From Social Responsibility to Global Compact: Toward Inclusion Polices and Responsive Business Operations

Abstract

Several years ago, we called scholars' attention to the need to look beyond the prevailing narrow concept of corporate social responsibility. The concept was a product of an era of domestic business growth, cold war rivalry, and limited appreciations for international involvement. Even after the rapid international trade growth that was experienced in the 1970s, scholars did not recognize that the concept and practice of corporate social responsibility should be revisited.