Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility : Selections from CQ Researcher

Issues for Debate in Corporate Social Responsibility is a contemporary collection of articles covering core issues within the controversial topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The book is intended to supplement core courses in the Business and Management titled Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment of Business, Business Ethics, and Business Policy. The book begins with a feature article titled ôCorporate Social Responsibility: Is Good Citizenship Good for the Bottom Line?ö and progresses through a 3-part structure of topics often covered in CSR courses and texts:áorganizational issues; economic issues; andásocietal issues. There are a total of 15 highly contemporary and data-rich articles in the collection. Features and Benefits: Each article begins with an overview, which briefly summarizes the areas that will be explored in greater detail in the rest of the chapter. The next section chronicles important and current debates on the topic under discussion and is structured around a number of key questions, such as ôIs Good Citizenship Good for the Bottom Line?ö and ôCan Investors Do Well by Doing Good?ö These questions are usually the subject of much debate among practitioners and scholars in the field. Hence, the answers presented are never conclusive but detail the range of opinion on the topic. The ôBackgroundö section provides a history of the issue being examined. This retrospective covers important legislative measures, executive actions and court decisions that illustrate how current policy has evolved. Then the ôCurrent Situationö section examines contemporary policy issues, legislation under consideration and legal action being taken.Each selection concludes with an ôOutlookö section, which addresses possible regulation, court rulings, and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next ?ve to ten years. Each report contains features that augment the main text: two to three sidebars that examine issues related to the topic at hand, a pro versus con debate between two experts, a chronology of key dates and events and an annotated bibliography detailing major sources used by the writer.This book can also be bundled at a discountáwith Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility, by William Werther and David Chandler. For more information, contact Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE.