Includes index.

Part I. The role of business in society --
1. Corporate legitimacy / Laszlo Zsolnai --
2. The moral status of the corporation, collective responsibility and the distribution of blame / Christopher J. Cowton --
3. From task to role responsibility: towards a prospective business ethics / Johan Wempe --
4. Corporate social responsibility: the exhausting of a management topic / Yvon Pesqueux --
Part II. Ethics in the market --
5. Moral virtue, philanthropy and the market / Kevin T. Jackson --
6. The ethics of PE buyout deals: the impact on stakeholders and society / Eleanor O'Higgins --
7. Sovereign wealth funds-a significant and growing global force / Jane Collier --
8. What is long-term wealth creation and investing? / Georges Enderle --
9. Corporate social performance and cost of capital: a meaningful relationship? / Antonello Di Giulio, Paolo Migliavacca and Antonio Tencati --
Part III. Focusing on the relationships with stakeholders and the community --
10. Sustainability, business and human rights / Wesley Cragg --
11. Social responsibility in the supply chain: CSR or corporate social watchdogs? / Laura J. Spence and Michael Bourlakis --
12. Is multistakeholder dialogue really possible? Mutual resistance and bias in relationships between unions and NGOs / Josep M. Lozano and Daniel Arenas
13. Investigating the accountability dynamics underlying effective CSR disclosure / Clodia Vurro and Francesco Perrini
Part IV. Fostering responsibility and sustainability: 14. Deep authenticity
an essential phenomenon in the web of life / Knut J. Ims and Ove D. Jakobsen