This wide-ranging book examines the new dynamics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the impact they have had on the transformation of business corporations. Written by an international group of distinguished experts in management and organization studies, economics and sociology, the book leads one to theoretically and practically rethink CSR, a movement that has developed into a strong and rich institutional domain since the mid 1990s. Through 14 chapters, the book shows the complexity, diversity and progression of the institutional work performed by a large number of individual and organizational actors in specialized networks to develop this strategic field. Central to this book are: the core issues associated with the field of CSR; recent advances in the development, dissemination and implementation of public and private standards of social responsibility; the pressing challenges of developing sustainable strategies of value creation in the face of global warming and underdevelopment; and finally, examples of how CSR has been implemented and institutionalized within business organizations with special attention to the role played by a variety of social actors in organizational change. Conceived as a movement, corporate social responsibility spearheads a transformation project challenging traditional and outmoded forms of corporate governance that frequently pose troublesome ethical issues. From this standpoint, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Change will serve as a reference point for academics, researchers, managers and practitioners.

Arnaud Sales holds a Doctorat d'État ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines, from Université Paris-Diderot, France. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Université de Montréal, Canada. A specialist in economic sociology, his research interests center on the relations between the public and private spheres; economic and administrative elites, and knowledge workers; the role of knowledge in social transformations. His publications include: La Bourgeoisie industrielle au Québec (PUM 1979); Décideurs et gestionnaires with N. Bélanger (Éditeur officiel du Québec 1985). He has edited or co-edited the following volumes: Développement national et économie mondialisée (Sociologie et Sociétés 1979); La recomposition du politique with L. Maheu (PUM/L'Harmattan 1991); Québec, fin de siècle with N. Laurin (Sociologie et Sociétés 1994). The International handbook of sociology with S. Quah (SAGE 2000); New directions in the study of knowledge, economy and society with K. Adhikari (SAGE Series in International Sociology; Current Sociology 2001); Knowledge, communication and creativity with the collaboration of M. Fournier (SAGE 2007); Sociology today. Social transformation in a globalizing world (SAGE 2012). He was Vice-Dean of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Graduate Studies (1987-1992) and has chaired the Department of Sociology (2000-2007). He is a former Vice-President International of the Society for the advancement of socio-economics (1995-1998). After chairing the ISA Research Committee 02 on Economy and Society, he was elected Vice-President for Research (1998-2002) of the International Sociological Association and chaired the ISA Research Council. In 2006, he was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques of France.

PART I   INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES.- 1 The Institutionalization of the Domain of Corporate Social Responsibility;  Arnaud Sales.- 2 CSR and the Neoliberal Imagination; Steen Vallentin and David Murillo.-  3 From Shareholders to Stakeholders: Portraying an Ambiguous Corporation;  Corinne Gendron.- 4 Reconsidering the Legitimacy and Efficiency of Corporate Strategies: A Case for Organizational Democracy; Anselm Schneider and Andreas Georg Scherer.- 5 Ethics in Leadership: Carving out the Ethical Core in Current Leadership Theories; Rebekka Skubinn, Claudia Buengeler, and Christoph Schank.- PART 2 THE NEW DYNAMICS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STANDARDS: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INITIATIVES.-  6 (Re-)enter the State: Business & Human Rights Dynamics as Shapers of CSR Norms and Institutions; Karin Buhmann.- 7 ISO 26000 gets around: Diffusion Work as Crucial Link Between Standard Creation and Adoption; Christoph Stamm.- PART 3 CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND CURRENT ISSUES.- 8  Developing Global Institutional Frameworks for Corporate Sustainability in the Context of Climate Change: The Impact Upon Corporate Policy and Practice;  Thomas Clarke;  9 Gaining Mutual Benefits through Business-non-Profit- Partnerships in Base-of the Pyramid-Markets: A Relational View; Jordis Grimm and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert.- 10. The Double-Edged Sword of Financial Incentive Schemes; Daniel Glaeser and Niels Van Quaquebeke.- 11 Corporate Strategies To Defend Social Irresponsibility: A Typology of Symbolic and Substantive Tactics; Emmanuelle Reuter and Florian Ueberbacher.- PART 4 IMPLEMENTING CSR: SOCIAL ACTORS' ROLE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE.- 12 Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility as Institutional Work: Exploring the Day-to-day Activities of CSR Managers in Multinational Corporations; Christopher Wickert and David Risi.- 13 Is CSR Crowding out Charity? A Case Study of CSR Implementation in a German Company; Stephan Bohn and Peter Walgenbach.- 14 From Crisis to CSR Leadership: A Case Study of Successful Implementation under External Pressures;  Arnaud Celka and Arnaud Sales.