Introduction

Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives from Asia
  • Geoffrey Williams
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Abstract

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Asia differs in many ways from the current understanding and development of CSR in the West. CSR in Asia is distinctive and dynamic and reflects the diversity and vibrancy of a region that includes some of the most developed and some of the least developed economies in the world.

Keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Activity Global Reporting Initiative Corporate Philanthropy Corporate Social Responsibility Performance 
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  1. 1.
    See, for example, Gary Chan and George TL Shenoy, Ethics and Social Responsibility: Asian and Western Perspectives (Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), 2009).Google Scholar
  2. 2.
    There are plenty of studies of this field, of which Juan J Palacios (editor), Multinational Corporations and the emerging network Economy in Asia and the Pacific (London, UK: Routledge, 2007),Google Scholar
  3. Rodolfo C Severino, South East Asia: In search of an ASEAN Community (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006)Google Scholar
  4. William E James, Seiji Naya and Gerlad M Meier, Asian Development: Economic Success and Policy Lessons (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988) are just a few examples.Google Scholar
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    An example is Kyoko Fukukawa, Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia (London, UK: Routledge 2009).Google Scholar
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    See, for example, Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo (editors), Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship (Cheltenham, Glos., UK: Edward Elgar, 2008)Google Scholar
  7. Samuel O. Idowu and Walter Leal Filho (editors), Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co., 2009).Google Scholar
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    See, for example, Wayne Visser and Nick Tolhurst (editors), The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 2010).Google Scholar
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    The general theme of CSR and Social Development in Asia is discussed in Manuel E Contreras (editor), Corporate Social Responsibility in the Promotion of Social Development: Experiences from Asia and Latin America (Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2004).Google Scholar
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    See, for example, discussions of the importance of SRI in Rory Sullivan and Craig McKenzie (editors), Responsible Investment (Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 2006),Google Scholar
  11. Matthew J Kiernan, Investing in a Sustainable World: Why GREEN is the New Color of Money on Wall Street (New York, NY: AMACOM, 2009)Google Scholar
  12. Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins (editors), Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance (London, UK: Earthscan Publications, 2008).Google Scholar
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    The issues of reporting and disclosure in developing markets in Asia are discussed, for example, in Ataur Rahman Belal, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in Developing Countries: The case of Bangladesh (Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2009).Google Scholar

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