1st Edition

The Corporate Responsibility Movement Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001-2005

By Jem Bendell Copyright 2009

    Corporate social responsibility is now an established agenda for large companies, with a new profession emerging that engages in the social and environmental contribution of business. How has this agenda emerged over time? What were the key events and actors? How has this new "movement" of committed individuals been taking shape around the globe? Insights into these questions come from a review of the first half of first decade of the 21st century. The Corporate Responsibility Movement compiles Lifeworth's highly praised Annual Reviews of Corporate Responsibility from 2001 to 2005.It is introduced with a new overview by the lead author of those reviews, Dr Jem Bendell, in a piece that examines the trajectory of a new social movement in and around business. At a time of searching questions about the future of finance, Dr Bendell argues that a new concept of "capital democracy" is emerging from within the community of people working towards corporate responsibility, which could be mainstreamed as a socially and environmentally enhanced system of economy. He calls on professionals, researchers and policy-makers to embrace an ambitious agenda for corporate responsibility and develop greater insight into acting together as a movement for change.This book is an essential resource for business libraries, recording, analysing and contextualising some of the key events, issues and trends during this historic period in the development of the corporation.

    Introduction; The emergence of the corporate responsibility movement; 2001; 1Q2001 January—March; 2Q2001 April—June; 3Q2001 July—September; 4Q2001 October—December; 2002; Foreword; Introduction; 1Q2002 January—March; 2Q2002 April—June; 3Q2002 July—September; 4Q2002 October—December; 2003; Introduction; From review to preview; 1Q2003 January–March; 2Q2003 April—June; 3Q2003 July—September; 4Q2003 October-December; 2004; Foreword; Introduction; 1Q2004 January—March; 2Q2004 April—June; 3Q2004 July-September; 4Q2004 October—December; 2005; Foreword; Introduction; 1Q2005 January—March; 2Q2005 April–June; 3Q2005 July-September; 4Q2005 October–December

    Biography

    Jem Bendell