ABSTRACT

Arguing that corporate citizensip emerges from the New Economy dynamics, the author explores how far business can and should improve their social and environmental performance, and relates it to learning, knowledge and innovation. The book sets out the practical issues for business, including goal and boundary setting, measurement, dialogue and how to build trust. Winner of the 2006 SIM Book Award.

chapter 1|13 pages

Can Corporations Be Civil?

part |1 pages

Part 1: The New Economy of Corporate Citizenship

chapter 2|9 pages

Opening Minds

chapter 3|12 pages

Ethical Futures

chapter 4|13 pages

Breaking the Trust Barrier

chapter 5|14 pages

Civil Regulation

chapter 6|12 pages

Framing the Business Case

chapter 7|13 pages

The Future of the Civil Regulators

chapter 8|13 pages

The New Civil Governance

part |1 pages

Part 2: The Civil Corporation

chapter 9|17 pages

Foundations of Sustainability

chapter 10|14 pages

Sustainability as the Art of the Possible

chapter 11|13 pages

Civil Learning

part |1 pages

Part 3: Building the Civil Corporation

chapter 12|5 pages

Building Civil Corporations

chapter 13|12 pages

How Much is Enough?

chapter 14|23 pages

Useful Measures

chapter 15|12 pages

Conversational Corporations

chapter 16|10 pages

Professionalizing Credibility

part |1 pages

Part 4: Conclusions

chapter 17|7 pages

How Civil Can Corporations Be?