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020			_a9781849205153
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a658.408
100	1		_91382 _aFleming, P. _q(Peter), _d1972-
245	1	4	_aThe end of corporate social responsibility : _bcrisis and critique / _cPeter Fleming and Marc T. Jones.
260			_aLos Angeles : _bSAGE, _c2013.
300			_a125 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Why the end of Corporate Social Responsibility? -- 1. Welcome to the house of the blind: what CSR does not see? -- 2. The MNC to the rescue? Corporate citizenship theory -- 3. Stakeholder theory and other fantasies of the "ethical corporation" -- 4. The new opium of the people: CSR and the employee -- 5. From propaganda to parasite? Towards a critical political economy of CSR -- Conclusion: The beginning of (non) Corporate Social Responsiblity.
520			_aPresents the argument that most CSR-related activity aims to gain legitimacy from consumers and employees, and therefore furthers the exploitative and colonizing agenda of the corporation. By examining CSR in the context of the political economy of late capitalism, it puts the emphasis back on the fact that most large corporations are fundamentally driven by profit maximization, making CSR initiatives merely another means to this end. Rather than undermining or challenging unsustainable corporate practices CSR is exposed as an ideological practice that actually upholds the prominence of such practices.
650		0	_9113 _aSocial responsibility of business
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