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I'm pleased to let you know about a new book from Greenleaf Publishing: Globalization and Corporate Citizenship: The Alternative Gaze  Edited by Malcolm McIntosh.

The theory and practice of corporate citizenship and CSR have many alternative perspectives to the business-as-usual gaze. The essays in this volume encapsulate the essence of these alternatives and embrace the fact that the progressive ways and means of this century do not lie in mainstream capitalist thinking. These pieces ask critical questions about the way we see the relationship between capitalism, business models and society.

Globalization and Corporate Citizenship: The Alternative Gaze features contributions and new analysis from Klaus M. Leisinger, Chris Laszlo, David Coopperrider, Simon Zadek, Sandra Waddock and others.

This reader collects seminal and thought-provoking essays from the Journal of Corporate Citizenship written over the past 15 years. Where possible, these articles are accompanied by new updates from their original authors: reflective pieces that consider where they might have got it right; got it wrong; and where they think the field is going now. Written by some of the most widely recognized academic and business pioneers and leaders of the corporate responsibility and global sustainability movement, the essays are intended as seminal reading for researchers and practitioners alike. The volumes make essential reference texts for anyone interested in the radically awakening new global political economy.

"The evidence in these readers shows that where we thought to nudge we now need to shove, and where we once thought the river was running in our direction we now know there are forces building dams to stop progress. We hope, in these readers, you will see how the ideas and practices of corporate citizenship have developed, and in the authors' reflections you will see how they view this historical progression." - Malcolm McIntosh, Editor

The first volume in this set, Business, Capitalism and Corporate Citizenship, was published in June 2015. 

Teaching a module in a related area?

Course instructors can register to download the full PDF e-book. More information, including the full TOC, can be found here.  

Free access:

You can read Klaus M. Leisinger's 2015 update, as well as his seminal article, 'Capitalism with a Human Face: The UN Global Compact' on the Greenleaf blog. Please read, share and join the discussion!

Please feel free to contact me directly with any queries.

Kind regards,

Becky