03515cam a2200601 i 4500 22518149 20250605145802.0 ta 220421t20172017enkab b 001 0 eng d 2021276003 GBB705116 bnb 018172248 Uk 9781783604494 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 1783604492 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9781783604487 (pbk ; alk. paper) 1783604484 (pbk ; alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn964892857 TOH eng TOH rda OCLCQ CDX CHVBK OCLCO YDX OCLCF GBVCP PBF MCO OCLCQ UKMGB OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA DLC lccopycat HD60 .B488 2017 338.7 23 Birch, Kean, author. Business and society : a critical introduction / Kean Birch [and five others]. London : Zed Books, 2017. ©2017 ix, 301 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The emergence of capitalism in Western Europe -- The spread of capitalism -- The corporate revolution -- Corporate governance -- Corporate responsibility -- Corporate power -- Global economy and varieties of capitalism -- Global governance -- Global environmental change -- Markets and economic order -- Economics, capitalism and business: the orthodoxy -- Political economy and critiques of capitalism: heterodox perspectives -- Business, regulation and policy -- Ethics and business -- Business and social exclusion -- Resistance and alternatives to corporate capitalism -- Social economy -- Rethinking ownership: the market vs. the commons. 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, they examine 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. --From publisher description. Industries Social aspects. Social responsibility of business. Capitalism Social aspects. Capitalism Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00846453 Industries Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00971967 Social responsibility of business. fast (OCoLC)fst01122851 Gesellschaft gnd Kapitalismus gnd Sozialer Wandel gnd Wirtschaftssystem gnd Unternehmensethik gnd Wirtschaftsordnung stw (DE-601)091401119 (DE-STW)11068-4 Gesellschaftsordnung stw (DE-601)091363241 (DE-STW)16602-6 Sozialer Wandel stw (DE-601)091390125 (DE-STW)15720-5 Kapitalismus stw (DE-601)091370035 (DE-STW)11046-0 Kritik stw (DE-601)091373050 (DE-STW)19041-5 Ebook version : 9781783604517 0 ibc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 338.7 BIR 338.7 BIR 2343 2343 0 0 ddc 0 0 DC-Main DC-Main 2025-06-05 0 338.7 BIR 2025-06-05 2025-06-05 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 DC-Main DC-Main 2025-06-05 0 338.7 BIR 338.7 BIRA 2026-03-20 2025-06-05 REF