Governments and Corporate Social Responsibility

This book presents an analytical framework for understanding how governments develop policies of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The research analyses CSR public policies in 15 European Union countries, and it defines four models of governmental approach from a relational perspective.

Introduction Governments and corporate social responsibility: context, aim and perspectives A relational governance approach to analysing public policies on corporate social responsibility European Union: from the Green Paper to the European Alliance on CSR The Partnership model: Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden The Business in the Community model: the UK and Ireland The Sustainability and Citizenship model: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg The Agora model: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, The role of international and intermediary organisations Conclusion