Globalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Corporate Governance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: du Plessis, Jean J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Varottil, Umakanth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Veldman, Jeroen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Social responsibility of business.; Commercial law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; Corporate Social Responsibility.; Commercial Law.

This book addresses the increasing overlap between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and law with a particular focus on company law and corporate governance. What is the impact of CSR on company law and corporate governance and, vice versa? How do these systems impact on CSR? Do they enable, req...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Introductory Overview: Jean J du Plessis, Umakanth Varottil and Jeroen Veldman, The Significance of Moving Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Part II Corporate Social Responsibility: Conceptual Frameworks and Stakeholders: Gill North, Well governed, Sustainable and Socially Responsible Financial Corporationsr Real Expectations?
• Cindy A Schipani, Terry Morehead Dworkin and Junhai Liu, The Role of Employee Voice in Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in China
• Jeroen Veldman, Responsibility and the Modern Corporation
• Part III Board Structure and Accountability: Afra Afsharipour, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Corporate Board
• Jingchen Zhao, Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility through the Lens of Board Accountability and the Case of China
• Part IV Corporate Social Responsibility Legislation and Implementation: Evidence and Experience: Patrick C Leyens, Corporate Social Responsibility in European Union Law: Foundations, Developments, Enforcement
• Andreas Rühmkorf, From Transparency to Due Diligence Laws?
• Alexander Scheuch, Soft Law Requirements with Hard Law Effects?
• Umakanth Varottil, Analysing the CSR Spending Requirements under Indian Company Law.