Building new bridges between business and society : recent research and new cases in CSR, sustainability, ethics and governance /: recent research and new cases in CSR, sustainability, ethics and governance. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hualiang Lu, René Schmidpeter, Nicholas Capaldi, Liangrong Zu, editors.
• Other Names: Lu, Hualiang, 1972-; Schmidpeter, René; Capaldi, Nicholas; Zu, Liangrong
• Contents: ""Preface""; ""The Aim of This Book""; ""Introduction""; ""Contents""; ""Part I: CSR Origins""; ""EntrepreneurshipÂś Relationship to CSR""; ""1 Three Venture Capitalists on Virtue and Business""; ""2 Entrepreneurship and Ethics""; ""3 The Values of Entrepreneurship""; ""4 The Virtues of Entrepreneurship""; ""5 Entrepreneurial Ethics as a Business Ethics Code""; ""6 Entrepreneurial Ethics Contrasted to Corporate Social Responsibility""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""In the Pursuit of Building the Foundation for Sustainability""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Objectives"" ""3 Conceptual Framework""""4 Literature Review""; ""4.1 Social Concerns""; ""4.2 Environmental Concerns""; ""4.3 Economic Concerns""; ""5 Managing the Foundation for Sustainability""; ""6 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Risky Business? On the Interplay Between Social, Actuarial and Political Risks and Licences""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Conflicted SLO/CSR Theory and Praxis""; ""3 The SAP-Troika""; ""3.1 Social Licence to Operate""; ""3.2 Actuarial (Legal) Licence to Operate""; ""3.3 Political Licence to Operate""; ""3.4 Risk and Regulation"" ""4 The Social, Actuarial, Political (SAP) Licence and Risk Model""""4.1 Actuarial Risk""; ""4.2 Social Risk""; ""4.3 Political Risk""; ""4.4 The SAP Framework""; ""5 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Part II: CSR and Sustainability""; ""Sustainable Logistics: A Framework for Green Logistics and City Logistics""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Impacts of Logistics on the Environment""; ""2.1 Consumption of Resources""; ""2.2 Environmental Friendliness Concerning Emissions""; ""3 Green Logistics Framework""; ""3.1 Sustainable Transportation""; ""3.2 Sustainable Warehouse Management"" ""3.3 Sustainable Packaging""""4 City-Logistics""; ""5 Problem Discussion and Possible Research Directions""; ""5.1 Solving the Trade-offs Between Logistical Functions and Integrating the Social Perspective""; ""5.2 Examining the Underlying Issues""; ""5.3 Developing an Approach for Implementation and Measurement""; ""References""; ""Sustainable Assortment Policy: Possibilities of Differentiation and Profiling for the Food Sector""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Development of Sustainable Products""; ""2.1 Omnipresence of the Subject""; ""2.2 Low Willingness to Pay"" ""2.3 Significance of Supply Chain""""2.4 Regionality as the ``New SustainabilityÂÁ̂"́"; ""2.5 Increasing Stakeholder Demands""; ""3 Impact on the Assortment Policy""; ""4 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""The Importance of Gold in the Financial Report""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Literature Review""; ""3 Methodology""; ""4 Result Analysis""; ""5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Part III: CSR and Management""; ""Sustainable Hospitality Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Island Destinations-Lessons from the British Virgin ... ""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Methodology""; ""3 Results""
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Subjects: 338.7; Business; Industries -- Social aspects; Social responsibility of business; Capitalism -- Social aspects; Management science; Social responsibility of busines; Business ethics; Sustainable development; Corporate governance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Skills; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Capitalism -- Social aspects; Industries -- Social aspects; Social responsibility of business; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Science -- Environmental Science; Business & Economics -- Green Business; Business & Economics -- Corporate Governance; Business ethics & social responsibility; Sustainability; Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Corporate governance; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319635613; 3319635611
• Related ISBNs: 9783319635606; 3319635603
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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