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Ebook PDF Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility 4th Edition PDF
Ebook PDF Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility 4th Edition PDF
In many cases, writers are using different terms to mean very similar things, yet
heated debates can sprout from these semantic subtleties. Rather than engage in
this debate, this book focuses on the term corporate social responsibility due to
its widespread diffusion, even while recognizing that different people interpret it
in different ways. In order to clarify some of the confusion and provide a
consistent vocabulary with which to read this book, therefore, brief definitions of
some of the many CSR concepts are detailed below. These terms are discussed in
the CSR literature (some more widely than others) and referred to throughout this
book.
Accountability:
The extent to which a firm attends to the needs and demands of its
stakeholders (see Transparency).
Activism:
Actions (e.g., campaigns, boycotts, protest) by individuals, nonprofit
organizations, or NGOs designed to further social, political, or
environmental goals.
Advocacy advertising:
Efforts by firms to communicate social, environmental, or political positions
to stakeholders (see Cause-related marketing).
Badvertising:
Advertising, marketing, or PR activities by a firm that promote socially
irresponsible behavior, often generating a backlash by stakeholders.
B Corp:
A certification awarded to firms that meet specific standards of transparency
and accountability set by the nonprofit B Lab (http://www.bcorporation.net/).
Benefit corporation:
A type of legal structure for businesses (http://benefitcorp.net/) that is
available only in those US states that have passed benefit corporation
legislation.
Business citizenship:
Socially oriented actions by firms designed to demonstrate their role as
constructive members of society.
Business ethics:
The application of ethics and ethical theory to businesses and business
decisions.
Cap-and-trade:
A market established to buy and sell the right to emit carbon. It is
underwritten by government-issued credits and is designed to limit the total
amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Carbon footprint:
A firm’s total emissions of carbon-related greenhouse gasses, often measured
in terms of tons of carbon or carbon dioxide (see Greenhouse gas).
Carbon insetting:
A firm’s integration of sustainable practices directly into the supply chain to
take responsibility for its carbon emissions (see Carbon offsetting).
Carbon intensity:
A measure of a firm’s environmental impact that is calculated by dividing
carbon emissions by annual sales.
Carbonivore:
An organization or technology that removes more carbon from the air than it
emits, “either storing it, turning it into a useful product or recycling it.”2
Carbon neutral:
An effort to ensure a firm’s net carbon emissions are zero (see Net positive).
Carbon offsetting:
A firm’s reduction of its carbon footprint by paying for environmentally
beneficial behavior by a third party (see Carbon insetting).
Cash mob:
A group of community residents who use social media to assemble at a given
date and time to spend money in support of a local business.
Cause-related marketing:
Efforts to gain or retain customers by tying purchases of the firm’s goods or
services to the firm’s philanthropy (see Advocacy advertising).
Circular economy:
A means to reduce waste within economies via greater efficiency or by
reuse, repair, or recycling (see Cradle-to-cradle).
Civic engagement:
Efforts by a firm to improve a local community.
Clicktivism:
A form of social or environmental protest that is conducted online via social
media (e.g., signing an online petition).
Climate change:
The term used to describe the effect on the planet’s weather systems of human
economic activity.
Coalitions:
Collections of organizations, stakeholders, or individuals that collaborate to
achieve common goals.
Conscious capitalism:
An emerging economic system that “builds on the foundations of Capitalism
—voluntary exchange, entrepreneurship, competition, freedom to trade and
the rule of law. These are essential to a healthy functioning economy, as are
other elements of Conscious Capitalism including trust, compassion,
collaboration and value creation.”3 Synonymous with strategic CSR, it is
based on four principles that encourage the development of values-based
businesses: higher purpose, stakeholder interdependence, conscious
leadership, and conscious culture (see Values-based business).
Consumer activism:
Efforts by customers to have their views represented in company policies
and decision making. Organized activism is more likely referred to as a
“consumer movement,” which can advocate for more radical changes in
consumer laws.
Consumer boycott:
Customers who avoid specific industries, firms, or products based on
performance metrics or issues that they value.
Consumer buycott:
Consumers who actively seek to support specific industries, firms, or
products through their purchase decisions based on performance metrics or
issues that they value. Such support is often warranted because an industry or
specific firm has been marginalized by other stakeholders in society.
Corporate citizenship:
See Business citizenship.
Corporate philanthropy:
Contributions by firms that benefit stakeholders and the community, often
made through financial or in-kind donations to nonprofit organizations.
Corporate responsibility:
A term similar in meaning to CSR, but preferred by some companies because
it deemphasizes the word social.
Corporate social opportunity:
A perspective that emphasizes the benefits to firms of adopting CSR,
mitigating the perception of CSR as a cost to business.4
Corporate sustainability:
Business operations that can be continued over the long term without
degrading the ecological environment (see Sustainability).
Cradle-to-cradle:
A concept introduced by William McDonough that captures the zero-waste,
closed-loop concept of the circular economy (see Circular economy).5
Downcycling:
A recycling process that reduces the quality of the recycled material over
time (see Recycling and Upcycling).
