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Author Lu, Mengxing

Title Choose or Lose, Another Road to China's Sustainable Development : a Law and Economics Analysis of Corporate Sustainable Theories and Practices
Published Boston : BRILL, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (340 pages)
Series Chinese and Comparative Law Ser
Chinese and Comparative Law Ser
Contents Intro; Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility: Another Road to China's Sustainable Development; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; 1 Introduction; 1 Societal Developments and Environmental Challenges; 1.1 Societal Developments and the Global Environmental Crisis; 1.2 Environmental Challenges in China; 2 Academic Background; 2.1 Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility; 2.2 Major Disputes about CSR/CER; 3 Research Focus and Questions; 4 Methodology; 4.1 The Law and Economics of CSR/CER
4.2 Comparative Studies of CSR/CER4.3 Case Studies; 5 Structure of the Book; 2 What Does CSR/CER Mean?; 1 Introduction; 2 The Changing forms and Roles of Corporations; 3 The Historical Evolution of CSR/CER; 3.1 Early Forms of CSR: the Philanthropic Era; 3.2 Some New Dimensions of CSR in the 1920s and 1930s; 3.3 CSR Begins to Take Form in the 1950s and 1960s: the Awareness Era; 3.4 CSR Proliferates Rapidly in the 1970s and the 1980s: the Issue Era; 3.5 CSR Rises to the Prominence in the 1990s and Starts to Flourish in the 21st Century; 4 What Is CSR/CER from a Theoretical Perspective?
4.1 Definitions of CSR4.2 Core Characteristics of CSR and Unsolved Disputes; 4.3 Definitions of CER; 5 CSR/CER-Related Concepts; 5.1 Corporate Governance; 5.2 Corporate Citizenship; 5.3 Corporate Sustainability; 5.4 Stakeholder Orientation; 6 The Translation of CSR/CER into Business Contexts; 6.1 Chemical Sector; 6.2 Oil & Gas Sector; 6.3 Banking Sector; 6.4 Food & Beverage Sector; 7 Summary and Some Concluding Remarks; 3 Why CSR/CER? Theories and Empirics; 1 Introduction; 2 The Business Case for CSR/CER; 2.1 Towards a Broader Purpose of the Company; 2.2 Towards Strategic CSR/CER
2.3 Does a Company Do Well by Doing Good?3 Why Shareholders Care about CSR/CER?; 4 Corporate Managers as CSR/CER Drivers; 4.1 The Duty of Managers in Relation to CSR/CER; 4.2 The Motivations of Managers towards CSR/CER; 5 Other Key Stakeholders to Promote CSR/CER; 5.1 The Role and Motivations of Investors to Promote CSR/CER; 5.2 The Role and Motivations of Consumers to Promote CSR/CER; 5.3 The Role and Motivations of NGOs in Promoting CSR/CER; 5.4 The Role and Motivations of Employees in Promoting CSR/CER; 6 Summary and Some Concluding Remarks; 4 Measuring Corporate Sustainability Performance
1 Introduction2 The Theory of CSP and Its Measurement; 2.1 The Conceptual History of the CSP Model; 2.2 The Literature Review of CSP Measurement; 2.3 Why Should CSP be Measured?; 3 Rating CSP: an Emerging Market; 3.1 A Newly Emerging Market; 3.2 Sustainability Ratings and Indices; 3.3 Sustainability/CSR Awards; 4 Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Sustainability Rating; 4.1 Rate the Rater; 4.2 Credibility; 4.3 Accessibility; 4.4 Effectiveness; 5 Summary and Some Concluding Remarks; 5 The Law and Economics of CSR/CER; 1 Introduction; 2 CSR/CER and Market Failure; 2.1 Externality
Notes 2.2 Information Asymmetry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-324) and index
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Subject Social responsibility of business -- China
Environmental responsibility -- China
Environmental responsibility.
Social responsibility of business.
China.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004368132
9004368132