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Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the United Kingdom
by John Preston Rhiannon FirthThis book considers how the UK government’s response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic disadvantages the working class, and how mutual aid, based on anarchist principles, can be used as a force for social change. The authors draw on Marxist and anarchist thought in class theory and social movement analysis to demonstrate that the virus and its material and discursive consequences are an active part of continuing class struggle and class interpolation. Preston and Firth examine how plans for quarantine and social isolation systematically work against the needs of the working class, and rely on classed assumptions about how markets and altruism operate. In the face of neoliberal methods of dealing with a pandemic, ranging from marketization, disaster capitalism, to a strengthening of the State, Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the United Kingdom explains how radical alternatives such as social movements and mutual aid can be implemented to better cope with current and future crises.
Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools
by Jane Hall Fitz-GibbonThis book examines corporal punishment in United States public schools. The practice—which is still legal in nineteen states—affects approximately a quarter million children each year. Justification for the use of physical punishment is often based on religious texts. Rather than simply disregarding the importance of religious commitment, this volume presents an alternative faith-based response. The book suggests the “hermeneutical triad,” of sacred text, tradition, and reason as an acceptable approach for those seeking to be faithful to religious text and tradition.
Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools
by Jane Hall Fitz-GibbonThis book examines corporal punishment in United States public schools. The practice—which is still legal in nineteen states—affects approximately a quarter million children each year. Justification for the use of physical punishment is often based on religious texts. Rather than simply disregarding the importance of religious commitment, this volume presents an alternative faith-based response. The book suggests the “hermeneutical triad,” of sacred text, tradition, and reason as an acceptable approach for those seeking to be faithful to religious text and tradition.
Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice
by Sabine MichalowskiCorporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages between the areas of transitional justice and corporate accountability and analyzing problems frequently arising where the two fields meet in practice, for example where the role of corporations in past human rights violations is examined by truth and reconciliation commissions or in the course of litigation. The book provides an overview of the current trends in law and in legal and political discussion relating to both areas, as well as in-depth analysis of how tools of corporate accountability and transitional justice can complement each other in order to achieve the best outcomes for bringing justice to victims and lasting peace to societies. The authors bring extensive experience from diverse professional backgrounds and jurisdictions to provide the first sustained attempt to address this link. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, policymakers and activists working in the areas of transitional justice; corporate accountability; and business and human rights.
Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice
by Sabine MichalowskiCorporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy. It breaks new ground in theorizing the linkages between the areas of transitional justice and corporate accountability and analyzing problems frequently arising where the two fields meet in practice, for example where the role of corporations in past human rights violations is examined by truth and reconciliation commissions or in the course of litigation. The book provides an overview of the current trends in law and in legal and political discussion relating to both areas, as well as in-depth analysis of how tools of corporate accountability and transitional justice can complement each other in order to achieve the best outcomes for bringing justice to victims and lasting peace to societies. The authors bring extensive experience from diverse professional backgrounds and jurisdictions to provide the first sustained attempt to address this link. The book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, policymakers and activists working in the areas of transitional justice; corporate accountability; and business and human rights.
