Social Responsibility And Corporate Governance: Volume 1: Preconditions For Integration

Foreword......Page 6
References......Page 9
 Contents......Page 12
 Notes on Contributors......Page 18
 List of Figures......Page 23
 List of Tables......Page 25
1.1 Introduction......Page 26
1.2 Research Method......Page 27
1.3 Human Beings in the Contemporary Circumstances......Page 30
1.4 Corporate Governance as a Core Subject of Social Responsibility......Page 36
1.5 Enterprise Stakeholders’ Well-Being......Page 40
1.6 Practice Recommendations: Our Proposition for Strategy of Promotion of Social Responsibilitys......Page 46
1.7 Conclusions......Page 50
References......Page 53
2.1 The Structure and Selected Challenges of the Chapter......Page 69
2.2 Perception of CSR and CG......Page 71
2.3 Ethics as the Base of CSR and CG......Page 74
2.3.1 CSR Principles as Ethical Principles......Page 76
2.3.2.1 SOX......Page 81
2.3.2.2 Greed......Page 83
2.3.3 CG and CSR in UK......Page 85
2.3.4 CG and CRS in Poland......Page 88
2.3.5 Ethical Roots of CG: Scandals......Page 90
2.4.1 The State of the Modern World—Diagnosis......Page 91
2.4.2 From Newton to Einstein—The Shift in the Vision of the World and Economics......Page 94
2.4.3 Some New Models of Business Focused on Suppliers and Customers......Page 99
2.5.1 Łuksja—The Example of Good Practice in a Medium-Sized Polish Enterprise......Page 103
2.5.2 Severn Trent Water UK—A Mature Example of a Socially Responsible Organization......Page 109
2.6 Conclusions......Page 113
References......Page 115
3.1 Introduction......Page 118
3.2 The Essence and Meaning of Employee Involvement......Page 119
3.3 Internal CSR as a Significant Dimension of the Organization Functioning......Page 123
3.4 Responsible Human Resource Management......Page 126
3.5 Employee Volunteering as a Social Tool of Building Engagement......Page 133
3.6 Conclusions......Page 139
References......Page 141
4.1 Introduction......Page 147
4.2 Institutional Perspective of Managing the Commons......Page 151
4.3 Informal and Formal Measures of Business Ethics and Credibility Implementation......Page 155
4.3.1 Slovenian Corporate Governance Code......Page 157
4.3.2 Statement of Corporate Governance as Important Formal Measure of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation......Page 158
4.4 Specific Characteristics of Governance and Management of Organisations, Public Sector Companies......Page 161
4.5 Services of General Economic Interest......Page 164
4.6 Governance of State-Owned Companies......Page 165
4.7 Concern for Sustainable Governing the Commons......Page 169
4.8 Inclusion of the Right to Drinking Water in the Slovenian Constitution......Page 170
4.9 Property Rights Regimes......Page 172
4.10 The Water Regulatory Framework......Page 173
4.11 Conclusions......Page 175
References......Page 177
5.1 Introduction......Page 183
5.2 Literature—Ethical Code of Cooperation—Problems of Millennials and Employers’ Cooperation......Page 184
5.3.2 Analysis of the Challenges of the Millennium Generation in the Workplace......Page 191
5.3.3 Motivators of the Millennium Generation......Page 193
5.3.4 Demotivators of the Millennium Generation......Page 195
5.4 Code of Ethics Between Millennials Generation and Employers......Page 197
5.5 Conclusions......Page 200
References......Page 201
6.1 Introduction......Page 205
6.2 Briefly About the Relation Between Social Responsibility, Precarious Employment and Survival of the Current Humankind’s Civilization......Page 206
6.3 A Possible Innovation of Rewarding and Ownership of Employees and Citizens—A Precondition for Acceptability of the 4th Industrial Revolution......Page 208
6.4 Crisis, Social Order, and Renewal of the Ownership Model......Page 209
6.5 The Essence of the Ownership-Based Stimulation of Employees and Citizens......Page 210
6.6 The Employees’ and Citizens’ Ownership—The Financial Organization Viewpoint......Page 213
6.7 The Owner-Employees’ Payment Model......Page 215
6.8 Preconditions for Organizations to Be Appealing to Potential Owners-Workers and Citizens Investors in ESOP and USOP......Page 216
6.9 USOMID and ‘6 Thinking Hats’—Supportive of the Briefed Attributes of Modern Requisitely Holistic Behavior......Page 219
6.10 National Strategy on Social Responsibility in Slovenia—A First Draft......Page 223
6.11.1 Preamble......Page 224
6.11.2 The Ten Demands......Page 225
6.12 Conclusions......Page 226
References......Page 227
7.1 Introduction......Page 231
7.2 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as the Backbone of Regional Development......Page 233
7.3 The Concept of CSR and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)......Page 235
7.4 Andragogy as a Scientific Discipline......Page 240
7.5 Teaching, Education and CSR......Page 243
7.6 Integral Andragogy as a Scientific Tool for Increasing CSR......Page 249
7.7 Integral Andragogy as a Practical Tool for Increasing CSR......Page 255
7.8 Conclusions and Recommendations for Practice......Page 260
References......Page 264
8.1 Introduction......Page 271
8.2 Essential Tasks for the Implementation of ITG with the Goal to Support CSR......Page 273
8.3 ITG for Common Actions to Improve Win-Win-Situations......Page 279
8.3.1 Advantages of Common Organisational Infrastructure for ITG......Page 280
8.4 ITG-Subtasks Aimed to Handle Risk......Page 285
8.5 ITG—Strategies......Page 289
8.6 ITG—Cost-Benefit-Analysis......Page 295
8.7 ITG—Meta-Platform and Sub-platforms......Page 303
8.8 Cooperation and Synergies......Page 304
8.9 Cooperation and Risks......Page 305
8.10 Conclusions......Page 306
References......Page 307
 Index......Page 311