Toms, JS (2013) Economic development, climate change and the limitations of corporate social responsibility. In: Haynes, K, Murray, A and Dillard, J, (eds.) Corporate social responsibility: a research handbook. Routledge , 28 - 40. ISBN 1136256482
Abstract
The chapter argues that the reform of the corporation to promote greater social responsibility is an unlikely solution to the crisis of climate change. The managers of business organisations are relatively powerless in the face of the powerful market forces which drive increasing consumption of the world’s resources. In particular the strong association between the development of oil resources, the worlds markets and productive capacity are noted as the key determinants of climate change. Responses to the challenges of climate change are best formulated through predictive analysis of its key determinants, along the lines of the 2007 Stern Report and the debate it has subsequently engendered. In view of the correlation between oil consumption, world and sustainable population, peak oil poses as strong a challenge to economic growth as does significant climate change.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, Kathryn Haynes, Alan Murray and Jesse Dillard. This is an author produced version of a chapter published in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Research Handbook. Uploaded with permission from the publisher. |
Keywords: | Business; economics; corporate social responsibility; peak oil; population; critical accounting |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Accounting & Finance Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2014 13:49 |
Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2014 18:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:79451 |