Corporate and Organizational Identities: Integrating Strategy, Marketing, Communication and Organizational Perspective
by Bertrand Moingeon Guillaume SoenenThis edited book is devoted to an issue of increasing importance in management theory and practice-organizational identity. The concept of organizational identity has received attention in many disciplines such as strategic management, marketing, communication and public relations and organization theory. In practice a number of consultancy firms h
Corporate and Organizational Identities: Integrating Strategy, Marketing, Communication and Organizational Perspective
by Bertrand Moingeon Guillaume SoenenThis edited book is devoted to an issue of increasing importance in management theory and practice-organizational identity. The concept of organizational identity has received attention in many disciplines such as strategic management, marketing, communication and public relations and organization theory. In practice a number of consultancy firms h
Corporate Cancel Culture and Brand Boycotts: The Dark Side of Social Media for Brands
by Angeline Close ScheinbaumThis topical book examines and tests the complexities of unintended consequences of social media that often impact brands and companies from both an economic and a reputational lens. This book introduces the term “corporate cancel culture,” highlighting the growing trend among customers to leverage social media to communicate their grievances with companies. This book reports challenges of social media platforms to brands and companies. The challenges addressed entail including social media trolls, the power of influencers, the dark web, cancel culture in sports due to political constraints, social media influencer livestreams, and misinformation. Written by a team of experts from North America, Europe, South America, and Asia, this book showcases real‑world expertise in marketing, branding, consumer psychology, economics, and communication. This book also considers solutions for brands and companies who need to address the dark side of social media by offering insights on fostering accountability among brands and business leaders and providing a roadmap to mitigate consumer resistance.Corporate Cancel Culture and Brand Boycotts: The Dark Side of Social Media for Brands is a must read for students of psychology, marketing, public relations, management, and social media. It will also be of interest to users of social media – both consumers and business/organizations. It is especially valuable for marketing/advertising professionals, social media professionals/influencers, and business executives. It is designed to be read alongside The Dark Side of Social Media: A Consumer Psychology Perspective.
Corporate Cancel Culture and Brand Boycotts: The Dark Side of Social Media for Brands
by Angeline Close ScheinbaumThis topical book examines and tests the complexities of unintended consequences of social media that often impact brands and companies from both an economic and a reputational lens. This book introduces the term “corporate cancel culture,” highlighting the growing trend among customers to leverage social media to communicate their grievances with companies. This book reports challenges of social media platforms to brands and companies. The challenges addressed entail including social media trolls, the power of influencers, the dark web, cancel culture in sports due to political constraints, social media influencer livestreams, and misinformation. Written by a team of experts from North America, Europe, South America, and Asia, this book showcases real‑world expertise in marketing, branding, consumer psychology, economics, and communication. This book also considers solutions for brands and companies who need to address the dark side of social media by offering insights on fostering accountability among brands and business leaders and providing a roadmap to mitigate consumer resistance.Corporate Cancel Culture and Brand Boycotts: The Dark Side of Social Media for Brands is a must read for students of psychology, marketing, public relations, management, and social media. It will also be of interest to users of social media – both consumers and business/organizations. It is especially valuable for marketing/advertising professionals, social media professionals/influencers, and business executives. It is designed to be read alongside The Dark Side of Social Media: A Consumer Psychology Perspective.
Corporate Capitalism's Use of Openness: Profit for Free? (Dynamics of Virtual Work)
by Arwid Lund Mariano ZukerfeldThis book tackles the concept of openness (as in open source software, open access and free culture), from a critical political economy perspective to consider its encroachment by capitalist corporations, but also how it advances radical alternatives to cognitive capitalism. Drawing on four case studies, Corporate Capitalism’s Use of Openness will add to discussion on open source software, open access content platforms, open access publishing, and open university courses. These otherwise disparate cases share two fundamental features: informational capitalist corporations base their successful business models on unpaid productive activities, play, attention, knowledge and labour, and do so crucially by resorting to ideological uses of concepts such as “openness”, “communities” and “sharing”. The authors present potential solutions and alternative regulations to counter these exploitative and alienating business models, and to foster digital knowledge commons, ranging from co-ops and commons-based peer production to state agencies' platforms. Their research and findings will appeal to students, academics and activists around the world in fields such as sociology, economy, media and communication, library and information science, political sciences and technology studies.
