Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (Corporations, Globalisation And The Law Series, Book 7)

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Corporations, Globalisation And The Law Series......Page 3
ISBN 9781847205612......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Nina Boeger, Rachel Murray And Charlotte Villiers......Page 8
Notes......Page 12
References......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
The Definitional Dilemma Of Csr And Its Relationship With Law And Policy......Page 16
International Policy Contexts For Csr......Page 20
How Csr Relates To Law......Page 25
How Csr Relates To Policy......Page 27
Using ‘hard Cases’ To Help Unstick Problem Areas......Page 33
What Could, And Should, Lawyers Do?......Page 38
Concluding Remarks......Page 40
Notes......Page 41
References......Page 43
Introduction......Page 46
So What Is A Company’s Social Responsibility?......Page 47
Collective Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 51
So Is Hierarchy Still Necessary?......Page 53
Misappropriating Citizenship......Page 58
Company Directors As Individuals......Page 61
Conclusion......Page 64
Notes......Page 67
References......Page 68
Introduction......Page 71
Early Attempts At Regulating Trans-national Corporations......Page 73
Recent Developments Within The Un......Page 75
Conclusion......Page 83
Acknowledgements......Page 84
Notes......Page 85
References......Page 90
Introduction......Page 92
Why Csr?......Page 94
The Limits Of Csr......Page 96
The Global Challenge To Csr......Page 107
Power......Page 110
Notes......Page 115
References......Page 116
Introduction......Page 120
The Political Economy Of Corporate Governance......Page 121
: Comparative Perspectives On Company Law......Page 122
The Global And The Local: Spaces And Places Of Convergence And Divergence......Page 127
The Learning Firm......Page 134
Notes......Page 140
References......Page 142
Introduction......Page 151
The Role Of Commercial International Law And Market Mechanisms......Page 152
Corporate Social Responsibility And Fairtrade......Page 154
What Does It Mean To Trade Fairly? Can The Economics Of Free Trade Deliver?......Page 158
Is The Duty To Trade Fairly Enshrined In International Law? Or Are Human Rights Norms ‘soft Law’ That Should Be Reflected In Mod......Page 160
The Human Rights Implications For Trade......Page 166
Putting Responsibility Into Action: Two Principles Of The Fairtrade Movement......Page 167
Notes......Page 170
References......Page 175
Introduction......Page 177
Differentiating Regulation And Csr Research......Page 178
Regimes......Page 179
Reflexive Governance And Meta-regulation......Page 181
Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 185
Conclusions......Page 189
References......Page 190
Introduction: Does Corporate Social Responsibility Include Corporate ‘environmental’ Responsibility?......Page 193
Definitional, Constituency, And Representational Problems For Environmental Law: Implications For Corporate ‘environmental’ Resp......Page 196
Environmental Law And Corporate ‘environmental’ Responsibility?......Page 209
The Evolution Of Corporate Environmental Reporting Requirements: From ‘soft’ To ‘hard’ Law?......Page 212
Notes......Page 223
References......Page 227
The Decline Of Political Participation......Page 231
Models For Ethical And Political Responsibility......Page 237
Csr And Democracy......Page 241
Ngos And Individual Action......Page 244
Notes......Page 246
References......Page 248
Index......Page 254