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1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The four questions of corporate social responsibility / Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor -- Corporate managers' operational discretion to sacrifice corporate porifits in the public interest / Einer R. Elhauge -- Does greater managerial freedom to sacrifice profits lead to higher social welfare? / John J. Donohue -- On sacrificing profits in the public interest / Mark J. Roe -- Corporate social responsibility / Paul R. Portney -- Does corporate social responsibility / Dennis J. Aigner -- On Portney's complaint / Daniel C. Esty -- Environmental protection and the social responsibility of firms / Forest L. Reinhardt -- Ethics, risk and the environment in corporate responsibility / Eric W. Orts -- Opportunities for and limitations of corporate environmentalism / David Vogel. |
| Summary |
Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond what the law requires-beyond bare compliance with regulations-do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental protection? How should we think about firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? Are they permitted to do so, given their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Even if permissible, is the practice sustainable, or will the competitive marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Furthermore, is the practice, however well intended, an efficient use of social and economic resources? And, as an empirical matter, to what extent do firms already behave this way? Until now, public discussion has generated more heat than light on both the normative and positive questions surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the environmental realm. In Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms, some of the nation̐ưs leading scholars in law, economics, and business examine commonly accepted assumptions at the heart of current debates on corporate social responsibility and provide a foundation for future research and policymaking. |
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental protection.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Gestion d'entreprise -- Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Environnement -- Protection. |
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Entreprises -- Responsabilité sociale. |
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environmental protection. |
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Environmental protection |
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects |
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Social responsibility of business |
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Soziale Verantwortung |
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Umweltschutz |
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Unternehmen |
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Unternehmensethik |
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Wirtschaftsethik |
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Milieubeleid. |
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Sociale verantwoordelijkheid. |
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Bedrijven. |
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Gestion d'entreprise -- Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Environnement -- Protection. |
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Entreprises -- Responsabilité sociale. |
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Aspect économique. |
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Aspect juridique. |
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Gestion d'entreprise. |
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Protection de l'environnement. |
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Responsabilité environnementale. |
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Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise. |
| Genre |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Hay, Bruce L.
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Stavins, R. N. (Robert N.), 1948-
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Vietor, Richard H. K., 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Environmental protection and the social responsibility of firms. Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, ©2005 1933115025 (DLC) 2004022279 (OCoLC)56591921 |
| ISBN |
9781936331192 (electronic bk.) |
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1936331195 (electronic bk.) |
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9781136526824 |
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113652682X |
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