Meenu Maheshwari, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Pragya Gaur, Nupur Tiwari, Shobhna Goyal

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Business World (eBook, PDF)

A Conceptual, Regulatory, and Illustrative Framework

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now more than ever, there is a growing importance for companies to ramp up their focus on social responsibility. An effective CSR program can have a positive impact on companies, employees, and consumers. This new volume, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Business World: A Conceptual, Regulatory, and Illustrative Framework, covers the parameters of corporate social responsibility around the world, elucidating the concepts, evolution, cultural dimensions, key areas, and disclosure and reporting methods and how CSR is being considered and implemented across the globe. The book also offers a future outlook for CSR.

The book begins with a thorough introduction to CSR, covering its meaning and definition along with the principles of CSR for effective implementation, its inherent benefits, and its challenges. It goes on to cover the status of CSR in emerging economies with the emphasis on emerging trends in corporate governance, reporting, indexing, and certification. The volume considers the evolution of CSR from voluntary to mandatory along with the underlining advantages and disadvantages while also giving comparisons of CSR in developed versus developing nations. The book looks at the regulations and legislation around the world pertaining to CSR, such as universal GRI standards and legislative framework of countries like UK, USA, India, Germany, France, Canada, China, and Indonesia that have been sketched out covering expenditures, disclosure, and reporting obligations.

The authors share case studies of implemented CSR projects, initiatives, and practices, highlighting several societal and environmental issues either through stakeholder relations and collaborations with NGOs or agencies or by adhering to government regulations for CSR compliance.

This book provides a valuable overview of CSR and how effective implementation can lead to a corporation's contribution to worldwide and regional sustainability and the well-being of society and the environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000908879
• Artikelnr.: 70229628

Autorenporträt

Meenu Maheshwari, PhD, is Associate Professor of Commerce and Management at the University of Kota, Rajasthan, India. An executive member of the Indian Accounting Association, she has published and presented many research papers and has published 15 books, including two reference books. She has organized roundtable discussions, seminars, and webinars and has been invited as a keynote speaker at several national and international seminars.

Ashok Kumar Gupta, PhD, was Principal at the J.D.B. Government Arts Girls College, University of Kota, India, as well as a lecturer and Associate Professor at Government Commerce College, Kota, and Associate Professor at Government Girls College, Pali, India. Dr. Gupta is President of the Indian Accounting Association, Kota Branch. His published work includes over 50 research articles and over 30 book chapters. He has presented research papers at conferences, seminars, and webinars.

Pragya Gaur is a Senior Research Fellow at Government Commerce College, Kota, and has also served as a guest faculty at the University of Kota, India. She is NET-JRF qualified and has an Mcom degree and is currently carrying out her doctoral research in corporate social responsibility. She has published research articles and has presented several research papers at national and international conferences, seminars, and
webinars.

Nupur Tiwari is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Commerce and Management at the University of Kota, Rajasthan, India. She is NET-JRF qualified and has an MCom degree and is presently carrying out her doctoral research in corporate reporting. She has articles and book chapters and has presented several research papers at national and international conferences, seminars, and webinars.

Shobhna Goyal, PhD, MBA, is Head of the Department and Assistant Professor of Commerce at Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, India. With over 20 years of teaching experience, she has authored/edited books and papers published in national and international journals. She has also presented papers at national and international conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1 by Nageshwar Rao Foreword 2 by Kailash Sodani Foreward 3 by CMA
Balwinder Singh Foreword 4 by M. L. Vadera 1. Conceptual Framework of
Corporate Social Responsibility 2. The Genesis and Evolution of Corporate
Social Responsibility 3.Conduct of CSR's Journey from Voluntary to
Mandatory 4. Culture of the Nation and CSR: A Directional Paradigm 5.
Regulatory Framework of Corporate Social Responsibility across the World 6.
CSR in Developed and Developing Nations 7. CSR Disclosure and Reporting
Around the World 8. Areas of Corporate Social Responsibility: Within and
Beyond the Purview of the Regulations 9. The Future of Corporate Social
Responsibility 10. Excerpts of Companies Worldwide Engaged in CSR
Activities