A NOT very American perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility is an innovative look on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). If a career in management is to be called successful, ‘growth and profit’ must be achieved. But what if these concepts were questioned? What are the cultural, moral, and ecological limits of growth? Can CSR exist in a vacuum?

A NOT very American perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility goes beyond the first impressions of CSR, that it is something given and that the task is only to implement. Instead, the book helps managers and business students to look beyond the obvious, by challenging fundamental assumptions in ethics in general and business ethics in particular.

The author, through engaging examples, challenges students into thinking critically about CSR, and to understand and appraise the fundamental ethical underpinnings of CSR. The aim is to help managers and business students reflect on value creation, and ultimately to become reflective practitioners.

Key points:
With profit and growth as key goals, is CSR possible?
How is economic power exerted?
Do market laws really exist?
Does virtue matter in an organization?