Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance

Connecting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Corporate Governance (CG) is a 21 st Century challenge. This edited volume illustrates that CSR can be used as a tool to improve Corporate Governance in organizations and improve the relationship between business and society. Moreover the book argues that they should be treated together in synergy in management literature. This two volume work connects these two crucial business functions, describing the preconditions for successful integration and the tools for practical implementation.

Volume 2 puts forward eight recommendations for practice. Contributors put forward research and implications for policy and practice including coverage of knowledge management strategy, socially responsible banking operations and transparency procedures in the context of emerging economies.

Explores the interconnections between governance and socially responsible behavior in the context of public sector implementation Examines how corporate governance tools can be utilized to improve quality of life Discusses whether corporate governance practices need to adapt in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Auteur

Matjaz Mulej is retired from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, and is a Professor Emeritus of Systems and Innovation Theory. He has written circa. 2,500 publications in more than 40 countries, with 1,400 citations. He was a Visiting Professor for 15 semesters - including at Cornell University and other universities in Austria, China, Germany, Mexico and the USA. He is a member of 3 international Academies of Science.

Grazyna O'Sullivan is currently a Visiting Professor at several European Universities (notably in France and Germany) and specializes in business ethics, CSR and corporate governance. She is the author of numerous publications in Poland and abroad and is involved in internationalization at universities.

TjaSa strukelj is an Assistant Professor of Enterprise Policy, Strategic Management, Enterprise Culture, Enterprise Ethics, Social Responsibility and SMEs Management at the Department of Strategic Management and Enterprise Policy, Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Social responsibility an application of and support to systemic behavior.- Chapter 2: Knowledge management strategy for achieving innovation-driven knowledge-cum-values behaviour.- Chapter 3: The Comedy of Big Data or: Corporate Social Responsibility Today, while Corporations wither away?.- Chapter 4: Information Management about Social Competences in a Network Economy for the Needs of the Development of Corporate Social Responsibility.- Chapter 5: The unsustainability of banking operations in the Republic of Croatia vis-à-vis social (ir )responsibility.- Chapter 6: Quality of life, sustainable development and social responsibility of business in the qualitological aspect.- Chapter 7: Governance and socially responsible behavior in the local municipality.- Chapter 8: Transparency and disclosure regulations a valuable component of improving corporate governance practice in transition economies.- Chapter 9: Employee performance and corporate social responsibility.

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