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In 1991, two Harvard Business School professors asked: Can the private sector serve the public good?1 John B. Goodman and Gary W. Loveman argued a somewhat new idea that corporate social responsibility was good for society and for business.2 In the 30 years since, this debate has evolved to focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Should a corporation be accountable for ESG principles and metrics? What role does corporate social responsibility (CSR) play in our society? ...
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1. John B. Goodman and Gary W. Loveman, “Does Privatization Serve the Public Interest?” https://hbr.org/1991/11/does-privatization-serve-the-public-interest
2. Paul Starr, “Limits of Privatization,” Economic Policy Institute, 1987. https://www.epi.org/publication/epi_virlib_studies_1987_limitsofp/
3. Alexander Dahlsrud, “How Corporate Social Responsibility Is Defined: An Analysis of 37 Definitions,” Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2008. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/csr.132
4. Archie B. Carroll, “Carroll’s Pyramid of CSR: Taking Another Look,” International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2016.
5. Cristina A. Cedilla Torres, et al., “Four Cases Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility,” Utrecht Law Review, November 2012.
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