a critical introduction Birch, Kean creator author. text bibliography enk 2017 2017 monographic eng

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ix, 301 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm 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. 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. Kean Birch [and five others]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Industries Social aspects Social responsibility of business Capitalism Social aspects Capitalism Social aspects Industries Social aspects Social responsibility of business Gesellschaft Kapitalismus Sozialer Wandel Wirtschaftssystem Unternehmensethik Wirtschaftsordnung Gesellschaftsordnung Sozialer Wandel Kapitalismus Kritik HD60 .B488 2017 338.7 9781783604494 1783604492 9781783604487 1783604484 2021276003 TOH 220421 20250605145802.0 22518149 eng