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100			_aLoosemore, Martin _eAuthor
245		0	_aResponsible corporate strategy in construction and engineering : _b"doing the right thing?" / _cLoosemore, Martin
300			_a176 pages ; _c20 cm.
500			_aincludes bibliographical reference and index
520			_aThe role that communities have to play in the evolution and implementation of an effective strategy is often overlooked, despite the fact that it is becoming increasingly important and complex. This book addresses how consulting and contracting firms in the construction and engineering industries integrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into business strategy and how this translates into better business performance. In the context of the current global drive towards sustainability, it seeks to untangle the rhetoric and reality of CSR, providing a guide to effective and meaningful engagement with the community in the boardroom. Ideas, concepts, theories and debates in the previously separate areas of corporate performance; corporate social responsibility; corporate strategy and; corporate governance are integrated for the first time in this book, promoting a more liberal and wider debate about CSR. The result is an important and timely examination of a new challenge which faces every firm in the engineering and construction industry, from the very largest transnational corporations, to consultants and to the many thousands of small and medium sized enterprises that employ the vast majority of people in the industry.
650			_aEngineering
655			_aNonfiction
700			_aFlorence Phua _eAuthor
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