The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility is a unique publication and is the culmination of over a hundred of the world's leading thinkers, opinion formers, academic and business people providing an easy-to-use guide to CSR: from general concepts such as sustainability, stakeholder management, business ethics and human rights to more specific topics such as carbon trading, microfinance, biodiversity, the Base of the Pyramid model and globalization. In addition to definitions of the most important terms across the wide range of CSR associated topics, this book also covers all the most important codes and guidelines, such as the Equator Principles, the UN Global Compact and ISO standards, as well as providing background on organizations such as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Transparency International and profiles of CSR in particular industries and regions.

This paperback edition includes all the latest developments in CSR as well as incorporating new sections on boardroom pay, the sub-prime market and the financial crisis.

• A revised and updated edition of the bestselling hardback version which offers: "Everything you need to know about Corporate Social Responsibility"


• One-of-a-kind dictionary and standard reference text comprises 339 terms, Core concepts, Key words and Definitions.


• This new paperback edition includes new terms: The Kimberly Process (on blood diamonds); The Bali and Poznan Communique's (on climate change); World Cocoa Foundation Principles (on fair labor); Credit crunch / financial crisis; Boardroom pay; CSR International.

Contributors include the top names in the CSR field:

Mary Robinson
Jonathon Porritt
Philip Kotler
Steve Lydenberg
David Nussbaum
Björn Stigson
Ed Freeman
Archie Carroll
John Elkington
Jane Nelson
Mervyn King
Valli Moosa
Hunter Lovins
Stuart Hart
Aron Cramer

About the book:
The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility, Revised and Updated
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780470686508
470 pages
Paperback
$50.00 USD

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