Corporate Citizenship: Gesellschaftliches Engagement von Unternehmen in Deutschland (Unternehmen und Gesellschaft)
by André HabischCorporate Citizenship - unternehmerisches Bürgerengagement - ist Gegenstand einer wachsenden Diskussion im In- und Ausland. Es formuliert Herausforderungen an die strategische Unternehmensführung, in der Kooperation mit unternehmensexternen Partnern aktiv gesellschaftliche Probleme anzugehen. Unternehmen profitieren in vielfältiger Weise von bereichsübergreifenden Netzwerken, bedürfen aber zu deren Aufbau und Pflege ganz eigener Kompetenzen. Die Bewerbungen um den Unternehmenspreis der Initiative "Freiheit und Verantwortung", die dem Band zugrunde liegen, bilden die umfangreichste Darstellung von "best practices" deutscher Unternehmen. Sie verbinden sich mit einem Überblick über hochaktuelle Dokumente und Initiativen zur Thematik auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene: ein Standardwerk zu einer immer wichtiger werdenden Thematik.
Corporate Citizenship in Deutschland: Gesellschaftliches Engagement von Unternehmen. Bilanz und Perspektiven (Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie)
by Holger Backhaus-Maul Christiane Biedermann Stefan Nährlich Judith PolterauerDie Wirtschaft und ihre Unternehmen prägen moderne Gesellschaften. Die aktuelle Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat diese Entwicklung nochmals verstärkt. Damit rückt die grundlegende Frage in den Mittelpunkt des öffentlichen Interesses, welche gesellschaftliche Rolle Unternehmen als Corporate Citizen zukünftig übernehmen können, wollen und sollen. Was zeichnet das gesellschaftliche Engagement von Unternehmen als Corporate Citizen aus? Wohin kann diese Entwicklung führen? Mit diesen Fragen erschließt der Band innovative Sichtweisen und zeigt viel versprechende Perspektiven für die in Deutschland lebhaft geführte - und zugleich auch globale - Debatte über die neue gesellschaftliche Rolle von Unternehmen auf. Über 50 Autorinnen und Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Medien und Gesellschaftspolitik leisten in der aktualisierten und erweiterten zweiten Auflage eine umfassende Bilanz. Erstmals werden sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Debatten, fachliche Expertisen, unternehmerische Überlegungen sowie gesellschaftspolitische Analysen zusammengeführt. Der Band lädt so zu einer differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit dem zukunftsträchtigen Thema Corporate Citizenship ein.
Corporate Citizenship in Deutschland: Bilanz und Perspektiven (Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie)
by Holger Backhaus-Maul Christiane Biedermann Stefan Nährlich Judith PolterauerMit dem Rückgang staatlichen Handelns und der in das Alltagsleben von Bürgern wirkenden wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung rückt auch das bürgerschaftliche Engagement von Unternehmen in Deutschland in das öffentliche Interesse. Damit wird die grundsätzliche Frage nach der Rolle von Unternehmen in der heutigen Gesellschaft virulent, die unter dem international gebräuchlichen Begriff „Corporate Citizenship“ diskutiert wird. Was zeichnet Corporate Citizenship aus? Wohin kann die Entwicklung führen? Mit diesen Fragen erschließt der Band neue Sichtweisen und zeigt wichtige Perspektiven für die in Deutschland geführte Debatte über Unternehmen in der Gesellschaft auf. Über 40 Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Medien und Gesellschaftspolitik leisten eine umfassende Zwischenbilanz. Erstmals werden sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Debatten, fachliche Expertisen sowie gesellschaftspolitische Analysen zusammengeführt. Der Band lädt so zu einer differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema ein.
