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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is steadily moving from the margins to the mainstream across the spectrum of private companies- NGOs and the public sector. It has grown from being a concept embraced by a small number of companies such as The Body Shop in the early 1990s to a widespread global movement. At its weakest level- it is represented by a few philanthropic gestures by organizations but- when applied in its most complete form- it can steer the organization or sector to deliver a fully fledged- system-wide- multi-stakeholder operation- accompanied by multiple types of certification.For the first time- a book brings together key issues relating to CSR as they apply to different aspects of business; it is not another generalist title about CSR. Michael Hopkins- a leading expert in the field- is joined by a number of outstanding contributors to the book- to explain how CSR has evolved since the 1990s and to offer ground-breaking insights and practical and specific applications of the concept. For example- Mervyn King explains Integrating Reporting- Deborah Leipziger looks at the laws and standards for CSR- Branding and the Supply Chain- George Starcher provides a framework for Socially Responsible Restructuring- and Adrian Henriques explores Social Accounting and Stakeholder Dialogue....