READINGS

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

  1. The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits     by Milton Friedman     The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970. Copyright @ 1970 by The New York Times Company.

  2. Controversy: Do Corporations Have Any Responsibility Beyond Making a Profit?  PDF  by Norman P. Barry    Journal of Markets & Morality (Spring 2000)

  3. Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business       October 2005    A Reason debate featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Foods’ John Mackey, and Cypress Semiconductor’s T.J. Rodgers

  4. SURVEY: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY    The good company    Jan 20th 2005    From The Economist print edition

  5. From the Blog of Gary Becker and Richard Posner at http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/07/do_corporations.html    July 24, 2005    Do Corporations Have a Social Responsibility Beyond Stockholder Value?

  6. The Myth of CSR: The problem with assuming that companies can do well while also doing good is that markets don't really work that way  PDF  by Deborah Doane    Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2005.
  7. Corporate social responsibility Two-faced capitalism    Jan 22nd 2004   From The Economist print edition

  8. Business and society In search of the good company  Sep 6th 2007 | NEW YORK  From The Economist print edition  The debate about the social responsibilities of companies is heating up again

  9. Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility, by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer at http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/email/pdfs/Porter_Dec_2006.pdf

  10. Ethical capitalism How good should your business be? Jan 17th 2008  From The Economist print edition  Corporate social responsibility has great momentum. All the more reason to be aware of its limits

  11. SPECIAL REPORT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY  Just good business  Jan 17th 2008 From The Economist print edition  Corporate social responsibility, once a do-gooding sideshow, is now seen as mainstream. But as yet too few companies are doing it well, says Daniel Franklin

     

Readings for classroom discussion on Ethics and CSR

  1. When the Bubble Burst: Poor Management of Benzene Contamination Crisis by Perrier Group America Inc. and Source Perrier S.A.  The Economist, 08/03/1991
  2. Food for Thought: McDonald's Corp. Works with EDF to Form Policies.  The Economist, 08/29/1992
  3. Reebok: Ethically Unemployed: Corporate Social Irresponsibility.  The Economist, 11/28/2002