Corporate responsibility: the American experience

About the authors Foreword Preface Introduction: the corporation in the public square Part I. The Seeds of Corporate Responsibility: 1. Foundations of capitalism and the birth of the corporation (1776-1880) 2. The turbulent rise of the corporation (1880-1900) 3. The Progressive Era and a new business-government relationship (1900-18) 4. The corporation's case for social responsibility (1918-29) 5. The corporation and national crisis (1929-45) Part II. Corporate Responsibility Comes of Age: 6. Corporate legitimacy affirmed (1945-63) 7. A revolution of rising expectations (1963-73) 8. Managing corporate responsibility (1973-81) Part III. Taking Account of Corporate Responsibility: 9. Stakeholders and stockholders (1981-9) 10. Corporate responsibility institutionalizes and globalizes (1989-2001) 11. A new social contract for the twenty-first century (2001-11) Conclusion: patterns and prospects Endnotes References List of plates Index.