Corporate Social Responsibility Comparative Critiques [Hardcover]

Internationally renowned scholars investigate the discourses, practices and perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across a wide range of multicultural, multi-ethnic and cross country experiences. Case studies are included from Canada, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.Strange Bedfellows? Critiquing Corporate Social Responsibility; K.R.Raman Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of Capitalist Globalization; L.Sklair Corporate Social Responsibility and the Problem of Human Rights: Who is Protecting Whom?; R.D.Lipschutz The Opportunities and Limits of Corporate Support for Voluntary Activity in Canada: Evidence from Voluntary Organizations; P.Bowles & F.MacPhail Indigenous/NGO Alliances Confronting Corporate/State Alliances: The Case of Jabiluka Uranium Prospect; K.Trebeck Romania ltd. - A Case Study of Irresponsible Conduct in Human Resources; C.Crisan Extractive Industries and Stunted States: Conflict, Responsibility and Institutional Change in the Andes; A.Bebbington From Corporate Accountability to Shared Responsibility: Dealing with Pollution in a Peruvian Smelter Town; F.Li Beyond Bureaucracies? The Struggle for Self-Determination and Social Responsibility in the Argentine Worker-Run Companies; A.Bryer Business for Peace, or Peace for Business? The Role of Corporate Peace Activism in the Rise and Fall of Sri Lanka's Peace Process; R.Venugopal Commercial Microfinance in India: Loan Angels or Loan Sharks; D.Ajit& K.R.Raman Corporate Social Responsibility, Local Livelihood and Human Rights: The Case of Coca Cola in India; K.R.Raman Land Acquisition: Impossibility of Corporate Social Responsibility; P.K.Basu Shifting Terrain of Ethical Trade: Corporate and Civil Society Engagement in South African Agriculture; S.Barrientos & A.Kritzinger Corporate Social Responsibility and the Problem of Human Rights: Who is Protecting Whom; R.D.Lipschutz Notes Bibliography IndexALICE BRYER is a PhD student at Manchester University, UKANDRIENETTAl#,