explanations for the differential career development of qualified men and women. It reframes the problem of discrimination in the workplace as a matter of organizational ethics, social responsibility and compliance with existing equal opportunity laws. Sensitive points are identified where social biases, decision-makers' individual economic interests and shortcomings of organizational incentive policies may lead to discrimination against qualified women. The ideas put forward are empirically tested in an original laboratory experiment that examines personnel selection in the male-dominated field of science and technology. It contrasts the selection of applicants with gendered and gender-blind applications available to subjects under controlled conditions. 30% of participants were high-level decision-makers, which is unprecedented in this field of research. The results, highly relevant for organizational practice, are explained and discussed in detail.

Organic Entrepreneurs respect the soil in which they are planted and work within the cycles of nature to find and sustain success, meaning, and balance in their lives and their business. This book shows you how to become an Organic Entrepreneur. It explores what's needed to find the rhythm that allows a business to grow from within.

Yrityksillä on moniulotteinen rooli yhteiskunnassa, ne ovat keskeisiä toimijoita taloudellisen kasvun ja sosiaalisen hyvinvoinnin luomisessa. Yritysten keskeinen asema ja vallankäyttö ovat nostaneet esille huolen yritysten negatiivisista vaikutuksista yhteiskuntaan ja ympäristöön ja lisänneet keskustelua yritysten yhteiskunnallisesta vastuusta. Hyvin paljon yritysten yhteiskuntavastuututkimusta on tehty perinteisten länsimaiden kontekstissa, mutta muilta osin tutkimustieto on vielä vaatimatonta. Tässä väitöskirjassa yritysten yhteiskuntavastuuasiaa tarkastellaan eräässä vähemmän tutkitussa yhteiskunnassa, Romaniassa. Romania on entinen kommunistinen Itä-Euroopan maa, joka on muuttumassa keskusjohtoisesta suunnitelmataloudesta kohti vapaata markkinataloutta. Väitöskirja tarkastelee talousmediassa julkaistuja tekstejä, joilla nähdään olevan mahdollisuus vaikuttaa lukijoiden ajatus- ja toimintamalleihin. Väitöskirjatutkimus tarkastelee, miten yhteiskuntavastuusta keskustellaan Romanian tärkeimmässä talouslehdessä. Analyysi kattaa 15 vuoden ajanjakson (marraskuu 1992 joulukuu 2007). Tänä aikana Romania kävi läpi nopeita yhteiskunnallisia, taloudellisia ja poliittisia muutoksia. Yhteiskuntavastuukeskustelun muutoksia mediassa analysoidaan tulkitsevan tekstianalyysin avulla. Yritysten yhteiskuntavastuukeskustelua koskevaa empiiristä aineistoa tarkastellaan kolmen sidosryhmän näkökulmasta: työntekijöiden, luonnonympäristön ja ympäröivän yhteiskunnan. Tutkimuksen tulokset ilmaisevat näihin kolmeen sidosryhmään kohdistuvan yhteiskuntavastuuajattelun muutosta yhteiskuntakeskeisyydestä yrityskeskeisyyteen. Empiirinen analyysini osoittaa, että liiketaloudellinen vastuu korostui tarkastellun ajanjakson aikana mediakeskustelussa sosiaalisen ja ympäristövastuun sekä moraalikysymysten kustannuksella. Kaiken kaikkiaan väitöskirjatutkimuksen perusteella voidaan todeta, että romanialaisessa talouslehtikirjoittelussa suositaan sellaista yritysten yhteiskunnallisen vastuun tulkintaa, jonka mukaan sosiaalinen vastuu ja ympäristövastuu tulisi huomioida vain, jos ne tuovat hyötyä liiketoiminnalle. Väitöskirjassa ehdotetaan, että tällainen lähestymistapa ei välttämättä ole rakentava Romanian yhteiskunnalle ja se voi olla riittämätön vastaamaan sosiaalisiin ja ympäristöhaasteisiin myös maailmanlaajuisesti. Laajempi näkökulma yritysten roolia ja yhteiskuntavastuuta koskevassa keskustelussa on tarpeen. ; Companies play a complex role in society and are commonly seen as key actors in fostering economic growth and societal welfare. However, due to increasing societal concerns about companies social and environmental negative impacts and their growing power in society, their social responsibilities have been under debate in recent decades. While much research on corporate social responsibilities has been done in the context of Western countries, little is known about this phenomenon in other parts of the world. This dissertation looks more closely at this issue in one such less-known societal context: the case of Romania, a former communist country in Eastern Europe, transforming its centrally-planned economy into a free market economy. The dissertation does so by looking at texts in business media, one important actor in society able to influence readers way of thinking and acting. The research investigates how corporate social responsibilities are discussed in a major Romanian business magazine. This is done by looking at three discourses that seem to dominate CSR practice and research. The anti-CSR discourse questions the moral, legal and institutional grounds of the idea of business responsibilities. The business case discourse supports the view that responsibilities are owed to stakeholders only if the firm benefits. The moral discourse entails that companies need to behave responsibly because it is a moral obligation to do so. The analysis covers a period of 15 years (November 1992-December 2007), during which Romania went through rapid transformations of its social, economic and political institutions. Textual interpretative