International Business and Society

by Wartick, Steven L.; Wood, Donna J.

• ISBN13: 9781557869449
• ISBN10: 1557869448
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-19
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The book takes knowledge and understanding developed within uni-societal studies of business and society and extends the frame of reference to the international arena.

Author Biography

Steven L. Wartick is Associate Professor of Management and Policy at the University of Missouri, St Louis. He has served as President of the International Association for Business and Society as well as Chair of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management. Professor Wartick has published numerous articles in the areas of corporate social performance, issues management, and business-government relations, and he currently serves as Associate Editor of the IABS scholarly journal, Business and Society.

Donna J. Wood is Professor of Business Administration at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. She is a past president of the Social Issues in Management division of the Academy of Management and a founder of the International Association for Business and Society. Professor Wood is the editor of the IABS scholarly journal, Business & Society. Her research interests are corporate social performance, stakeholder theory, international business and society, ethics, and government relations.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Exhibits

List of Tables

Preface

Business and Societ: Global Issues and Global Environments

Institutions, Ideologies, Technology and the Isms

Managing International Business - Government Relations

Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsiveness

Managing International Stakeholder Relations

Micro-Level Issue: Ethics and Values

Managing Business Ethics in Diverse Societal Environments

Tying it Togethe: International Issues, Management and Public Affairs

Managing Global Corporate Social Performance

Business and Societie: The Future

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