Corporate Co-Evolution: A Political Perspective (Organization and Strategy #4)
by Suzana B. Rodrigues John ChildWINNER OF THE GEORGE R. TERRY ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT BOOK AWARD 2009 "This superb study of a Brazilian state company's transition to private ownership is marvellously comprehensive in its coverage of the firm's entire life span and the full spectrum of its interactions with all aspects of its environment. The outstanding quality of this volume's contribution to co-evolutionary thinking and institutional and political theory has invaluable implications for culture, politics, identity, learning, and adaptation, making it an absolute 'must read' for all organization, management and strategy scholars." —Christine Oliver, Professor and Henry J. Knowles Chair in Organizational Strategy, Schulich School of Business, York University "This book by Suzanna B. Rodrigues and John Child is destined to become a classic study for several reasons. It is an exemplary study of co-evolutionary case study research, it is one of a very few longitudinal studies that focus on the interdependencies between firm evolution and the macro political and institutional environment and it provides a comprehensive and integrated state of the art framiing of current co-evolutionary theories and empirical research, It is a must read for scholars in Organization Science." —Arei Y. Lewin, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham NC "Corporate Co-evolution is a valuable contribution to the small but precious collection of studies of long-term change in business organizations. Tracking the evolution of a telecommunications company in Brazil over a 27 year period, Rodrigues and Child perform a delicate balancing act, according equal attention to the constraining/empowering effects of a changing institutional environment and to the strategic decisions and actions of the company's leaders." —W. Richard Scott, Stanford University Corporate Co-Evolution is a work of major scholarship that develops broad macro-economic principles of corporate strategy by examining and analyzing the history and growth of Telemig, a major Brazilian telecommunications company. Analyzes the different domains of the corporate environment - economic, social, cultural and political - that impact on the evolution of companies Traces the multi-level changes in a major Brazilian telecommunications company, uncovering the dynamics of change over the course of 30 years Develops a broader contextual and historical perspective that enriches our understanding of today’s international corporate environment Includes a general introduction to the complex political factors in the corporate environment that impact the growth of companies Co-authored by internationally-renowned author and business consultant, John Child
Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice
by Joep P. CornelissenThis popular, market-leading textbook for corporate communication continues to be the authoritative and definitive textbook for students and educators. The text has been fully updated to include: • changes to the workplace in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts on employee communication via platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams • the ongoing impacts of digital disruption and transformation on corporate communication at the advent of the ‘metaverse’ and alongside consideration of popular newer social media such as TikTok • the increasing focus on sustainability and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); societal impact, purpose and corporate social responsibility; and the importance of social justice and inclusion within organizations and how these relate to organizational communication New case studies include Black Lives Matter (Starbucks); surveillance capitalism (Facebook); diversity and inclusion (Microsoft); and hybrid working (British Airways). This textbook is essential reading for communication courses including: corporate communication; organizational communication; management communication; strategic communication; and public relations. Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice
by Joep P. CornelissenThis popular, market-leading textbook for corporate communication continues to be the authoritative and definitive textbook for students and educators. The text has been fully updated to include: • changes to the workplace in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts on employee communication via platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams • the ongoing impacts of digital disruption and transformation on corporate communication at the advent of the ‘metaverse’ and alongside consideration of popular newer social media such as TikTok • the increasing focus on sustainability and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); societal impact, purpose and corporate social responsibility; and the importance of social justice and inclusion within organizations and how these relate to organizational communication New case studies include Black Lives Matter (Starbucks); surveillance capitalism (Facebook); diversity and inclusion (Microsoft); and hybrid working (British Airways). This textbook is essential reading for communication courses including: corporate communication; organizational communication; management communication; strategic communication; and public relations. Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Corporate Communication: A Guide to Theory and Practice
by Joep P. CornelissenThis popular, market-leading textbook for corporate communication continues to be the authoritative and definitive textbook for students and educators. The text has been fully updated to include: • changes to the workplace in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts on employee communication via platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams • the ongoing impacts of digital disruption and transformation on corporate communication at the advent of the ‘metaverse’ and alongside consideration of popular newer social media such as TikTok • the increasing focus on sustainability and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); societal impact, purpose and corporate social responsibility; and the importance of social justice and inclusion within organizations and how these relate to organizational communication New case studies include Black Lives Matter (Starbucks); surveillance capitalism (Facebook); diversity and inclusion (Microsoft); and hybrid working (British Airways). This textbook is essential reading for communication courses including: corporate communication; organizational communication; management communication; strategic communication; and public relations. Joep Cornelissen is Professor of Corporate Communication and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Corporate Crime
by Peter YeagerCorporate Crime, originally published in 1980, is the first and still the only comprehensive study of corporate law violations by our largest corporations. The book laid the groundwork for analyses of important aspects of corporate behavior. It defined corporate crime and found ways of locating corporate violations from various sources. It even drew up measures of the seriousness of crimes. Much of this book still applies today to the corporate world and its illegal behavior.A new introduction, "Corporate Crime: Yesterday and Today--A Comparison," prepared for this edition by coauthor Marshall B. Clinard, discusses the development of a criminological interest in corporate crime, explains the nature of corporate crime, and analyzes a number of issues involved in its study. Among the issues tackled are whether today's corporate crime is greater, more serious, and more complex; accounting fraud and its crucial role in hiding corporate crime; the pharmaceuticals, the industry with the most corporate violations; explanations of corporate crime in terms of economic factors, corporate culture, and the role of top executives; and new laws to control corporate crime and alternative approaches.
