Corporations dominate our societies. They employ us, sell to us and influence how we think and who we vote for, while their economic interests dictate local, national and global agendas. Written in clear and accessible terms, this much-needed textbook provides critical perspectives on all aspects of the relationship between business and society: from an historical analysis of the spread of capitalism as the foundation of the 'corporate' revolution in the late nineteenth century to the regulation, ethics and exclusionary implications of business in contemporary society. Furthermore, it examines how corporate power and capitalism might be resisted, outlining a range of alternatives, from the social economy through to new forms of open access or commons ownership.
Autorentext
Kean Birch is Associate Professor at York University, Canada.
Inhalt
Introduction: A Critical Introduction to Business and Society
1. The Emergence of Capitalism in Western Europe
2. The Spread of Capitalism
3. The Corporate Revolution
4. Corporate Governance
5. Corporate Responsibility
6. Corporate Power
7. Global Economy and Varieties of Capitalism
8. Global Governance
9. Global Environmental Change
10. Markets and Economic Order
11. Economics, Capitalism and Business: The Orthodoxy
12. Political Economy and Critiques of Capitalism: Heterodox Perspectives
13. Business, Regulation and Policy
14. Ethics and Business
15. Business and Social Exclusion
16. Resistance and Alternatives to Corporate Capitalism
17. Social Economy
18. Rethinking Ownership: The Market vs. the Commons