analysis is used to examine developments in media discussions of corporate social responsibilities. The empirical analysis is performed by looking at three stakeholders to whom firms may be accountable: employees, the natural environment and society at large. The findings reveal changes in media talk about the business responsibilities owed to the three stakeholders from a society-centred to a firm-centred perspective. The empirical analysis shows how business case discourse became prevalent in media discussions, while moral and anti-CSR discourses were rejected. Overall, the dissertation suggests that a business case approach may not be beneficial for Romanian society and otherwise may be insufficient for current worldwide social and environmental challenges. A broader agenda for discussing corporate social responsibilities and business role in society is deemed a necessity.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Constitutive Nature of Rules -- Chapter 2 The Normative/Descriptive Distinction in Methodologies of Business Ethics -- Chapter 3 A Theory of Moral Rights -- Chapter 4 The Compatibility of Freedom, Equality, and a Communitarian Notion of the Self -- Part II: Mental Models and Moral Imagination -- Chapter 5 Moral Imagination and the Search for Ethical Decision Making in Management -- Chapter 6 Moral Motivation Across Ethical Theories: What Can We Learn for Designing Corporate Ethics Programs? with Simone de Colle -- Chapter 7 The role of mental models in social construction with Laura Hartman, Crina Archer, Elaine Englehardt and Michael Pritchard -- Chapter 8 Globalization, mental models and decentering stakeholder approaches -- Chapter 9 Social Constructivism, Mental Models, and the Problem of Obedience with L.P. Hartman, D. Moberg, E. Englehardt, M. Pritchard, and B. Parmar -- Chapter 10 Human Rights as Social Constructions with Thomas E. Wren -- Part III: Systems Thinking -- Chapter 11 Mental Models, Moral Imagination and Systems Thinking in the Age of Globalization -- Chapter 12 Business Ethics, Organization Ethics, and Systems Ethics for Health Care -- Chapter 13 Women Leaders in a Globalized World -- Chapter 14 Building Partnerships to Create Social and Economic Value at the Base of the Global Development Pyramid with J.M. Calton, L.P. Hartman, and D. Bevan -- Part IV: Adam Smith's Contributions to Business Ethics -- Chapter 15 The role of self-interest in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- Chapter 16 Freedom, commodification, and the alienation of labor in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- Chapter 17 Business Ethics and the Origins of Contemporary Capitalism: Economics and Ethics in the Work of Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer -- Chapter 18 The Inexorable Sociality of Commerce: The Individual and Others in Adam Smith with D. Bevan -- Part V: Big Questions in Business Ethics -- Chapter 19 The Rashomon Effect -- Chapter 20 The principle of double effect and moral risk: some case studies of US transnational corporations -- Chapter 21 Obstacles to ethical decision-making in the perception of ethical context with Laura Hartman, Crina Archer, Elaine Englehardt and Michael Pritchard -- Chapter 22 The Moral Responsibility of Multinational Corporations to Be Socially Responsible -- Chapter 23 Trust after the Global Financial Meltdown with L. Hartman, C. Archer, D. Bevan and K. Clark -- Chapter 24 Employment-at-Will, Employee Rights, and Future Directions for Employment with T.J. Radin -- Chapter 25 Corporate Moral Agency and the Responsibility to Respect Human Rights in the UN Guiding Principles: Do Corporations have Moral Rights? -- References

The main topic of the study is the social responsibility of religious organizations, the specific features of which are investigated on the example of individual dioceses of the State Christian Church of England. The goal is to analyze the leading ways of advancing of the indicated type of economic activity, to identify instruments for the implementation of social responsibility by a foreign religious institute on the territory of structural units of a regional level – dioceses. The main hypothesis of the study is that religious organizations, implementing a variety of activities within the framework of social responsibility, play a significant role in the economy of the region, largely taking on the social obligations of the state. To achieve the goal and confirm the statement, methods of analysis of actual and economic-statistical information and comparative comparison were used. The main findings of the study can be useful both in the realization of inter-confessional contacts and in the formulation of strategy for the development of state-religious relations in Russia, where the social and economic role of religious organizations is increasing. One of the distinguishing features of social responsibility of the Anglican Church organizations is implementing environment protection goals as one of the important directions in their social work. This part of social responsibility of religious institutions in our country is rarely embodied. The experience and model of managing social responsibility issues by the dioceses of the Church of England can be useful for Russian religious institutions aiming to build more successful and constructive partnership with the state.