Book contents
- Corporate Political Responsibility
- Reviews
- Corporate Political Responsibility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section I Foundations of Corporate Political Responsibility: Metrics for Disclosure and Good Governance
- 1 The Meaning of Corporate Political Responsibility
- 2 Targeting Private Sector Influence in Politics
- 3 Measuring Corporate Political Responsibility
- Section II Transparency: Causes and Consequences
- Section III Accountability: Linking Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Relations, and Corporate Political Responsibility
- Section IV Responsibility: Corporate Political Responsibility and Climate
- Section V Implementing Corporate Political Responsibility: Opportunities and Challenges
- Index
- References
1 - The Meaning of Corporate Political Responsibility
from Section I - Foundations of Corporate Political Responsibility: Metrics for Disclosure and Good Governance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2023
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Book contents
- Corporate Political Responsibility
- Reviews
- Corporate Political Responsibility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section I Foundations of Corporate Political Responsibility: Metrics for Disclosure and Good Governance
- 1 The Meaning of Corporate Political Responsibility
- 2 Targeting Private Sector Influence in Politics
- 3 Measuring Corporate Political Responsibility
- Section II Transparency: Causes and Consequences
- Section III Accountability: Linking Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Relations, and Corporate Political Responsibility
- Section IV Responsibility: Corporate Political Responsibility and Climate
- Section V Implementing Corporate Political Responsibility: Opportunities and Challenges
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces the concept of CPR and gives a high-level overview of the chapters to follow. It also defines key terms, presents some background statistics on political spending over time, and offers an initial discussion of the extent to which business has captured the political process.
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- Corporate Political Responsibility , pp. 3 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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