Managerial Sources of Corporate Social Responsibility - The Spread of Global Standards

"Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian Thauer looks inside the firm to illustrate the internal drivers of the social conduct of business. He argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) assists decision-makers to resolve managerial dilemmas"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of internal drivers of corporate social responsibility; 3. Corporate social responsibility: an inside-view approach and perspective; 4. Internal driver 1: the human resources dilemma; 5. Internal drivers 2 and 3: the technological specialization and foreign direct investment dilemmas; 6. Internal driver 4: the brand reputation dilemma; 7. Conclusion: internal drivers, corporate social responsibility and the spread of global standards.

About the author

Christian R. Thauer is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Freie Universität Berlin and Visiting Fellow at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He was awarded the International Studies Association International Political Economy (ISA-IPE) Best Dissertation Prize 2010-11 for his award-winning thesis.

Product details

• Authors: Christian R Thauer, Christian R. Thauer, Christian R. (Freie Universitat Berlin) Thauer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107066533
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06653-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Business and Public Policy; Business and Public Policy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education