Book Reviews

CSRwire Book Reviews offer detailed descriptions of the latest CSR and sustainability books. Contributing writers cover book topics ranging from business ethics, shareholder activism, corporate governance and public policy to green living, human rights, the environment and social enterprise.

• Evolutionary Biology As a Model For Sustainable Business: A Review of Giles Hutchins' The Nature of Business

  Posted: Feb 07, 2013 – 10:12 AM EST

  Evolutionary biology as a model for sustainable business: scientist Tamsin Woolley-Barker reviews The Nature of Business by Giles Hutchins on Talkback.

• Literary Inspiration: A CSR & Sustainability Holiday Book Roundup

  Posted: Nov 30, 2012 – 08:14 AM EST

  CSR and sustainability literary picks for Holiday giving. Francesca Rheannon plays Santa’s helper on Talkback.

• August’s Summer Reading List For CSR Aficionados

  Posted: Aug 02, 2012 – 08:20 AM EST

  Heading for the beach? Francesca Rheannon recommends five books to bring with you. On Talkback.

• How The 1% Got To Be That Way, And How The 99% Can Fight Back

  Posted: Apr 25, 2012 – 03:54 PM EST

  Dismantling inequality: Mal Wawick reviews the new book by Chuck Collins on Talkback.

• BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story

  Posted: Apr 19, 2012 – 12:54 PM EST

  Who was truly responsible for the infamous oil spill of 2010? Elaine Cohen reviews Colin Read's new book and spills the facts on Talkback.

• A Business Book For Sustainability Leaders

  Posted: Mar 08, 2012 – 10:30 AM EST

  Elaine Cohen reviews Cy Wakeman's Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace & Turn Excuses Into Results

• Women and the New Business Leadership: A Book Review

  Posted: Jan 10, 2012 – 09:15 AM EST

  To quota or not to quota? In Women and the New Business Leadership, authors Penniah Thomson and Tom Lloyd explore what it will take for women to reach parity in corporate boardrooms.

• Dilemmas in Responsible Investment: A Review

  Posted: Dec 21, 2011 – 09:30 AM EST

  Socially responsible investment (SRI) sounds easy enough right? Think again, say the authors of Dilemmas in Responsible Investment.

• A Review of 'Fighting Poverty Together'

  Posted: Oct 24, 2011 – 09:10 PM EST

  CSRwire Contributing Writer Elaine Cohen reviews 'Fighting Poverty Together: Rethinking Strategies for Business, Governments and Civil Society to Reduce Poverty.'

• A Review of 'Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children'

  Posted: Oct 12, 2011 – 04:02 PM EST

  CSRwire Contributing Writer Elaine Cohen reviews 'Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children.'