Eco-efficiency:
An approach to business that is characterized by the need to “do more with
less” and popularized by the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
Ecopreneur:
“Environmental and social entrepreneurs [who] lead socially committed,
break-through ventures that are driven by environmental, social, and
economic goals”6 (see Social entrepreneur).
Ecosystem:
A self-sustaining community.
Enlightened self-interest:
The recognition that businesses can operate in a socially conscious manner
without forsaking the economic goals that lead to financial success.
Ethics:
A guide to moral behavior based on social norms and culturally embedded
definitions of right and wrong.
E-waste:
Toxic pollutants that are a byproduct of discarded consumer electronic
goods, such as televisions, computers, and cell phones.
Externality:
See Externality under “Strategy Terms.”
Fair trade:
Trade in goods at prices above what market forces would otherwise
determine in order to ensure a living wage for the producer (see Living
wage).
Fast money:
“Money that has become so detached from people, place and the activities
that it is financing that not even the experts understand it fully”7 (see Slow
money).
Garbology:
The study of what humans throw away.8
Global Compact:
A United Nations–backed effort to convince corporations to commit to
multiple principles that address the challenges of globalization.9
Glocalization:
“Dealing with big global problems through myriad small or individual
actions.”10
Green noise:
“Static caused by urgent, sometimes vexing or even contradictory information
[about the environment] played at too high a volume for too long.”11
Greenhouse gas:
A gas that pollutes the atmosphere by trapping heat, causing average
temperatures to rise (e.g., carbon dioxide; see Carbon footprint).
Greenwash:
“Green-wash (green’wash’, -wôsh’)—verb: the act of misleading consumers
regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental
benefits of a product or service”12 (see Pinkwash).
Human rights:
Freedoms that are an integral element of what it is to be human.14
Impact investing:
A variety of investment vehicles (e.g., mutual funds, low-interest loans,
bonds, and exchange-traded funds [ETFs]) that seek to produce a financial
return for investors by solving social problems that previously were not
addressed by market forces (see Social finance).
Inclusive capitalism:
The idea that “those with the power and the means have a responsibility to
help make society stronger and more inclusive for those who don’t.”15
Integrated reporting:
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DATE-AND-NUT SQUARES
Chewy favorites with rich nutty flavor.
Much like the Bishop’s Bread served
to circuit-riding preachers in days of
Early America.
Beat until foamy ...
2 eggs
Mix in ...
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from pan.
If desired, dip in confectioners’ sugar.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.
JEWELLED COOKIES
Glowing with gems of spicy gumdrops (red and green for Christmas holidays).
Beat in ...
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix in ...
★ WALNUT SQUARES
Almost candy ... so rich and nutty.
Beat until foamy ...
1 egg
Beat in ...
Mix in ...
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from
pan.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.
TUTTI-FRUTTI SURPRISES
Like moist fruit cake ... full of good things.
Beat until foamy ...
2 eggs
Stir in ...
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from
pan.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 30 to 35 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.
BOTTOM LAYER
Mix together thoroughly ...
Stir in ...
2 eggs
Stir in ...
Mix in ...
COCONUT-LEMON BARS
Follow recipe above for Bottom Layer. Bake 10 min. Let stand a
few minutes before spreading with
COCONUT-LEMON TOPPING
Beat well ...
2 eggs
Stir in ...
Return to oven and bake 25 min. more until topping is golden brown.
Cool slightly ... then cut into bars.
★ JELL-MERINGUE-FILBERT BARS
Jeannette Campbell of our Staff goes into rhapsodies about these luscious bars.
Follow recipe above for Bottom Layer—except use sifted
confectioners’ sugar in place of brown, and stir 2 egg yolks into the
sugar and shortening mixture. Bake. Spread with ½ to ¾ cup
softened jelly (currant, raspberry, or grape), then with
MERINGUE-FILBERT TOPPING
Beat until stiff ...
2 egg whites
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp. cinnamon
Fold in ...
FOR CRUST
Mix together thoroughly ...
Stir in ...
Mix thoroughly. Place one half of this crumb mixture in greased and
floured oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Press and flatten with hands to
cover bottom of pan. Spread with cooled filling. Cover with remaining
crumb mixture ... patting lightly. Bake until lightly browned. While
warm, cut into bars and remove from pan.
temperature: 400° (mod. hot oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: About 2½ doz. 1½″ × 2″ bars.
PRUNE-ORANGE BARS
Follow recipe above using
PRUNE-ORANGE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
DATE-APRICOT BARS
Follow recipe above using
DATE-APRICOT FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 5 min.).
Cool.
★ HAZELNUT BARS
Crusty, macaroony.
Old-time German party cookies that keep beautifully.
Beat in top of double boiler until stiff ...
1 cup sugar
Fold in ...
1 tsp. vanilla
1½ cups coarsely ground unblanched filberts (hazelnuts)
1 To prevent
2 Roll lightly, small 3 Cut as many cookies
“sticking,” slip a
amount dough at a time ... from each rolling as
canvas cover over
keeping the rest chilled. possible. Dip cooky cutter
board, and stockinet
Roll very thin for crisp in flour, then shake it and
over rolling pin. Rub
cookies. cut.
flour into the covers.
