Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Integrity Within

An examination of how the employee can act as a Corporate Social Entrepreneur to encourage integrity in the workplace.

Christine A. Hemingway (Author)

9781107007208, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 May 2013

274 pages, 20 b/w illus. 12 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.54 kg

'Finally someone tells us that the artificial divide between CSR and ethics is just a big hoax. Dr Hemingway does so by exposing the reader to a challenging question: is a company 'good' because it is run by 'good' people? If you study, research or practice CSR - this is the book to read right now.' Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, York University

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.

Foreword Jeremy Moon
Preface
Introducing corporate social responsibility
Part I. Values and Corporate Social Responsibility: 1. Structural drivers of corporate social responsibility
2. Agential drivers of corporate social responsibility
3. Moral agency and discretion: duty or disengagement?
Part II. Personal Values and Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: 4. The relationship between personal values and behaviour
5. The corporate social entrepreneur
6. Integrity and the moral character
Part III. Modes of Moral Commitment to CSR: 7. Investigating corporate social entrepreneurship
8. The active corporate social entrepreneur
9. The concealed corporate social entrepreneur
10. The conformist
11. The disassociated
Part IV. Developing a Socially Responsible Organisational Culture: 12. Conclusion: ad-hoc CSR cannot be sustainable
13. Leveraging integrity within: some brief, practical steps
Appendix: Rokeach Values Survey
Index.

Subject Areas: Entrepreneurship [KJH], Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG]