Business ethics and corporate sustainability / edited by Antonio Tencati and Francesco Perrini

Includes index.

Part I. The role of business in society -- 1. Corporate legitimacy / Laszlo Zsolnai -- 2. The moral status of the corporation, collective responsibility and the distribution of blame / Christopher J. Cowton -- 3. From task to role responsibility: towards a prospective business ethics / Johan Wempe -- 4. Corporate social responsibility: the exhausting of a management topic / Yvon Pesqueux -- Part II. Ethics in the market -- 5. Moral virtue, philanthropy and the market / Kevin T. Jackson -- 6. The ethics of PE buyout deals: the impact on stakeholders and society / Eleanor O'Higgins -- 7. Sovereign wealth funds-a significant and growing global force / Jane Collier -- 8. What is long-term wealth creation and investing? / Georges Enderle -- 9. Corporate social performance and cost of capital: a meaningful relationship? / Antonello Di Giulio, Paolo Migliavacca and Antonio Tencati -- Part III. Focusing on the relationships with stakeholders and the community -- 10. Sustainability, business and human rights / Wesley Cragg -- 11. Social responsibility in the supply chain: CSR or corporate social watchdogs? / Laura J. Spence and Michael Bourlakis -- 12. Is multistakeholder dialogue really possible? Mutual resistance and bias in relationships between unions and NGOs / Josep M. Lozano and Daniel Arenas 13. Investigating the accountability dynamics underlying effective CSR disclosure / Clodia Vurro and Francesco Perrini Part IV. Fostering responsibility and sustainability: 14. Deep authenticity an essential phenomenon in the web of life / Knut J. Ims and Ove D. Jakobsen