Short cut: instead of rolling it, drop dough and flatten with glass.
See page 40.
Stir in ...
1 tbsp. milk or cream
1 tsp. flavoring (vanilla or lemon or a combination of the two)
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Place on
lightly greased baking sheet, and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until
delicately browned.
temperature: 425° (hot oven).
time: Bake 5 to 7 min.
amount: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
CARAWAY COOKIES
Follow recipe above—except omit vanilla, sift ½ tsp. nutmeg with
the dry ingredients, and mix 1 tsp. caraway seeds into the dough.
CHOCOLATE PINWHEELS
Fascinating whirls of dark and light ... an unusual taste delight.
Follow recipe above or recipe for Rich Sugar Cookies. Divide
dough into 2 equal parts. Into 1 part, blend 1 sq. unsweetened
chocolate (1 oz.), melted and cooled. Chill. Roll out white dough 9″ ×
12″. Roll out chocolate dough same size and lay on top of white
dough. Roll the double layer of dough gently until ³⁄₁₆″ thick. Roll up
tightly, beginning at wide side, into a roll 12″ long and 2″ in diameter.
Chill. Slice ⅛″ thick. Place slices a little apart on lightly greased
baking sheet. Bake.
temperature: 350° (mod. oven).
time: Bake 10 to 12 min.
amount: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies.
Stir in ...
HEART COOKIES
For special Valentines.
Cut with heart-shaped cutter. Brush lightly
with a little beaten egg white. Then sprinkle
with red sugar. Bake.
Cut round cookies. Place a tiny red candy
heart in center of each. Bake.
Cut dough with two heart-shaped cutters, one smaller than the other.
Lay a smaller heart on each of the larger ones and bake each pair as
one cooky. When baked, ice the smaller heart with red or pink icing.
FLOWER COOKIES
For Easter, spring and summer
parties.
Color dough pink or yellow. Cut
cookies with little scalloped
cutters, for petal effect. Brush
with egg white and sprinkle with pink or yellow sugar before baking.
Bits of candied orange peel or yellow gum drops may be used for
yellow centers.
Make flower and rosette shapes by forcing the dough through a
cooky press.
DECORATING ICING
Into 1 cup sifted confectioners’
sugar, stir just enough water
(about 1 tbsp.) to make icing
easy to force through pastry
tube—yet hold its shape. Tint if desired with a few drops of food
coloring. (Pile into pastry tube and squeeze.)
Stir in ...
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut 3″ rounds or squares. Place on
lightly greased baking sheet. Place a rounded teaspoonful of desired
cooled filling (below) on each. Fold over like a turnover, pressing
edges together with floured tines of a fork or tip of finger. Bake until
delicately browned.
temperature: 400° (mod. hot oven).
time: Bake 8 to 10 min.
amount: About 6 doz. 3″ cookies.
FILLED COOKIES IN FANCY SHAPES
Follow recipe above—but cut
dough with scalloped round
cooky cutter or with heart,
diamond, or 2½″ cutter of any
desired shape, cutting 2 alike
for each filled cooky. To give a
decorative effect, cut the center
out of the top cooky with a tiny
cutter of heart, star, or
scalloped round shape. Place
the bottom pieces on lightly
greased baking sheet. Spread Spread filling almost to the edges ... when
desired filling (see below) on making filled cookies. To keep the filling in,
press edges of filled cookies together with the
each ... covering up to edge. fingers or with floured tines of a fork.
Place on the top pieces. Press
edges together.
amount: 4 doz. 2½″ filled cookies.
POINSETTIAS
A smart new favorite for the
holidays.
Follow recipe above—and
roll chilled dough ⅛″ thick. Cut in 3″ squares. Place on lightly
greased baking sheet. Cut with sharp knife from corners of each
square almost to center (making 4 triangular sections in each
square). In center, place 1 teaspoonful cooled Prune Filling (above).
Pick up corresponding corner of each triangular section, and fold
over center filling. Press gently in center to hold 4 points together.
(See diagrams below.)
amount: About 5 doz. poinsettia cookies.
FIG BARS
Plump with fruity filling.
Follow recipe above—and roll one half of dough ⅛″ thick. Cut into
4 long strips (3½″ × 12″). Spread ⅓ to ½ cup Fig Filling (below) on
each strip lengthwise, covering only ½ of strip except for a ¼″ edge.
Lift this edge up and stick it to filling. Quickly flop the uncovered half
of strip over the filling, folding it under at edge. Seal the 2 edges
together securely. With sharp knife, cut into bars 2″ long. Place 1″
apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
amount: 2 doz. 2″ bars.
PINEAPPLE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
1 cup sugar
4 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour
Stir in ...
PRUNE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
Stir in ...
Chill dough. Roll out ⅛″ thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place on
ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned. When cool, and
just before serving, put together in pairs with jelly or jam between.
temperature: 375° (quick mod. oven).
time: Bake 10 to 12 min.
amount: About 4 doz. 2½″ double cookies.