CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Critical Analysis: “Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility In Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility”

Critical Analysis: “Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility In Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility”

Introduction

The selected book is written by Griseri, P., & Seppala, N. (2010). The book is related to the ethics and social responsibility conducted by organizations. The authors have focused upon the particular business practices as the social responsibilities and the challenges faced by them in conducting social responsibilities. The corporate social responsibility and corporate business ethics has become the part of modern business. The companies are involved in such activities in order to satisfied its employees and customers and to get the higher reputation for the taking the high share in the market. The authors in this book have represented the real case studies in order to define the social responsibility elements and its challenges in implications. Also the relevancy and effectiveness of book is defined in later section.

About the authors

Paul Griseri is the Head of the Department of Business and Management at the well known institute in London. He has also remained an editor in the journal Philosophy of Management. The author has written many books and articles on the range of management topics that have always benefited the readers by giving them complete and relevant information upon the current business management scenarios. The author has the credit to educate the number of professional managers. The author has also e contribution in bringing change in the management processes. He has also conducted the variety of management programs.

Another well known author is Nina Seppala, who is also the Director of Studies at the Department of Management Science and Innovation at a reputable institute. The author's major area o f focus is the non profitable businesses. Author has conducted a number of research studies in the NGOs and non profitable contexts and has found out the various challenging practices of corporate social responsibility and human rights in non profitable organizations.

Discussion

The selected book has shown many real business scenarios that gives the reader the complete explanation and understanding of the topic. The following question enhances the characteristics of the selected book.

Q) Is the source reliable?

The selected book is for sure reliable because the typical business situations are highlighted in it that are very relevant. The real and relevant examples of giant multinationals are given that enables the reader to have the clear understanding of the known businesses. For example the, the case of well known pharmaceutical company Pfizer has been highlighted in the first of the book that reveals the social activity of the company. According to the authors' relevant collection of data, Pfizer has developed the infrastructures in the rural areas in order to give access to people to the medication services. The book has highlighted the data and cases from the relevant sources. The fake elements are not mentioned. The situations of the existing companies have been defined throughout the book to provide the better understanding of the business ethics and ...