Corporate social responsibility through an economic lens

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Business leaders, government officials, and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do firms have additional moral or social responsibilities to commit resources to environmental protection? How should we think about the notion of firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Can they do so on a sustainable basis, or will the forces of a competitive marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Do firms, in fact, frequently or at least sometimes behave this way, reducing their earnings by voluntarily engaging in environmental stewardship? And finally, should firms carry out such profit-sacrificing activities (i.e., is this an efficient use of social resources)? We address these questions through the lens of economics, including insights from legal analysis and business scholarship.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 84.2008

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility ; Economics of Regulation ; Environmental Economics: General
• Thema: Corporate Social Responsibility ; Voluntary Environmental Performance

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Stavins, Robert N. ; Reinhardt, Forest L. ; Vietor, Richard H. K.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (wo): Milano
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/53243
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