Corporate Social Responsibility in Finland Origins, Characteristics, and Trends /

• Main Authors: Olkkonen, Laura (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Quarshie, Anne (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social responsibility of business.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Nonprofit organizations.; Corporate Social Responsibility.; Sustainability Management.; Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises.

This book introduces a Finnish approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and embeds it within a broader discussion on the Nordic roots of business responsibility and stakeholder thinking. The first part of the book traces the origins of Finnish CSR from paternalism at the beginning of indust...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Finnish paternalism at the start of the industrial revolution
• The Nordic welfare state as a backdrop for CSR
• The dawn of stakeholder thinking in Nordic countries
• The public sector: hard and soft regulation
• The private sector: an on-going transformation
• The nonprofit sector and civil society: conflict and collaboration
• Media and communication environment
• Positioning the CSR performance of Finnish companies
• Diffusion of global CSR trends in Finland
• CSR profession in Finland
• On-going challenges
• Conclusion.