Social responsibility and environmental sustainability in business : how organizations handle profits and social duties

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Shastri, Vanita.
• Banerjee, Preeta M.

Publisher

London: Response Books, 2010

Language

English

ISBN

9781446270226

Series

Subject(s)

• CORPORATIONS--ENVIRONMENTAL--ASPECTS
• SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Abstract

In this age of global economic crises, the need to renew our commitment to social issues becomes even more urgent. Reduction in public and private spending on social programs throws up further challenges for the sustenance of development efforts. The book advocates countering this trend through ‘global social entrepreneurship’ and the use of innovative, inexpensive, and locally customized solutions.

Using in-depth and contemporary case studies, the book demonstrates how to define, measure, and achieve socially and environmentally sustainable growth. The book inspires social entrepreneurs to build new models of sustainable growth, to scale existing solutions, and to create new public?private partnerships.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xxxii, 184 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foreword: Inspiring People to Engage in Social Entrepreneurship - Jugnu Jain, Raj Melville and Rakesh Pandey
Preface - Vanita Shastri
From Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to Global Social Entrepreneurship - Vanita Shastri and Preeta M Banerjee
Defining metrics for Social impact by Selecting and Setting Corporate Sustainability - Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande, Meenakshi Verma Agrawal, Nishith Acharya and Naveen Jha
Measurements - Duncan White
Lessons from Working with the Government of India: The story of Pratham - Leona Christy and Vikas Taneja
Social Entrepreneurship Across National Boundaries - Behzad J Larry, Azad Oommen, Venkatesh 'Venky' Raghavendra
The Evolution of Ubuntu at Work: Helping women micro entrepreneurs escape the poverty trap - Vibha Pingle
Social Entrepreneurship in a Traditionally Profit-Centered Industry - Steven F Young
Environmental Sustainability - Managing Stakeholders Through Education - Vithal V Deshpande
The Clean Technology Industry: Social entrepreneurship and sustainability - Daniel Wengrovitz and Preeta M Banerjee
Greening the Built Environment - Ameeta Soni
Developing Green Innovation: DeCopier paper cleaning products - Sushil Bhatia
New Beginnings in Age-Old Philosophies - Preeta M Banerjee and Vanita Shastri
Index

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00943/19	658.408 Soc	Online !	Available