Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

Integrity Within

Christine A. Hemingway

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781107007208
• eBook ISBN: 9781107069367
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Ethics
• Index: Business

Business ethics teaching appears to have had little impact, particularly in the light of continued malpractice and misdemeanour in the form of financial scandals, environmental disasters and adverse consequences for communities. This timely book directly addresses a central question: is it that the existence of an ethical or an unethical climate influences behaviour, or, does the presence or absence of a moral character and personal values have the greatest influence on behaviour at work? Hemingway proposes four modes of individual moral commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability: the Active Corporate Social Entrepreneur, the Concealed Corporate Social Entrepreneur, the Conformist and the Disassociated. Hemingway posits that the Conformists represent the majority of people in organisations, adhering to the prevailing ethical climate, whatever that might be. However, it is the discovery of the corporate social entrepreneur which offers students and scholars a critical, alternative and optimistic perspective for the future of ethical business.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introducing corporate social responsibility
• Part I Values and corporate social responsibility
• Part II Personal values and corporate social entrepreneurship
• Part III Modes of moral commitment to CSR
• Part IV Developing a socially responsible organisational culture
• Appendix Rokeach Values Survey
• References
• Index