Practising CSR in the Middle East

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-02043-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Edited by two renowned specialists in CSR in the Middle East, this book features contributions from leading CSR scholars in the region. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of the most pertinent issues within the subject area, and also includes a number of real life case studies addressing emerging and timely CSR topics facing organizations in the Middle East. The book is intended for researchers and students of CSR, providing a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, best practices and current debates focused upon the Middle East.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mellahi, Kamel

Rettab, Belaid

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter two: Corporate Social Responsibility: Outline of key concepts, trends and theories.- Chapter Three: CSR in the Middle East: from philanthropy to modern CSR.- Chapter Four: CSR Logics in the Middle East.- Chapter Five: SWFs and Corporate Social Responsibility.- Chapter Six:  CSR and Corporate Performance with Special Reference to the Middle East.- Chapter Seven: Supporting National Responsibilities in the Quest to Achieve an International Agenda: An exploratory case study from the UAE.- Chapter Eight: Gender Equality and Corporate Social responsibility in the Middle East.

Über Autor(innen)

Belaid Rettab is the Chief Economist & Senior Director for Economic Research & Sustainable Business Development at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has written several reports on CSR in the Middle East and published widely in scholarly journals. Before moving to the UAE, he was a Lecturer in micro-economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Economic Research Manager at EIM, the Netherlands. He also served for many years as an International Consultant for the European Union, UN, the World Bank and several national governments. He is member of The International Chamber of Commerce‘s Commissions on Economic Policy, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption.

Kamel Mellahi is a Senior Manager at the Centre of Responsible Business at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has published extensively on CSR and management in the Middle East. He has published 8 books and over 100 scholarly articles. A former Editor-in-Chief of the  International Journal of Ma nagement Reviews, he is currently an Associate Editor of the  British Journal of Management  and Senior Editor for Strategy and the Environment at the  Journal of World Business.