1st Edition
The Rise and Fall of Corporate Social Responsibility
By Douglas M. Eichar
Copyright 2017
394 Pages
by
Routledge
394 Pages
by
Routledge
394 Pages
by
Routledge
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Corporate social responsibility was one of the most consequential business trends of the twentieth century. Having spent decades burnishing reputations as both great places to work and generous philanthropists, large corporations suddenly abandoned their commitment to their communities and employees during the 1980s and 1990s, indicated by declining job security, health insurance, and corporate... Read more
Preface
1 Introduction
2The End of the Nineteenth Century: Regulatory Pathways are Set
3 Progressives Attempt to Tame the Beast
4 The 1920s: Cooperation is Key
5 The Great Depression: Everything Changes, But Remains the Same
6 The Postwar Triumph of America’s Peculiar Regulatory Structure
7 The 1970s: The Peak of America’s Regulatory Structure
8 The Decline of Corporate Social Responsibility
9 Can the Beast Be Re-Tethered?
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Douglas M. Eichar is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Hartford, USA.