Corporate Crime
by Peter YeagerCorporate Crime, originally published in 1980, is the first and still the only comprehensive study of corporate law violations by our largest corporations. The book laid the groundwork for analyses of important aspects of corporate behavior. It defined corporate crime and found ways of locating corporate violations from various sources. It even drew up measures of the seriousness of crimes. Much of this book still applies today to the corporate world and its illegal behavior.A new introduction, "Corporate Crime: Yesterday and Today--A Comparison," prepared for this edition by coauthor Marshall B. Clinard, discusses the development of a criminological interest in corporate crime, explains the nature of corporate crime, and analyzes a number of issues involved in its study. Among the issues tackled are whether today's corporate crime is greater, more serious, and more complex; accounting fraud and its crucial role in hiding corporate crime; the pharmaceuticals, the industry with the most corporate violations; explanations of corporate crime in terms of economic factors, corporate culture, and the role of top executives; and new laws to control corporate crime and alternative approaches.
Corporate Cultural Responsibility: Moratorium für Kultursponsoring (essentials)
by Wolfgang LamprechtDie globalen Krisen seit dem Jahr 2008 haben eines sehr deutlich werden lassen: Das Vertrauen der Menschen in Wirtschaft und Politik ist signifikant gesunken. Die Wiedererlangung von Vertrauen gilt daher als oberste Prämisse für ein sozial ausgeglichenes Gesellschaftssystem und für nachhaltige Stabilität. Damit steht Unternehmenskommunikation vor einer strategischen Herausforderung: Reputation und Image müssen möglichst mit nachweisbaren Return wiederhergestellt werden. Zwar gilt die Übernahme gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung – Glaubwürdigkeit vorausgesetzt – als konstituierender Faktor für Vertrauen und Erfolgskontrolle, Kultur scheint dabei aber eine untergeordnete Rolle zu spielen. Corporate Citizenship ist das diskutierte Modell der Stunde und Corporate Social Responsibility ein wiederentdecktes Konzept: Innerhalb dessen muss sich nun eine Corporate Cultural Responsibility (CCR) als dramaturgischer Handlungsstrang zum Nutzen des Unternehmens beweisen. Wolfgang Lamprecht bietet eine Einführung in das Thema CCR.
Corporate Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset
by Yvonne Randle Eric FlamholtzOrganizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee. For instance, we know Southwest Airlines as laid back and friendly. We think of Google as innovative. To almost every well-known company we can assign a character. It is now well recognized that corporate culture has a significant impact on organizational health and performance. Yet, the concept of corporate culture and culture management is too often tantalizingly elusive. In this book, Flamholtz and Randle define culture, identifying and explaining the five key dimensions that determine it: a customer orientation; a people orientation; a process orientation; strong standards of performance and accountability; innovation and openness to change. They explain why culture is a critical factor in organizational success and failure—a key determinant of financial performance. Then, they provide a theoretically sound, highly practical, and field-tested method for managing corporate culture—presenting a set of international and domestic cases that show how actual companies have leveraged culture as the ultimate source of sustainable competitive advantage. In addition to well-known companies such as Starbucks, Ritz-Carlton, American Express, IBM, and Toyota, the text presents lesser known culture stars, such as Smartmatic and Infogix. While other titles on culture have focused too heavily on the organization as a psychological being, or on academic studies of culture as a business lever, Corporate Culture draws on empirics to present a go-to, must-read guide for leveraging corporate culture as a source of competitive advantage and as a means of impacting the bottom line.
