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The significance of business-led CR coalitions - such as the WBCSD, UN Global Compact, International Business Leaders Forum - is indisputable. This book addresses the urgent need for informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their progress and their potential. In addition, the book provides in-depth profiles of the most effective.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. The past: The emergence of new models of collective business leadership
1. The rise of the corporate responsibility movement
2. The definition of business-led corporate responsibility coalitions
3. The evolution of business-led corporate responsibility coalitions
4. Global trends and motivations driving the growth of corporate responsibility coalitions
5. The leadership role of individual champions, companies and foundations in building the coalitions
Part 2. The present: Assessing the impact of coalitions today
6. The number and diversity of corporate responsibility coalitions
7. Coalitions as part of a broader ecosystem promoting responsible business
8. The key roles of corporate responsibility coalitions
9. How coalitions organize themselves
10. Networking among the coalitions
11. Assessing the impact of coalitions
Part 3. The Future: The leadership challenge for corporate responsibility coalitions
12. The need for greater corporate responsibility and collective action
13. An agenda for action for corporate responsibility coalitions
14. Are corporate responsibility coalitions fit for the future?
15. Recommendations and conclusion Profiles of leading corporate responsibility coalitions and Sui Generis organizations
1. Business for Social Responsibility
2. Business in the Community
3. CSR Europe
4. Instituto Ethos
5. International Business Leaders Forum
6. Maala–Business for Social Responsibility
7. National Business Initiative for Growth, Development and Democracy
8. Philippine Business for Social Progress
9. World Business Council for Sustainable Development
10. World Environment Center
11. United Nations Global Compact
12. World Economic Forum
Appendix 1. Corporate responsibility time-line
Appendix 2. Research methodology
Appendix 3. GlobeScan coalition survey and survey respondents
Endnotes
Index
About the author
Grayson, David; Jane, Nelson
Summary
The significance of business-led CR coalitions – such as the WBCSD, UN Global Compact, International Business Leaders Forum – is indisputable. This book addresses the urgent need for informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their progress and their potential. In addition, the book provides in-depth profiles of the most effective.
