Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development : Is Business the Solution?.

Cover
 Corporate Social Responsibility andInternational Development
 Copyright
 Contents
 List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
 Acknowledgements
 Preface
 So has the UN failed?
 Can the power, money and reach of large corporations do a better job on development?
 So what can be gained from CSR?
 MNEs are already involved in development
 Is CSR really the answer?
 So what next for MNEs?
 Final remark on CSR
 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
 Chapter 1 Can CSR Pave the Way for Development?
 Introduction
 The meaning of development
 Can corporations fill the gap?
 Has the UN really failed? New way could be CSRCorporations and development
 The CSR route to development
 CSR can pave the way for development
 Chapter 2 What is CSR all About and Where is it Going?
 Introduction
 My original CSR definition
 Market economy critique of CSR
 Would corporate sustainability be a better concept than CSR?
 Corporate social performance and responsiveness
 More CSR definitions
 Does my own definition hold water?
 Corporate governance and CSR as a systems approach
 Corporate responsibility versus CSR
 Concluding remarks on definition
 The rise of CSR over the past decade
 Fifteen key items. What is the future for CSR?Chapter 3 Corporate CSR Development Case Studies: Failures and Success
 Introduction
 Disasters and disastrous interventions
 Large corporations and development --
some experiences
 MDG case studies
 UNDP and the Business Centre --
A model?
 Corruption and responses
 Endnote
 Chapter 4 Failures of Development: A Global View
 Introduction
 Development trends
 Focus on sub-Saharan Africa
 HIV/AIDS
 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
 Concluding remark
 Chapter 5 Corporations Should Abandon Philanthropy and Concentrate on CSR
 Introduction
 CSR is not philanthropy. CSR is before profitCSR is sustainable, philanthropy is not
 Should sponsorship be stopped too?
 But what about all those good causes?
 Chapter 6 A Critique of CSR and Development
 Introduction
 Lack of definition, everyone seems to have their own concept or definition
 CSR is just part of a public relations plan to bamboozle an increasingly sceptical public
 CSR is just another word for corporate philanthropy
 CSR is misleading since it diverts attention from key issues, it is a curse rather than a cure
 CSR ignores development economics and its concerns with capitalism and neo-liberalism. The social responsibility of business begins and ends with increasing profits. CSR is an unnecessary distractionCSR is a sham because companies cannot be left to self-regulate
 Concluding remarks
 Chapter 7 CSR and Poverty
 Introduction
 An analytical framework for CSR and poverty
 Labour market rigidities
 Can a product-orientated approach reduce poverty? The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
 What can happen when wages rise --
the case of Gap
 Can CSR have a positive effect on poverty?
 Chapter 8 Supply Chain Issues
 Introduction
 What are the key issues? What has been the development impact of supply chains?