Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the Solution?

by Michael Hopkins

Book Overview

The business of business is business. So why should corporations be involved in development? This groundbreaking new book makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under the umbrella of the United Nations, have failed in their attempts to rid the planet of underdevelopment and poverty. If development is the objective then it seems that the solution and the responsibility lies with the private sector - particularly through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844073564
• ISBN13: 9781844073566
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"