Cumming, Mark
(2009)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Attitudes
towards Regulation of Multinational Companies.
Discussion Paper.
Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Kimmage Manor, Whitehall Road, Dublin 12, Ireland.
Abstract
This paper is a summary of a thesis submitted to the Kimmage
Development Studies Centre, Dublin in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of MA in Development Studies. The paper
sets out to examine the role of Corporate Social Responsibility and its
contribution to influencing the debate on global governance and how
oversight of the private sector can be achieved. The research examines
perspectives of the Irish private sector, government, NGOs and trade
unions on these questions.
The research examines attitudes to the role of business in society, the
issue of regulation of business and how, if at all, steps are to be taken to
create global oversight of the work of multinational companies and any
related policy implications for Ireland.
The research highlights a degree of synergy in terms of perspectives on
the way profit seeking and the common good can be achieved, and on
the challenges in doing business in countries with weak governance
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, but
demonstrates a divergence of views on the place of CSR and how best to
hold companies to account for their actions.
Item Type: |
Monograph
(Discussion Paper)
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Additional Information: |
Research and
Perspectives on Development Practice Series Paper No. 8 |
Keywords: |
Corporate Social Responsibility; Attitudes;
Regulation of Multinational Companies; |
Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > International Development |
Item ID: |
9960 |
Identification Number: |
8 |
Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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Date Deposited: |
19 Sep 2018 11:47 |
Publisher: |
Kimmage Development Studies Centre |
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