When Principles Pay : : Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line / / Geoffrey Heal.

Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by pos...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Columbia Business School Publishing
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 10 illus., 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Social, Environmental, and Financial Performance
  • 3. Socially Responsible Investment
  • 4. Financial Institutions and Social and Environmental Performance
  • 5. Pharmaceuticals and Corporate Responsibility
  • 6. Wal-Mart and Starbucks
  • 7. Interface and Monsanto
  • 8. Outsourcing
  • 9. Getting Rich by Selling to the Poor
  • 10. Cell Phones and Development
  • 11. Measuring Corporate Responsibility
  • 12. Social and Environmental Policies and Corporate Strategy
  • 13. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Index