Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy / Edition 1

by James E. Post

Overview

This volume examines research in corporate social performance and policy. Topics covered in this volume include: political strategies and industry environments; evaluating corporate claims of social responsibility and self-deception; and, interviews with the founders of the Sim Oral History Project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559389662
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/18/1998
Series:	Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy , #15
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Conceptual and empirical papers: political strategies and industry environments, B. Shaffer and M. Russo; environmental regulation and competitive advantage - new insights into entry effects and industry structural characteristics, R.L. Brown et al; the impact of environmental regulation on the adoption of innovation - how electric utilities responded to the Clean Air Amendments of 1990, C.M. Sanchez; evaluating corporate claims of social responsibility and self-deception - a micro-level conception, R.A. Litz; the three faces of honesty - a confirmatory factor analysis, D.R. Elm and J.D. Teplinski. Part 2 The Sim Oral History Project - interviews with three founders: capturing the creation of a field - documenting the history of social issues in management, R.E. Wokutch and M.J. Malot; an oral history interview with William C. Frederick, R.E. Wokutch; an oral history interview with Lee E. Preston, R.E. Wokutch; an oral history interview with Keith Davis, M.J. Malott. Part 3 Corporate political activity bibliography.