The ICCA Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility
Editors: Judith Hennigfeld, Manfred Pohl, Nick Tolhurst
Publisher: Wiley, UK
ISBN: 0-470-05710-6
Hardcover
456 pages
September 2006
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In collaboration with leading global business people. opinion formers and academics ICCA is proud to announce the publication of the ICCA Handbook on CSR. This is an application oriented handbook and a practical guide to implementing Corporate Social Responsibility.
Drawing upon the experience of the very best CSR practice from the worlds leading companies the ICCA Handbook on CSR presents a unique source for good practice and lessons learned on the implementation of CSR.
The Handbook provides an introduction to the topics of CSR, sharing good practices and lessons learned and providing examples on ranking and auditing approaches. In their essays, contributors share their own personal experiences, offering unique insights on how to put CSR into practice and make it part of the core business of companies, revealing how it benefits their companies - and society.
Contributors:
| Manfred Pohl Judith Hennigfeld Nick Tolhurst ICCA -Foreword |
Dirk Matten, Director, Centre for Research into Sustainability - Why do companies engage in CSR? Background, reasons and basic concepts |
| Manfred Pohl, Founder and CEO, ICCA - Corporate culture and CSR - How they interrelate and consequences for successfull implementation |
Sir Geoffrey Chandler, Founder-Chair, Amnesty International UK Business Group -CSR - the way ahead or a cul de sac? |
| Christopher Avery, Director Annabel Short, Researcher & Intl. Outreach Manager Business & Human Rights Resource Centre -Why all companies should address human rights - and how the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre can help A sample chapter may be downloaded here (ca. 75kb). |
Margaret Hodge, CSR Minister, UK Government - The British CSR Strategy: How a Government Supports the Good Work |
| Prof. Dr. Walther Ch. Zimmerli, President Markus Holzinger, Programme Manager Volkswagen AutoUni, Volkswagen AG - Transnational Corporations and the Global Mindset |
Takis Arapoglou, Chairman and CEO, National Bank of Greece - CSR: Past and Present Practice at National Bank of Greece |
| Liz Mohn, Bertelsmann - The Reinhard Mohn Fellowship: Not-For-Profit and Business Learning from Each Other |
Birgit Riess, Head of CSR, Bertelsmann Foundation -CSR implementation: How the Bertelsmann Foundation supports the implementation of corporate responsibility in companies |
| Peter Walter, Managing Director, Beta Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG -Social Responsibility - A Sustainable Strategy for Business |
Jan Oosterwijk, Founder, The Body Shop Europe - The Body Shop: Living the Dream |
| Ben Verwaayen, CEO, British Telecom - Translating Corporate Social Responsibility Policy into Practice in BT |
Charito Kruvant, President and CEO, Creative Associates International, Inc. Barbara Krumsiek, President and CEO, Calvert Group Ltd. -The Business of Empowering Women - Innovative Strategies for Promoting Social Change |
| Yoshio Shirai, Senior Managing Director, Toyota Motor Corporation -Corporate Philosophy - Seeking Harmony between People, Society and the Global Environment and Creating a Properous Society through Making Automobiles |
Fujio Mitarai, President and CEO, Canon Inc. -The Kyosei Philosophy and CSR |
| Hans-Ulrich Doerig, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Credit Suisse Group -A Decade of Environmental and Sustainability Reporting at Credit Suisse Group |
Dr. Rolf-E. Breuer, fmr. Chairman, Deutsche Bank AG - Microfinance as Profitable Good Practice |
| Ulrich Lehner, CEO, Henkel -Business Ethics as a Management Instrument - Vision, Values and Code of Conduct at Henkel |
Markus Holzinger, Programme Manager Klaus Richter and Dirko Thomsen, Module Manager Volkswagen AutoUni -A Company's Social Side |
| Andreas von Schumann, Director Katja Suhr, Deputy Director GTZ AgenZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit -In the Driver's Seat: Implementing Sustainable Management Around the Globe |
Anita Roper, Director of Sustainability, Alcoa -What Gets Measured Gets Done |
| Arno Balzer, Editor in Chief Michael Kröher, Editor Manager Magazin -The "Good Company Ranking" of the Manager Magazin - Objectives and findings of the first European evaluation of the CSR management of major companies |
Stephen B. Young, Global Executive Director, Caux Round Table Frank Straub, President, BLANCO -The Caux Round Table - Taking CSR from Aspiration to Action |
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