Public sector roles in strengthening corporate social responsibility : taking stock

By H. Ward. 2004

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The role of governments in corporate social responsibility: characterising public policies on CSR in Europe (2010, background): “…(for an overview, see Mol et al. 2000; Croci 2008), and a broad variety of other new governance arrangements (Rhodes 1997; Kooiman 1993, 2003; Pierre 2000; Bevir et al. 2003a, b), but it has largely ignored CSR and the respective CSR public policies (Ward 2004, 7; Moon 2002, 386; Mathis 2008, 49).”
The government of self-regulation: on the comparative dynamics of corporate social responsibility (2011, background): “Fox et al. (2002) and Ward (2004) report several illustrations of such partnerships, especially in developing countries and often in the extractive sectors, such as the Philippines’ mining industry or the oil industry in Angola.”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Development: In quest of an agenda (2004, background): “…Social Responsibility is the commitment of business to contribute to sustainable economic development ^ working with employees, their families, the local community and society at large to improve the quality of life, inways that are both good for business and good for development (Ward, 2004:3).”
Corporate social responsibility and developing countries (2011, background): “The works of Biggs and Ward (2004), Fox (2004), Fox et al., (2002), Idemudia (2008), UNRISD (2003), Utting (2002, 2003) and Ward (2004) have been instrumental to the development of the idea of an enabling environment.”