Thank you for your great input regarding readings for a programme in CSR/sustainability. I have compiled the list and copied it below - sorry, if the formatting does not come through.
Read together with Crane, A., Palazzo, G., Spence, L. J., & Matten, D. (2014). Contesting the value of "creating shared value."
California Management Review, 56: 130-153.
Scherer, A. G., & Palazzo, G. (2007). Toward a political conception of corporate responsibility: Business and society seen from a Habermasian perspective. Academy of Management Review, 32: 1096-1120.
Scherer, A. G., & Palazzo, G. (2011). The new political role of business in a globalized world: A review of a new perspective on CSR and its Implications for the firm, governance, and democracy. Journal of Management Studies, 48: 899-931.
Schwartz, M. S., & Carroll, A. B. (2008). Integrating and Unifying Competing and Complementary Frameworks: The Search for a Common Core in the Business and Society Field. Business & Society 47: 148-186
Siegel, D. (2009). Green management matters only if it yields more green: An economic/strategic perspective. Academy of Management Perspectives, 23: 5-16.
Wickert, C. (2014). "Political" corporate social responsibility in small- and medium-sized enterprises: A conceptual framework. Business & Society.
Books:
Anderson, R. C., & White, R. (2009). Confessions of a radical industrialist: Profits, people, purpose – doing business by respecting the earth. Macmillan.
Benyus, J. (1998). Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.
Caroll, A. B., & Buchholtz, A. K. (2015). Business & society: Ethics, sustainability and stakeholder management. Cengage Learning.
Carroll, A. B., Lipartito, K. J., Post, J. E., & Werhane, P. H. (2012) Corporate responsibility: The American experience. Cambridge University Press.
Chandler, D. (2015). Corporate social responsibility: A strategic perspective. New York: Business Expert Press.
Crane, A., & Matten, D., & Spence, L. (2013). Corporate social responsibility: Readings and cases in a global context. 2nd edition. London: Routledge.
Crane, A., McWilliams, A., Matten, D., Moon, J., & Siegel, D. S. (2008). The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility. Oxford.
Esty, D. C., & Winston, A. S. (2006). Eco-Advantage Strategy. In Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Hart, S. L. (2005). Capitalism at the crossroads. Wharton School Publishing.
Hawken, P., Lovins, A., 7 Lovins, L. H. (1999). Natural capitalism: Creating the next industrial revolution. Little. Brown.
Jackson, S. E., Ones, D. S., & Dilchert, S. (Eds.) (2012). Managing human resources for environmental sustainability. San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
J. Olson-Buchanan, L. Koppes Bryan, & L. Foster Thompson (Eds.). (2013). Using industrial-organizational psychology for the greater good: Helping those who help others. New York: Routledge.
Landrum, N. E., & Edwards, S. (2009). Sustainable Business: An Executive's Primer. New York: Business Expert Press.
Laszlo, C., & Zhexembayeva, N. (2011). Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage. Stanford Business Books.
McDonough, W., & Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle To Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press.
Prahalad, C K (2004). Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid: Eradicating poverty through profits. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Thiel, M. (2015). The Social Domain in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. Farnham, UK: Gower Publishing Limited. (In Press)- Official Publication Date is October 2015.
Other:
Caseplace.org
The Social Contract with Business - beyond the quest for global sustainability – blog, discussion forum and series of articles: http://coetzeejopie.authorsxpress.com
Video: Public Value value creation for both individuals as well as the social collective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLGAQ4q_Sb0&feature=youtu.be