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The ethics of science : an introduction
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ISBN: 0415166977 0415166985 9780415166973 9780203979068 9781134705801 9781134705849 9781134705856 9780415166980 Year: 1998 Publisher: London Routledge

Responsible Investment
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ISBN: 1874719039 9781874719038 1909493597 1351283448 135128343X 9781909493599 9781351283434 1351283413 9781351283410 1351283421 Year: 2017 Publisher: London : Taylor and Francis,

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"Most investment today is conducted by a relatively small number of institutional investors - pension funds and investment managers - who manage the pensions and saving funds of millions of ordinary people. The manner in which these institutional investors invest and discharge their responsibilities as the owners of companies is, therefore, of critical importance to society as a whole.In recent years, some of the biggest institutional investors have actively encouraged companies to improve their management of social, ethical and environmental issues. A number have also sought to explicitly analyse companies' performance on these issues and to incorporate this analysis into investment decision-making. These activities have contributed to important changes: a number of companies have committed to stabilising or reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their activities and operations, labour conditions in many retail supply chains have improved significantly, and many companies have significantly improved their governance of corporate responsibility issues.However, to date, there has been little systematic analysis of fundamental questions such as: Do responsible investment strategies systematically result in improvements in the social, ethical and environmental performance of companies? To what extent is it in investors' interest to encourage higher standards of corporate responsibility? Do responsible investment strategies enhance financial performance for investors? In this ground-breaking collection, Rory Sullivan and Craig Mackenzie have brought together some of the leading practitioners and commentators in the field of responsible investment to explore these questions. The contributors to this book present their views on the practicalities of implementing responsible investment strategies, the outcomes that have been achieved, the practical issues and barriers faced in implementing such strategies, and the challenges to be faced if responsible investment is to become a mainstream investment approach. The results are both unique and surprising.This book will be mandatory reading for all those involved in the field of social and environmentally responsible investment, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility whether they be academics, researchers or practitioners."--Provided by publisher.

Re-imagining business ethics : meaningful solutions for a global economy.
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ISBN: 0762309555 1849501718 9781849501712 Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford JAI


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Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship.
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ISBN: 187471939X 1909493198 1351282360 1351282352 9781909493193 9781874719397 9781351282352 1351282344 Year: 2017 Publisher: Taylor and Francis,

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"A number of disparate but interconnected forces such as deregulation and globalization, rapid advances in communications technology and the rise in the power of the consumer and civil society have now combined to bring corporate responsibility to prominence in many corporate boardrooms. In this information age, the ramifications of not addressing best practice in environment, workplace, marketplace and community could range from bad press coverage to complete market exclusion. These are perilous times for the social construct of modern capitalism.In today's society successful companies will increasingly be those that recognize that they have responsibilities to a range of stakeholders that go beyond compliance with the law. If in the past the focus was on enhancing shareholder value, now it is on engaging stakeholders for long-term value creation. This does not mean that shareholders are not important, or that profitability is not vital to business success, but that in order to survive and be profitable a company must engage with a range of stakeholders whose views may vary greatly. If in the past corporate social responsibility was simply seen as profitability plus compliance plus philanthropy, now responsible corporate citizenship means companies being more aware of and understanding the societies in which they operate. This means senior executives and managers being able to deal with a wide range of issues including greater accountability, human rights abuses, sustainability strategies, corporate governance codes, workplace ethics, stakeholder consultation and management.The aim and scope of Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship is to help capture and distil these and other emerging trends in terms of content, context and processes, in one concise volume. With contributions from the *crime de la crime* of leading thinkers from around the world, Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship is essential reading for students, scholars and all serious thinkers on one of the most critical issues of our time."--Provided by publisher.

Tyranny of the bottom line
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ISBN: 1881052753 0585266670 9780585266671 9781881052753 1583764712 9781583764718 Year: 1996 Publisher: San Francisco Emeryville, CA Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publishers Group West [distributor]


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Le devoir de réserve : l'expression censurée ? : actes de la table ronde du 17 octobre 2003 tenue à la Maison du barreau de Bruxelles
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ISBN: 2802718541 9782802718543 Year: 2004 Volume: 5 Publisher: Bruxelles Bruylant

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