The Responsibility Paradox
The Winter 2008 Stanford Social Innovation Review is now on our Jackson display racks. Included in this latest issue is 'The Responsibility Paradox', by Gerald F. Davis, Marina vN. Whitman and Mayer N. Zald, which begins "With operations scattered around the globe, the modern corporation is a different animal from its predecessors. Yet the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has not changed much over the years. As a result, just as stakeholders are holding corporations more responsible for their actions, corporations understand their responsibilities to shareholders even less. To resolve this paradox, firms must update their CSR practices." Also in the issue: 'In Microfinance, Clients Must Come First' by Srikant Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas, 'Cultivate Your Ecosystem' by Paul N. Bloom and J. Gregory Dees, 'Getting Human Rights Right', by Jenik Radon, Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos, and Tarek Farouk Maassarani, as well as an interview with Thomas Vander Ark of the X Prize Foundation, explaining how prizes can create social change. Interested? Come take a look at the issue on the racks in Jackson Library, or subscribe.
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Posted, in Business Ethics, by Paul Reist on January 4, 2008 | Permalink
