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The Elgar Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals
This timely Companion analyses how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can accelerate the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Global experts from a wide range of disciplines develop a flexible, diverse, and reconstructed form of CSR and illustrate how it can help build an inclusive and sustainable future.
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This timely Companion analyses how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can accelerate the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Global experts from a wide range of disciplines develop a flexible, diverse, and reconstructed form of CSR and illustrate how it can help build an inclusive and sustainable future.
Using key CSR frameworks, this Companion critically examines the connections between CSR, sustainable development and the SDGs. Chapters focus on six key themes: stakeholders’ partnership and public awareness, ecosystem innovation, sustainable education, social protection, sustainable corporate practices, and national SDG action. Through exploring the experiences of diverse responsible businesses and nations, contributors present important strategies for achieving the socio-economic change necessary to address the sustainability crisis. Following the UN’s ‘Our Common Agenda’ report, the Companion provides a roadmap for adapting to the threats posed by unsustainable practices.
The Elgar Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of CSR, the SDGs, international business, development studies, and social entrepreneurship. It will also be essential reading for government officials and professionals seeking to advocate, promote, and contribute to achieving the SDGs.
Using key CSR frameworks, this Companion critically examines the connections between CSR, sustainable development and the SDGs. Chapters focus on six key themes: stakeholders’ partnership and public awareness, ecosystem innovation, sustainable education, social protection, sustainable corporate practices, and national SDG action. Through exploring the experiences of diverse responsible businesses and nations, contributors present important strategies for achieving the socio-economic change necessary to address the sustainability crisis. Following the UN’s ‘Our Common Agenda’ report, the Companion provides a roadmap for adapting to the threats posed by unsustainable practices.
The Elgar Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of CSR, the SDGs, international business, development studies, and social entrepreneurship. It will also be essential reading for government officials and professionals seeking to advocate, promote, and contribute to achieving the SDGs.
Critical Acclaim
‘This volume is a must read for scholars, students and practitioners seeking to connect two dynamic and interrelated concepts—CSR and SDGs. I’m impressed with how the contributors and editors have presented a balanced view while encouraging and endorsing these essential strategies. I strongly endorse this unique book.’
– Archie B. Carroll, Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia, US
‘Students and scholars of CSR and sustainability will find this book to be an invaluable resource for teaching, learning and research purposes. The key topics covered trace a comprehensive and effective picture of the journey undertaken by companies, institutions, and organisations globally to achieve the socio-economic and cultural change required both to address and implement sustainability. Moreover, the book will be a welcome addition to the offerings of Business Schools and a useful tool to government officials and professionals engaged in promoting the SDGs'' achievement.’
– Mara Del Baldo, University of Urbino, Italy
‘The UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been the top priority of national governments, business, academia, and even individual career choices, and is the inevitable reality of the next decades. Whether you work in governments, businesses, or the academic world, you have an important role to play in the achievement of the SDGs, but the question is how can you play a positive role? The answer is you must first of all be aware of social responsibility and leverage it in contributing to the SDGs. Thanks to this book, we are provided with clear and practical guidance and cases to make a positive impact on the realization of the SDGs in the future.’
– Haifeng Huang, Principles for Responsible Management Education Steering Committee
– Archie B. Carroll, Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia, US
‘Students and scholars of CSR and sustainability will find this book to be an invaluable resource for teaching, learning and research purposes. The key topics covered trace a comprehensive and effective picture of the journey undertaken by companies, institutions, and organisations globally to achieve the socio-economic and cultural change required both to address and implement sustainability. Moreover, the book will be a welcome addition to the offerings of Business Schools and a useful tool to government officials and professionals engaged in promoting the SDGs'' achievement.’
– Mara Del Baldo, University of Urbino, Italy
‘The UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been the top priority of national governments, business, academia, and even individual career choices, and is the inevitable reality of the next decades. Whether you work in governments, businesses, or the academic world, you have an important role to play in the achievement of the SDGs, but the question is how can you play a positive role? The answer is you must first of all be aware of social responsibility and leverage it in contributing to the SDGs. Thanks to this book, we are provided with clear and practical guidance and cases to make a positive impact on the realization of the SDGs in the future.’
