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Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility - Introduction -- Corporate social responsibility around the world - Historical evolution, progress and role of corporate governance -- Corporate social responsibility and corporate Governance in India: Evolution, progress and current status of large companies -- Impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility in India - Empirical analysis -- Impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility: An empirical exploration using structural equation technique.

"Damit neu entwickelte Managementkonzepte ihren Einzug in Unternehmen halten können, ist es wichtig, dass sie begrifflich anschlussfähig an vorhandene Sprachspiele sind. Dabei haben 'sexy' Anglizismen besonders gute Chancen. Gerade so verhält es sich nach unserer Einschätzung mit den Begriffen Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) und Corporate Citizenships (CC). Wenngleich es sich bei diesen Überschriften um eine begriffliche bzw. sprachliche Weiterführung des Wortes Unternehmensethik handelt, wollte vor allem die Praxis lange nichts davon wissen. Bei den in diesem Buch versammelten Beiträgen handelt es sich um die ausgearbeiteten Vorträge der Consulting-Akademie Unternehmensethik 2006, die - wie jedes Jahr - in Zusammenarbeit mit der Plansecur-Stiftung und der Evangelischen Akademie der Pfalz durchgeführt wird. An dieser Stelle setzt das vorliegende Buch an. Es stellt Artikel von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern zusammen, die vor ihrem je eigenen Hintergrund daran arbeiten, ein zeitgemäßes Verständnis einer substanziellen CSR bzw. CC zu liefern" (Autorenreferat). Inhaltsverzeichnis: Thomas Beschorner und Matthias Schmidt: Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Citizenship - zur Einführung (9-18); 1. Ethik und das große C: Könnten Unternehmen verantwortlich handeln?: Klaus Wiegerling: Grundbegriffe und Felder der angewandten Ethik (19-36); Thomas Petersen: Zur gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung eines korporativen Bürgers. Begriffe, Zusammenhänge und offene Fragen (37-50); Günter Ulrich: Unternehmensverantwortung aus soziologischer Perspektive (51-72); 2. Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Citizenship - Grenzen und Möglichkeiten in der Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftspraxis: Andreas Deckmann: Zur Verantwortung von Billigfliegern, oder CSR: Aus Corporate Social Responsibility wird Consumer Social Responsibility (73-86); Achim Halfmann: Unternehmen als Teil der Zivilgesellschaft: Wie das Miteinander von Profit und Non-Profit gelingen kann und woran es manchmal scheitert (87-96); Hannes Koch: Wirtschaft zivilisieren - Wenn Unternehmen freiwillig soziale und ökologische Verantwortung übernehmen, kann das einen bindenden rechtlichen Rahmen nicht ersetzen (97-104); Thomas Beschorner und Kristin Vorbohle: Neue Spielregeln für eine (verantwortliche) Unternehmensführung (105-114); 3. Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Citizenship - regionale und internationale Kontexte: Sabine Bach: Corporate Social Responsibility in der Europäischen Union -eine Frage von Sein oder Nichtsein (115-124); Christoph Schank: Der demografische Wandel der Arbeitswelt. Implikationen für die mittelständische Personalpolitik und Unternehmensführung (125-142); Kristin Vorbohle: Über deutsche, französische und unternehmenseigene Sozialstandards - ein Vergleich (143-154); Annika Maschwitz: Zur Bedeutung des Versicherungsvermittlergesetzes am Beispiel der Plansecur Management GmbH (155-158).

