Sustainable Development and CSR in China A Multi-Perspective Approac
This book offers an in-depth analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility, gathering contributions by authors from various countries, cultures and political systems. It provides readers with a better understanding of the concept and its implementation
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René Schmidpeter Hualiang Lu Christopher Stehr Haifeng Huang Editors
Sustainable Development and CSR in China A Multi-Perspective Approach
CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
Series Editors Samuel O. Idowu, London, United Kingdom Rene´ Schmidpeter, Cologne Business School, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11565
Rene´ Schmidpeter • Hualiang Lu • Christopher Stehr • Haifeng Huang Editors
Sustainable Development and CSR in China A Multi-Perspective Approach
Editors Rene´ Schmidpeter Cologne Business School (CBS) Cologne Germany Christopher Stehr German Graduate School of Management and Law Heilbronn Germany
Hualiang Lu Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Nanjing Jiangsu China Haifeng Huang Peking University Shenzen China
ISSN 2196-7075 ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance ISBN 978-3-319-17370-2 ISBN 978-3-319-17371-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17371-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015939833 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Corporate Social Responsibility is a phenomenon becoming more and more popular worldwide. It is concerned with the achievement of not only economic goals—i.e. profitability of a company—but also environmental and social objectives. It can be seen as a proof of the awareness by business of the serious consequences that their activities can cause in a globalized World. The concept was promoted against the belief that creating products and services is the very reason for any organization’s existence, whether that organization be large or small, manufacturing or service. Nowadays, many companies have now come to understand the importance of CSR and business sustainability. However, that tendenc
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