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Offers guidelines, plans and practical examples on how to manage CSR in global business operations. Based on the experiences of 20 diverse, large, medium and small companies, this book constitutes a guidebook and action plan to enable companies of all sizes to manage risk and seek out opportunities for engagement in their overseas operations.

Does it pay for businesses to act morally? This book attempts to answer this question. Taking a positive approach, it demonstrates that, under certain conditions, organizations can act responsibly and profitably at the same time. It elaborates on these conditions and provides evidence for the assumed positive relation between responsibility and profitability. -- The author uses analysis of the acceptance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies across Europe, the consequences of CSR on motivation, commitment and absenteeism, and organizational responsibility and the bottom of the pyramid as evidence that organizations can be profitable and responsible at the same time. -- Uniquely taking an organizational perspective on CSR, scholars and students of business ethics will find this impressive book to be an invaluable resource. Business professionals will also find plenty of important information in this admirable compendium.

BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: -- 1ST TITLE PAGE -- 2ND TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEGEMENTS -- EIGHT LECTURES -- 1. THE ROLE OF MODERN BUSINESS: PROFIT‐MAKING? -- 2. BUSINESS ETHICS AND COMMUNITY GIVING -- 3. BUSINESS ETHICS: PUBLIC RELATIONS? -- 4. ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: HOW THEY AFFECT CORPORATE REPUTATION -- 5. TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEGISLATE FOR ETHICS? -- 6. BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION -- 7. THE ETHICS OF LEADERSHIP, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN BUSINESS ETHICS -- 8. BUSINESS ETHICS AND CITIZENSHIP FOR SCHOOLS: A BRITISH‐AUSTRALIAN COMPARISON -- PHOTOGRAPHS.

AI and Ethics / by Hannah H. Kim -- Business and Climate Change / by Scott Sowers -- Business and Universities / by Patrick Brindle -- China's Big Data Sweep / by Suzanne Sataline -- Corporate Social Responsibility / by Jonathan Broder -- Ethics and Financial Services / by S.L. Mintz -- Ethics and the Supply Chain / by Tam Harbert -- Managing Corporate Crises / Jonathan Broder -- Sexual Harassment / by Sharon O'Malley -- Sustainability / by Pamela J. Black -- Tax Havens / by Alison Vekshin -- Technology and Business Ethics / by Patrick Marshall -- The Boycott / by Pat Wechsler -- The Fiduciary Rule / by David Milstead -- The Gun Industry / by Joe Lapointe -- Workplace Safety / by Jonathan Broder -- Workplace Surveillance / by Lorna Collier.

A practical guide designed to help business leaders and their managers understand how to assess the impact of corporate social responsibility factors on their core business strategy and operations and help them identify and prioritise between subsequent options and resulting business opportunities