The Capitalist and the Activist (eBook)

Corporate Social Activism and the New Business of Change

Tom C. W. Lin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
224 Seiten
Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5230-9255-0 (ISBN)

Infos

2023 Axiom Business Books Award Silver Medalist (Business Commentary)
2023 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medalist (Social Change & Social Justice)

This is the first in-depth examination of the important ongoing fusion of activism, capitalism, and social change masterfully told through a compelling narrative filled with vivid stories and striking studies.

Corporations and their executives are at the forefront of some of the most contentious and important social issues of our time. Through pronouncements, policies, boycotts, sponsorships, lobbying, and fundraising, corporations are actively engaged in issues like immigration reform, gun regulation, racial justice, gender equality, and religious freedom.

Despite corporate social activism being everywhere these days-witness how quickly companies and progressives united to oppose North Carolina's bathroom bill or support the Black Lives Matter movement-there has been no in-depth examination of the far-reaching consequences of this movement. What first principles should guide businesses' approaches? How should activists engage with businesses in a way that is most beneficial to their causes? What are potential pitfalls and risks associated with corporate social activism for activists, businesses, and society at large? Weaving studies and stories, Temple University professor of law, Tom C. W. Lin offers a road map for how we got here and a compass for where we are going as a nation of capitalists and activists seeking profit and progress.

Inhalt

Preface4

Introduction: Reimagining Capitalism and Activism7

Chapter 1: Profit, Purpose, and Progress13
Chapter 2: Government Incorporated21
Chapter 3: Corporate Rights, Money, and Activism27
Chapter 4: Everything Is Your Business33
Chapter 5: Restraining A President40
Chapter 6: Original Sins49
Chapter 7: Better Activism, Better Business58
Chapter 8: The Perils of Corporate Social Activism68
Chapter 9: The New Business of Change76
Chapter 10: The Journey Forward81
Conclusion: We Are More Than90

Discussion Guide94
Notes
Acknowledgements96
Index
About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.1.2022
• Verlagsort: Oakland
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: activism • business • Business Development • Corporate Responsibility • Decision-Making • finding solutions • future of business • Leadership • navigating change • Organizational change • Problem-Solving • social change • Structural adjustment • sustainability • sustainable development
• ISBN-10: 1-5230-9255-6 / 1523092556
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5230-9255-0 / 9781523092550