– Haifeng Huang, Principles for Responsible Management Education Steering Committee
Contributors
Contributors: Bosco Amerit, Carlos Alejandro Arandia-Tavera, Gizem Aras Beger, Maureen Basuuta, Anna Cierniak-Emerych, Scott Davis, Brendhain Diamond, Egemen Ertürk, Magnus Frostenson, Sumona Ghosh, Carmela Gulluscio, Esko Hakanen, Boris Christian Herbas-Torrico, Samuel O. Idowu, Maria Jakubik, Jack Johnson, David Katamba, Natalja Lace, Pedro Alejandro Leoni-Peinado, Adebimpe Lincoln, Hualiang Lu, Mikovhe Maphiri, Muhammed Ngoma, Ndangwa Noyoo, Silvia Puiu, Angelina Rosha, Bayram Bilge Sağlam, Arto O. Salonen, Sam Sarpong, Hiroshi Sasaki, Jaakko Siltaloppi, Allan J. Sim, Shuichi Suzuki, Swithern, B. Tumwine, Tanja Vesala-Varttala, Joel Wolff, Lili-Ann Wolff, Zhenying Xie, Guangwei Xu, Liangrong Zu
Contents
Contents:
Foreword xx
Preface xxi
Acknowledgements xxii
1 Introduction: corporate social responsibility and sustainable development 1
Samuel O. Idowu and Liangrong Zu
2 Wicked problems and sustainability challenges in the era of VUCA 9
Liangrong Zu
3 In search of a common language among stakeholders 27
Arto O. Salonen and Tanja Vesala-Varttala
4 Sustainability transitions by ecosystem innovation 48
Joel Wolff, Maria Jakubik, Jaakko Siltaloppi, Lili-Ann Wolff and Esko Hakanen
5 Integrating SDGs in accounting education: evidence from Italian universities 68
Camilla Falivena and Carmela Gulluscio
6 Promoting decent work for sustainable development through CSR
activities in Latvia 85
Angelina Roša and Natalja Lace
7 Work safety as an important aspect of CSR and sustainable development goals 99
Anna Cierniak-Emerych
8 CSR and sustainable development goals in the Romanian higher
education system 116
Silvia Puiu
9 Controlling or constructing business through the sustainable development goals 130
Magnus Frostenson
10 Achieving the sustainable development goals through public awareness 142
Jack Johnson and Dr Allan J. Sim
11 How does CSR address equality problems towards sustainable
development goals? Business cases from various industries 160
Gizem Aras Beger, Bayram Bilge Sağlam and Egemen Ertürk
12 Intertemporal trade-offs to safeguard intergenerational equity: the role
of business in sustainability issues 174
Sam Sarpong
13 Contribution of sustainable development goals and corporate social
responsibility initiatives of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to social
development in Nigeria: a critical assessment of the different parties
and the dynamic involved in mandating CSR to identify best practices
for developing nations 190
Adebimpe Adesua Lincoln and Brendhain Diamond
14 Corporate social responsibility and the sustainable development goals:
a case of South Africa 221
Ndangwa Noyoo
15 Using the shared value business model to bridge the gap in South
Africa’s energy crisis: an analysis of the shared value business model as
a corporate governance strategy used to ameliorate the failure of Eskom 233
Mikovhe Maphiri
16 Multinational oil and gas corporations’ contribution to SDGs and social
compliance in Uganda through their corporate social responsibility:
a lens into readiness and the obstacles they face 250
David Katamba, Bosco Amerit, Maureen Basuuta, Swithern Tumwine and
Muhammed Ngoma
17 Study on the cognitive differences of SDGs among Chinese university
students based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory 269
Hualiang Lu, Zhenying Xie and Guangwei Xu
18 Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development goals:
a study of selected companies in India 288
Sumona Ghosh
19 Japan’s approach to the sustainable development goals 311
Scott Davis, Shuichi Suzuki and Hiroshi Sasaki
20 Sustainable development goals in Bolivia: assumptions and realities 331
Boris Christian Herbas-Torrico, Carlos Alejandro Arandia-Tavera and Pedro
Alejandro Leoni-Peinado
Index
Foreword xx
Preface xxi
Acknowledgements xxii
1 Introduction: corporate social responsibility and sustainable development 1
Samuel O. Idowu and Liangrong Zu
2 Wicked problems and sustainability challenges in the era of VUCA 9
Liangrong Zu
3 In search of a common language among stakeholders 27
Arto O. Salonen and Tanja Vesala-Varttala
4 Sustainability transitions by ecosystem innovation 48
Joel Wolff, Maria Jakubik, Jaakko Siltaloppi, Lili-Ann Wolff and Esko Hakanen
5 Integrating SDGs in accounting education: evidence from Italian universities 68
Camilla Falivena and Carmela Gulluscio
6 Promoting decent work for sustainable development through CSR
activities in Latvia 85
Angelina Roša and Natalja Lace
7 Work safety as an important aspect of CSR and sustainable development goals 99
Anna Cierniak-Emerych
8 CSR and sustainable development goals in the Romanian higher
education system 116
Silvia Puiu
9 Controlling or constructing business through the sustainable development goals 130
Magnus Frostenson
10 Achieving the sustainable development goals through public awareness 142
Jack Johnson and Dr Allan J. Sim
11 How does CSR address equality problems towards sustainable
development goals? Business cases from various industries 160
Gizem Aras Beger, Bayram Bilge Sağlam and Egemen Ertürk
12 Intertemporal trade-offs to safeguard intergenerational equity: the role
of business in sustainability issues 174
Sam Sarpong
13 Contribution of sustainable development goals and corporate social
responsibility initiatives of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to social
development in Nigeria: a critical assessment of the different parties
and the dynamic involved in mandating CSR to identify best practices
for developing nations 190
Adebimpe Adesua Lincoln and Brendhain Diamond
14 Corporate social responsibility and the sustainable development goals:
a case of South Africa 221
Ndangwa Noyoo
15 Using the shared value business model to bridge the gap in South
Africa’s energy crisis: an analysis of the shared value business model as
a corporate governance strategy used to ameliorate the failure of Eskom 233
Mikovhe Maphiri
16 Multinational oil and gas corporations’ contribution to SDGs and social
compliance in Uganda through their corporate social responsibility:
a lens into readiness and the obstacles they face 250
David Katamba, Bosco Amerit, Maureen Basuuta, Swithern Tumwine and
Muhammed Ngoma
17 Study on the cognitive differences of SDGs among Chinese university
students based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory 269
Hualiang Lu, Zhenying Xie and Guangwei Xu
18 Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development goals:
a study of selected companies in India 288
Sumona Ghosh
19 Japan’s approach to the sustainable development goals 311
Scott Davis, Shuichi Suzuki and Hiroshi Sasaki
20 Sustainable development goals in Bolivia: assumptions and realities 331
Boris Christian Herbas-Torrico, Carlos Alejandro Arandia-Tavera and Pedro
Alejandro Leoni-Peinado
Index
