Corporate power and responsible capitalism?: towards social accountability

pt. I. Context and history -- pt. II. Social embedding and disembedding of business systems -- pt. III. The pursuit of responsible capitalism : campaigns and political recipes

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1. Verfasser: Jones, Bryn (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd 2015
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Zusammenfassung:pt. I. Context and history -- pt. II. Social embedding and disembedding of business systems -- pt. III. The pursuit of responsible capitalism : campaigns and political recipes
Can business corporations be made more responsible for their actions? Abuses of corporate power, its responsibilities and scandals, pervade political, academic and public debates. In this important book, Bryn Jones locates the sources of this 'corporate over-reach' in key features of the share-traded corporations which dominate global economies and national societies. Focussing on the disembedding of businesses from their social roots, he assesses alternative types of business system and prospects for shifting from 'social responsibility' to social accountability. Split into three parts, this book brings together a multitude of ideas and evidence from different fields to address: context and history, the social embedding and disembedding of business systems, and the pursuit and pitfalls of responsible capitalism. It concludes by recommending potential models for reform in the UK. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in politics, sociology, public policy and management programmes will find this book both accessible and useful for its summaries of diverse literatures on business-society relations. The points of discussion will also be valuable for media commentators on business and politics, policy makers in the areas of business-society relations and campaigners and political activists
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 304 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9781784717285
DOI:10.4337/9781784717285