ABSTRACTManuscript Type: EmpiricalResearch Questions/Issue: This paper seeks to explore the interrelationships between corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR): first, theoretically, by reviewing the literature and surveying various postulations on offer; second, empirically, by investigating the conception and interpretation of this relationship in the context of a sample of firms operating in Lebanon. Accordingly, the paper seeks to highlight the increasing cross‐connects or interfaces between CG and CSR, capitalizing on fresh insights from a developing country perspective.Research Findings/Results: A qualitative interpretive research methodology was adopted, drawing on in‐depth interviews with the top managers of eight corporations operating in Lebanon, with the findings suggesting that the majority of managers conceive of CG as a necessary pillar for sustainable CSR. These findings are significant and interesting, implying that recent preoccupation with CG in developing countries is starting to be counterbalanced by some interest/attention to CSR, with growing appreciation of their interdependencies and the need to move beyond CG conformance toward voluntary CSR performance.Theoretical Implications: This study makes two important contributions. First, it suggests that there is a salient two‐way relationship and increasing overlap between CG and CSR. While much previous literature has researched CG and CSR independently, this paper makes the case for considering them jointly and systematically. Second, the paper outlines a number of theoretical propositions that can serve as the basis for future research on the topic, particularly in developing countries, given that the data and theoretical propositions are both derived from and tailored to developing country contexts.Practical Implications: This study can potentially alert managers to the increasing overlap between the CG and CSR agendas and the need to exert diligent systematic efforts on both fronts. CG and CSR share more in common than previously assumed, and this needs to be accounted for by practitioners. The research can also alert policy makers in developing countries to the need to increase the vigilance and capacity of the regulatory and judicial systems in the context of CG reform and to increase institutional pressures, particularly of the coercive and normative variety to enhance CSR adoption.

AbstractAn increasingly important aspect of CSR is the recognition that sound practices are often based on good standards of corporate governance. Good corporate governance provides the foundations of good CSR by creating value‐creating relationships with all stakeholders. This article seeks to review corporate governance issues from an Asian perspective. Ownership and control of many companies in the region differ from those commonly seen in the West and there are therefore specific issues that need to be addressed in this context. It is argued that the fact that so many Asian companies are dominated by controlling shareholders (often families) means that corporate governance may have to be even stronger in the Asian region than elsewhere. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

Section 1: Introduction to the Concept of Universities -- The Historic and the Contemporary University: Myth and Reality by Deborah C. Poff -- Universities as Institutional Constituents: Local and Internationalise Citizenship by Greg Shailer -- The Idea of a University: Experiences from the Field by Susan Clark -- Bending without Breaking: The Role of Higher Education in a Changing Society by Jennifer L Kisamore -- The History and Nature of University Governance, Leadership and Management by Deborah C. Poff -- The Problem of Domination and Subjugation in the Context of Doing Management in University Settings by Scott Grills -- Universities and Corporate Social Responsibility by Deborah C. Poff.Service Leadership as the Backbone of University Social Responsibility by Daniel T.L. Shek -- Mission-Oriented Values as the Bedrock of University Social Responsibility by Loreta Tauginiene -- Section 2: The Faculty, the Students, the Role of Spirituality in the University and Research -- Academic Freedom and the Good Professor by J. Angelo Corlett -- Professoriate and its Relationship to Academic Freedom and Tenure by Deborah Poff -- Faculty as Organizational Change Agents. Organizational Revolutionaries by Cam Caldwell -- Progress and Regress: Diversity, Inclusivity and Incivility in the Political of Epistemological Transformation by Deborah Poff -- Commentary, Critique and Trolling: Academic Responsibility in the Online World by Virginia Barbour -- Preparing Future Citizens: Why University Teaching Needs to Change by Judith Lapadat -- Students and the Importance of Citizenship to Service Learning By Milad Mohebali, Cassie L. Barnhardt and Laila I. McCloud -- Christian Humanism and Catholic Universities by Domenec Mele -- An Islamic Perspective on Ethics in Educational Research by Imran Mogra -- Knowledge Creation and Dissemination: Introduction to the Role of Knowledge Creation and Dissemination by Deborah Poff -- The Ethical Responsibility of Researchers in the Sciences and Social Sciences by Phillip Goernert -- Living in a Material World: Doing Research Ethics and Research Integrity in the Enterprise Culture by Mark Israel -- Corporate Social Responsibilities in Universities through Liberal Education aimed at Sustainable Development by Alex Michalos -- Universities as Agents of Human Rights By Cassie L. Barnhardt -- The University and Social Justice by Frank Cunningham -- Gender Equality and the University: Work in Progress by Maureen Kilgour -- University Education as a Hope for Gender Justice in the World by Deborah Poff -- Summary Discussion and Recommendations by Deborah Poff. .