Overview
- Provides a detailed and balanced introduction to the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility (SR)
- Presents the key aspects and most debatable issues regarding the ISO 26000
- Includes various cases and practical examples of the standard's implementation
- Discusses country-specific variations and their approaches to certification
Part of the book series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (CSEG)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Part I
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Part II
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About this book
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility (SR) in businesses and corporations. In addition to discussing the standard’s focus on various stakeholders and seven core topics, the book underscores its key aspects and most debatable issues, with a focus on its connection to sustainable business practices. It presents numerous cases and practical examples of the ISO 26000’s implementation and discusses the outcomes and lessons learned, in terms of the extent to which organizations can envision practicing CSR in ways that fit their activities, stakeholders and environment.
Lately, the ISO 26000 has proved to offer an interesting and important approach to the standardization of (corporate) social responsibility. Approached and perceived as a voluntary standard that does not include any specific requirements, determining the best way to implement and work with it involved a considerable amount of experimentation. This book showcases the current state of application and discusses how different countries have developed their own specific versions of the standard, which organizations can use to certify their SR processes.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Catalina Sitnikov is a professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at University of Craiova, Romania. Her research and teaching interst is on topics such as Quality Management, Strategic Management, Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. She is co-operating in projects with national and international universities and organizations.
Lars Moratis is Academic Director of the Competence Center Corporate Responsibility at Antwerp Management School, Professor of Corporate Social REsponsibility at Antwerp Management School, and Professor of Sustainable Business at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences. He has published several books and various articles in both academic and practitioner-oriented journals on topics such as CSR strategy development and implementation, CSR standards and standardization processes (including ISO 26000), the credibility of corporate CSR claims. sustainable business models, and responsible management education. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: ISO 26000 - A Standardized View on Corporate Social Responsibility
Book Subtitle: Practices, Cases and Controversies
Editors: Samuel O. Idowu, Catalina Sitnikov, Lars Moratis
Series Title: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92651-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92650-6Published: 16 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06481-5Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92651-3Published: 03 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2196-7075
Series E-ISSN: 2196-7083
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 213
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Sustainable Development, Corporate Governance, Business Strategy/Leadership, Sustainability Management