Corporate Culture and Globalization: Ideology and Identity in a Global Fashion Retailer (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)
by Yi ZhuThis book offers an ethnographic analysis of how corporate culture has been transformed in the age of globalization and promotes the importance of a national ideology’s role in corporate culture studies. Based on fifteen months of participant observation as a shop-floor salesperson, this book explores the gap between management-created corporate ideology and employees’ interpretations of and responses to this ideology. The book approaches the issue by examining the formation, dissemination, and interpretation of corporate ideology at a global Japanese fashion retailer in Hong Kong. It does so by charting the history of the company’s corporate policy: from centralized attempts at corporate employee management, through the creation of store manager "missionaries" intended to disseminate their ideology, to the ultimately unexpected outcomes as corporate ideology collided with its interpretations by store employees. The interdisciplinary nature of this book will appeal to scholars and upper level students in the fields of management, marketing, anthropology, and cultural studies as well as those interested in globalization, cross-cultural management and retail management.
Corporate Culture and Globalization: Ideology and Identity in a Global Fashion Retailer (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)
by Yi ZhuThis book offers an ethnographic analysis of how corporate culture has been transformed in the age of globalization and promotes the importance of a national ideology’s role in corporate culture studies. Based on fifteen months of participant observation as a shop-floor salesperson, this book explores the gap between management-created corporate ideology and employees’ interpretations of and responses to this ideology. The book approaches the issue by examining the formation, dissemination, and interpretation of corporate ideology at a global Japanese fashion retailer in Hong Kong. It does so by charting the history of the company’s corporate policy: from centralized attempts at corporate employee management, through the creation of store manager "missionaries" intended to disseminate their ideology, to the ultimately unexpected outcomes as corporate ideology collided with its interpretations by store employees. The interdisciplinary nature of this book will appeal to scholars and upper level students in the fields of management, marketing, anthropology, and cultural studies as well as those interested in globalization, cross-cultural management and retail management.
Corporate Culture in Multinational Companies: A Japanese Perspective
by V. Miroshnik D. BasuThis book explores the value component of corporate culture of companies and their relationship with production efficiency and personal values of the employee. The authors combine both qualitative analysis of the experiences of leaders of these organizations and the most advanced quantitative analysis regarding the corporate performances.
Corporate Culture Practices of German Corporations in the Host Country Indonesia: An Analysis from the Perspective of Indonesian Employees, Managers and German Expatriates
by Aang KoswaraThis study addresses the corporate cultural practices of German companies in the host country Indonesia from the perspective of Indonesian employees, managers and German expatriates. The focus is on the intercultural challenges that arise in the practice of daily cooperation between Indonesian and German organizational members. Using qualitative methods, the study examines how these challenges are viewed and managed by organizational members, what cultural differences are evident in them and how these differences can be explained, and finally, what strategies can be used to overcome the challenges in everyday business. This ethnographic study is based on interviews with Indonesian and German organizational members, analysis of internal company journals and newsletters, and observations collected by the author as a "professional stranger" at Indonesian sites of German multinational companies. The study concludes that four cultural issues are fundamental factors in the corporate culture of German companies in the host country Indonesia: first, the implementation of a culture of integrity; second, issues of leadership in a hierarchy-driven social environment; third, the daily use of language and the flow of information in a multilingual professional environment; and finally, the creation and maintenance of harmonious, family-like working relationships.