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Running Head: ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 1

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Ethical issues in Corporate Social Responsibility: An Annotated Bibliography

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Clarke, S. (2012). Information Systems Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.

In this book, the author offers a critical analysis of the various strategic aspects of strategic information systems. It covers practical and theoretical aspects of information systems with numerous case studies, problem scenarios and activities undertaken by students. it integrates insightful issues into the contemporary thinking about corporate strategy and social responsibility.

The author also addresses facts and strategies that are often not well addressed in other emerging strategic issues books. It also corrects the wrong perceptions created by other such ill addressed information strategy books. As such, a clear understanding of the ethical issues for consideration in making such decisions are fully highlighted.

Einstein, M. (2012). Compassion, Inc: How corporate America blurs the line between what we buy, who we are, and those we help. Berkeley: University of California Press.

This book provides insight on American corporations and how they exploit their consumers through various ways as cause-related marketing and the illusion of corporate social responsibility. They also use ethical branding tactics with an aim of increasing their sales. The author notes that these deceptive methods actually by over 70 percent. While methods appear harmless, Einstein demonstrates that in this analytical book why it is definitely harmful.

She also points out that these cause-related marketing sanitizes the public through dubious ways. She also outline the various ways in which instead of helping the less fortunate in the society, large sums of money go into corporate coffers. However, she also discusses companies which truly make positive impacts.

In Elsdon, R. (2013). Business behaving well: Social responsibility, from learning to doing.

Ron Elsdon in this book provides real world scenarios of firms in a variety of industries which include education and healthcare. This book provides a broad and detailed description of how public sector entities and the nonprofit sector can create efficient relationships with private firms for the benefit of all involved.

This book is designed for those involved in businesses, and individuals working in the nonprofit sectors. It is also very useful for students and faculty staff in the study of how businesses and social issues relate. It provides invaluable tool for the application of ethical principles of business social responsibility and greatly inspires leaders by giving them the confidence to act and make positive changes.

In Hill, R. P. (2014). Handbook of research on marketing and corporate social responsibility .

This book covers the complex relationship between marketing and social responsibility. It provides a cutting-edge framework covering important aspects and the upcoming methods of practice in regards to marketing and social responsibility. It has contributions of various renowned scholars on their areas of interest and research expertise.

As such, this books has succeeded in conceptualizing the complex relationship between these two fields of marketing and corporate social responsibility. The different suggestions and recommendations are invaluable for scholars and business leaders in guiding their operations in relation to the society they serve. This book is therefore invaluable in informing organizations’ corporate social responsibility strategies.

Kimakowitz, E. . (2011). Humanistic management in practice .

The humanistic management in practice is a book that collects global business cases from firms of different sizes and industries. All these businesses are united by the fact that they are all successful and all have strong values of ensuring that the society and the communities they serve benefit from them rather than ensuring maximum profits.

This book talks about these businesses demonstration that managerial freedom can include the manager’s options to align business success with social purpose. This ensures that internal and external stakeholders benefit and derive meaning in the activities of their companies while creating value for the societies they serve. This is in great contrast with companies that are unethical and use deceptive methods for maximum profits without care for the society.

Kurtz, D. L. (2012). Boone & Kurtz contemporary marketing. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

This book provides detailed information on the strategic significance of corporate social responsibility. It points out that this importance for both large and small businesses is ever growing. Furthermore, this handbook explores in details the complex relationship that exists between marketing and social responsibility. It focuses on marketing as a driver such corporate social responsibility initiatives.

As such, this book delves in details the ethical issues that businesses need to consider in their operations in their daily activities in order to ensure that all stakeholders involved benefit. It gives case studies of various marketing firms in order to illustrate the best practices in corporate social responsibility undertakings.

Moore, S. (2015). Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics. IGI Global.

In this book, Moore talks in detail about the gender issues in the workplace. She specifically highlights the many campaigns designed to create equality and between both sexes and wage equality. This is as a result of the rise in women in the workforce and as both sexes increasingly pursue careers that were earlier thought be men’s or women’s jobs.

This also book delves in details about the contemporary perspectives in relation to gender economics. Moore uses many corporate firms as case studies in order to show challenges to the current economic growth. she gives an example Safaricom’s M-PESA model which has provided financial inclusion for Kenyan women, although with criticisms of charging exorbitant fees on its transactions. She also provides cases studies from other organizations in the world and suggestions and recommendations on best practices for total financial inclusion and economic growth.

Strategic corporate social responsibility in practice. (2007). Lawrenceville, Georgia: Greenview Publishing Company.

This book closely examines the various definitions of corporate social responsibility, showing that such genuine social responsibility programs should be strategic in nature. It reviews arguments why organizations must take this issues seriously, while examining a number of business cases that have successes in implementing effective corporate social responsibility programs.

It also highlights ideas that organizations have innovatively implemented which have increased their profits while doing good to the communities they serve. Practical suggestions are offered for developing competitive advantage through social responsibility. It also provides avenues for professional development in this field and how responsible business leaders can make such difference in the world by use of such ethical methods.