Business ethics & social responsibility
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Business ethics & social responsibility
Hardcover. The Business of Giving reviews current thinking and surveys the key techniques any philanthropist or grantmaker should adopt. It also outlines a generic social investment process that can be utilized for all philanthropic or grantmaking programmes. Essential reading for all engaged in or with an interest in philanthropy or civil society in general. Series: Cass Business Press. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJL; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336797
- ISBN
- 9780230336797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.72
€ 100.72
Hardcover. Evaluates the capacity of Fairtrade(R) labeling to enhance the livelihoods of marginalized producers in developing countries. It looks critically at the evolution of fair trade values and markets, including its somewhat controversial engagement with conventional businesses, and problematizes the role of the "ethical consumer." Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308152
- ISBN
- 9780230308152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The dangers of involvement in corruption need to be embedded in corporate strategy. Companies' response to these dangers must also be reflected in their practices, particularly if operating outside its own borders. This book guides managers through the complexity of bribery issues with advice on how to implement anti-corruption strategies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298439
- ISBN
- 9780230298439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Hardcover. The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJK; KJR; KNXC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293588
- ISBN
- 9780230293588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. The Global Financial Crisis is acknowledged to be the most severe economic downturn since the 1930s, and one that is unique in its underlying causes, its scope, and its wider social, political and economic implications. This volume explores some of the ethical issues that it has raised. Editor(s): Dobos, Ned; Barry, Dr. Christian; Pogge, Thomas. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HPS; KCX; KCZ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293519
- ISBN
- 9780230293519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. Green business is here. It is a multi billion business with enormous growth potential, driven by megatrends such as demographic change, climate change and urbanization. It is driving the transformation of existing businesses and changing the way customers and suppliers act, forcing them to rethink their business strategy. Series: International Management Knowledge. Num Pages: 288 pages, 47 figures. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285439
- ISBN
- 9780230285439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardcover. The financial crisis focused unprecedented attention on ethics in investment banking. This book develops an ethical framework to assess and manage investment banking ethics and provides a guide to high profile concerns as well as day to day ethical challenges. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KFFM; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285088
- ISBN
- 9780230285088
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. An examination of the views on capitalism of bishops, academics and business people in the Church of England. Highlighting the richness and distinctiveness of these arguments, it also points to flaws and gaps. Offering a new framework for public theology, Poole urges the Church to take its proper place in re-shaping the global economy. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; KC; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275164
- ISBN
- 9780230275164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Explores how companies engage in CSR activities, how their corporate identity determines the way in which they perceive the stakeholders and, as a result, engage in dialogue-based relations with them. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJR; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273252
- ISBN
- 9780230273252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252554
- ISBN
- 9780230252554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252141
- ISBN
- 9780230252141
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Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. The recent financial crisis has awakened a renewed sensibility to ethics in business and management, and an increasing interest in a better understanding of how ethics and economics are intertwined. Managers and executives must understand not just the moral value of ethical behaviour, but also how this can strengthen and benefit the organization. Series: IESE Business Collection. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246300
- ISBN
- 9780230246300
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Condition: New
€ 83.54
€ 83.54
Big Business, Big Responsibilities: From Villains to Visionaries: How ...
Wales, Andy, Gorman, Matthew, Hope, Dunstan
Hardcover. Big business is often seen as the villain in terms of the environment or social wellbeing. But some leading businesses are becoming leaders in the fight against climate change and protectors of human rights. This book explains why this is now a core part of strategy and not just philanthropy for these businesses. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243958
- ISBN
- 9780230243958
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. MacIntyre's narrative based virtue ethics have for the first time in this book been applied to an organization undergoing change driven by market forces and a society that wants more for less with scant regard for the means by which that is achieved. The practical potential of these insights is explored in the case study that runs through the book. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238473
- ISBN
- 9780230238473
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Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. Written in the European tradition of Kant's philosophical trilogy on critique and Hegel's concept of ethical life it outlines the great traditions in ethical philosophy: Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarianism. It presents modern ethics from Nietzsche, Adorno, and Habermas to Kohlberg's stages of moral development. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238251
- ISBN
- 9780230238251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. A close look at the ethical and social responsibilities of the alcohol industry in the 21st Century. It begins with a whistle stop tour of the historical developments of alcohol. It then critiques the legislative and voluntary codes surrounding the advertising industry, popular culture, religious groups, Government and local authorities. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219885
- ISBN
- 9780230219885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. By analysing the rationales for sustainability strategies, this book addresses a timely question for managers, academics and MBAs: 'when does it pay to be green?' Based on solid theoretical foundations and empirical research, it clarifies the elements involved in the formation and evaluation of sustainability strategies in firms. Series: Insead Business Press. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230212985
- ISBN
- 9780230212985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Toward Integrative Corporate Citizenship: Research Advances in Corpora...
Orlitzky, Marc, Swanson, Diane L.
Hardcover. Given the increased impact of non-market forces on business reputation, there has never been a greater need to grasp corporate social performance. This book demonstrates that a holistic perspective on corporate citizenship that accommodates the importance of profits and other time-honored social values is both desirable and possible. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201873
- ISBN
- 9780230201873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardback. Social responsibility has become a goal for both employers and employees in the business community. Num Pages: 272 pages, appendixes; 6 figures; 1 table; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612342948
- ISBN
- 9781612342948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.81
€ 33.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Providing an overview of the theories of ethics that bear on the business world, this guide explains the human behaviour that gives rise to fraud and corruption in terms of a 'fraud triangle theory' according to which unethical behaviours happen when three risk components - psychological pressure, opportunity and rationalisation - are present. Series: Short Guides to Business Risk. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268. Series: Short Guides to Business Risk. 166 pages. Providing an overview of the theories of ethics that bear on the business world, this guide explains the human behaviour that gives rise to fraud and corruption in terms of a 'fraud triangle theory' according to which unethical behaviours happen when three risk components - psychological pressure, opportunity and rationalisation - are present. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KJG. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780566091728
- ISBN
- 9780566091728
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Increasingly, companies view engagement with NGOs as part of a strategy for the pursuit of sustainable development. This book presents the views of leading international figures on the relationship between business, NGOs and sustainable development. Editor(s): Bendell, Jem. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWH; KCLT; KJG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Greenleaf
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874719298
- ISBN
- 9781874719298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.33
€ 45.33
Paperback. This book examines the role of participants in research and how research ethics can be put into practice. Health, social, and journalistic research are currently subject to very different forms of regulation and codes of practice. By including the experiences of researchers and their subjects the book explores the disciplinary divides. Editor(s): Smyth, Marie; Williamson, Emma. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBC; KJG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345141
- ISBN
- 9781861345141
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.98
€ 40.99
€ 38.98
paperback. Dr. Lyse Langlois highlights ethical issues in workplace culture while looking at practices that encourage productive relationships between co-workers. Series: Labour Across Borders. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3556. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AU Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781897425749
- ISBN
- 9781897425749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Includes the papers that discuss different aspects of sustainability, environmental performance, and environmental disclosures. This title analyzes what firms do about environmental issues and how these activities and their impact on the environment are disclosed in the financial statements. Editor(s): Freedman, Marty; Jaggi, Bikki. Series: Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KFC; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849507646
- ISBN
- 9781849507646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57