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dc.contributor.authorUtting, Peter*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:56:46Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:56:46Zen
dc.date.issued2005-06-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520500075797en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130748en
dc.descriptionThe corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda has taken off since the 1980s, with both civil society and business actors involved in mobilising around it. This paper examines the reasons for civil society mobilisation on CSR issues, the types of organisations involved, and their different forms of activism and relations with business. It then identifies the ways in which big business is engaging with and shaping the CSR agenda, but questions whether this agenda can effectively contribute to development. The paper argues that the CSR agenda can deal with some of the worst symptoms of maldevelopment, such as poor working conditions, pollution, and poor factory-community relations, but that it does not deal with the key political and economic mechanisms through which transnational companies undermine the development prospects of poor countries. A final section considers how this agenda may evolve on the basis of recent developments in CSR activism and regulation.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent14en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/corporate-responsibility-and-the-movement-of-business-130748
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectPrivate sector
dc.titleCorporate responsibility and the movement of businessen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordCivil society
oxfam.subject.keywordCorporate responsibility
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.issuenameDevelopment and the Private Sectoren
prism.number3 & 4en
prism.volume15en
dc.year.issuedate2005en


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