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Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: An Introduction

In: Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe

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  • Samuel O. Idowu

    (London Metropolitan University)

  • René Schmidpeter

    (Cologne Business School)

Abstract

In an article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Issue No. 2, 2014, in the United Kingdom, Michael Townsend notes that “Capitalism is suffering a crisis of liquidity, reliability and confidence because it stands accused of failing to create shared wealth, of neglecting the planet, of generating an ever-widening gap in our society and even of failing the shareholders”. Townsend’s comments have actually identified some of the core failings of yesterday’s capitalism and we all can resonate with many of the issues he touched on. These issues have led to many of the challenges and difficulties we have around us today, which through CSR and Sustainable Development we are now able to break down many of them into addressable pieces. They are economic and social illnesses which modern corporate social responsibility advocates should no longer exist in societies around the world, simply because they lead to preventable social, economic and environmental difficulties which hold back the planet Earth from moving forward.

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  • Samuel O. Idowu & René Schmidpeter, 2015. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: An Introduction," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Samuel O. Idowu & René Schmidpeter & Matthias S. Fifka (ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, edition 127, pages 1-14, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-319-13566-3_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13566-3_1
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    1. Monika Sipa & Malgorzata Smolarek & Tomasz Jalowiec & Piotr Masloch & Henryk Wojtaszek & Ireneusz Miciula & Grzegorz Masloch, 2021. "Diversity of Factors Determining Employee Satisfaction as an Area of CSR Activity in Companies of Different Scale," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(2), pages 507-522.
    2. Esther Prieto-Jiménez & Luis López-Catalán & Blanca López-Catalán & Guillermo Domínguez-Fernández, 2021. "Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Joanna Dyczkowska & Joanna Krasodomska & Jan Michalak, 2016. "CSR in Poland: Institutional Context, Legal Framework and Voluntary Initiatives," Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 15(2), pages 206-254, June.
    4. Michael S. Aßländer & Tobias Gössling & Peter Seele, 2016. "Editorial: Business Ethics in a European Perspective: A Case for Unity in Diversity?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 139(4), pages 633-637, December.

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