Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility

This book brings together accounts of how corporate entities in twenty independent nations around the world deal with the issue of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Being socially responsible on the part of corporate entities is now no longer an option, it is part of their normal business obligations to all their stakeholders regardless of whether these are primary or secondary stakeholders. Modern societies around the world now expect corporate entities of all shapes and forms to be socially responsible in whatever they do; the Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility is a first attempt at bringing together in one book experts' accounts of how corporate entities in twenty independent nations around the world are dealing with the issue of CSR. The world today faces diverse social problems. These become apparent as one moves from one country to the next, interestingly, society now expects corporations to help in finding solutions to these problems. The problem of global warming affects us all; modern corporations can no longer continue to assume that the problem will go away, if nothing is done by them. We can all make a little difference by our actions.

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Autorentext
Samuel O. Idowu is a senior lecturer in Accounting at the city campus of London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan University where he was course organizer for Accounting Joint degrees and lately the Course Leader/Personal Academic Adviser (PAA) for students taking Accounting Major/Minor and Accounting Joint degrees. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators and a named freeman of the City of London. Samuel Idowu has published about forty articles in both professional and academic journals and contributed chapters in edited books. Samuel has been in academia for 23 years, winning one of the Highly Commended Awards of Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence in 2008. He has examined for the following UK professional bodies: the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and has marked examination papers for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Inhalt
Europe.- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.- France.- Federal Republic of Germany.- Finland.- Sweden.- Belgium.- Greece: A Comparative Study of CSR Reports.- Russia: Corporate Social Disclosures.- East Asia.- People's Republic of China.- Malaysia: Value Relevance of Accounting Numbers.- The Americas.- United States of America: Internal Commitments and External Pressures.- United States of America: A Snapshot of US' Practices.- Mexico: An Overview of CSR Programmes.- Costa Rica.- Brazil: CSR Under Construction.- Middle East & Africa.- Egypt: Social Responsibility Disclosure Practices.- Turkey: Civil Society Practices.- Turkey: CSR in Practice.- Nigeria: CSR as a Vehicle for Economic Development.- South Africa: The Role of History, Government, and Local Context.- Australasia.- Australia: Practices and Experiences.