TY - BOOK AU - Banerjee,Subhabrata Bobby ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Corporate social responsibility: the good, the bad and the ugly SN - 9781847208552 (e-book) AV - HD60 .B335 2007 U1 - 658.4/08 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Social responsibility of business KW - Business and politics KW - Corporations KW - Political aspects KW - Corporate power KW - Human rights KW - Sustainable development KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index; Corporate social responsibility : a historical review -- Corporate social responsibility : theoretical perspectives -- The stakeholder theory of the firm : a critical perspective -- The problem with corporate citizenship -- The dilemmas of CSR and corporate citizenship -- The perils of sustainability -- The business of human rights -- The political economy of CSR -- Alternate visions N2 - This challenging and somewhat controversial book provides a critical perspective on contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee questions the win-win assumptions of CSR and identifies the limits of the good that corporations can do, illustrating that the ability of firms to enhance social welfare is constrained by their current form and purpose; that of a shareholder value maximizing entity UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781845429768.xml ER -