A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pettigrew, William A. (Editor), Smith, David Chan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
• Subjects: Finance.; Social responsibility of business.; Finance > History.; Financial History.; Corporate Social Responsibility.

This book examines the changing reciprocal relationships between corporations and their various social obligations over the very long term - from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Chapters from emerging and established business historians assess the full range of social obligations that corp...