False profits of ethical capital: Finance, labour and the politics of risk [Hardcover]

False profits of ethical capitalis a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism. Rather than focusing on the inadequacies of corporate responsibility, sustainable investment and consumer politics, this book grapples with the technical and rhetorical functions of ethical capital for profit and accumulation. It provides a unique and eclectic analysis of the political dynamics between finance, capital and labour, offering a refreshing perspective on struggles interlocking social, ecological and economic crises, and suggesting new ways of thinking about sustainability politics.GBThis book is a timely study of an important political economic phenomenon: ESG investing and stakeholder capitalism. This book encourages new ways of thinking about corporate responsibility and how to contest it.Claire Parfitt is a Lecturer in Political Economy at The University of Sydney

A rich contribution to social science [which] incisively interrogates the prophecy that better management of environmental, social and governance risks (ESG) can build a more equitable, stable and sustainable capitalism. A must read for students and scholars, proponents and opponents of ethical capital.Darius W?jcik, National University of Singapore
False profits of ethical capitalis a timely study of an important political economic phenomenon: ESG investing and stakeholder capitalism. Moving beyond observations of the inadequacies of responsible business as a vehicle for social change, this book argues that ESG investing and related corporate responsibility practices facilitate profit through speculation on ethics.
Ethical capital is framed as a process through which political challenges to capital accumulation on social and environmental grounds are transformed into opportunities for profit. A speculative moral economy prevails, in which it is assumed that business can do well and do good at the same time, belying the conflicts between different stakehollsx