Corporate Social Responsibility: Contemporary Insights

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is coming of age in business practice, teaching, and research. But it is not a well-defined field of study with clear boundaries; rather it is a field of practice that comprises several intellectual agendas and lines of inquiry. CSR is of interest to diverse groups, who in turn have different priorities. These groups include businesspersons, academia, governing bodies, non-governmental organizations, the community, and the consumers, to name just a few. This latter aspect of differing priorities of separate groups brings with it the risk of one groupâ€™s interests dominating those of the others. Moreover, it is a field in which practice is ahead of theory. All these factors, combined together, pose a unique set of challenges for practice, research, and teaching indeed, one important point of debate is whether CSR can be treated as a field of academic study or a field or practice alone. This book includes a collection of papers on CSR to provide a holistic view of the emerging areas in this field. A review of thinking by experts in several fields is provided along with new conceptualizations of CSR based on recent business and non-business practices across the world. Overall, there is a call for an interweaving of seemingly disparate disciplines into a coherent whole towards a better and richer conceptualization of CSR. For those who wish to engage in a deeper and wider study of this subject, the book provides some useful and intellectually stimulating perspectives. This book will be useful for corporate managers, academic researchers, and business educators.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sumati Reddy

Sumati Reddy holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Her other qualifications include, Bachelor of Arts, Diploma in Hotel Management, Certified Hospitality Educator, Diploma in French, and Diploma in Spanish. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the field of Organizational Behavior from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Her topic for the dissertation is â€˜The Impact of Organizational Culture on Organizational performance.â€™ She is a Faculty Member at ICFAI Books, Hyderabad, an affiliate of The ICFAI University. She has edited books on Corporate Social Responsibility, Workforce Diversity, Training and Development and Performance Management. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at the ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, where she teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Her areas of interest include international organizational behavior with a focus on change management, international negotiations, group dynamics, and managerial competencies; and experience in the hospitality and pharma sectors in the functional area of Human Resource Management.