Business and Society

Name: Business and Society
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SKU: 9781350357068
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Business and Society explores the pervasive influence of corporations on employment, consumer behaviour and political processes. It offers an historical analysis of capitalism's rise, examines the ethical and regulatory challenges of modern business, and discusses the exclusionary effects of corporate power. The book also considers resistance to capitalism and proposes alternatives like the social economy and commons ownership. The second edition adds new chapters addressing global crises such as Covid-19 and climate change, plus accountability challenges posed by digital platforms like Facebook and Amazon.
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Ideal for students and readers interested in the intersections of business, ethics, society and global capitalism.

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Corporations dominate our worlds. They employ us, sell to us and influence how we think and who we vote for.

All aspects of this relationship are explored, from a historical analysis of the spread of capitalism to the regulation, ethics, and exclusionary implications of business in contemporary society. The book also examines how corporate power and capitalism might be resisted and outlines a range of alternatives, from the social economy through to new forms of open access or commons ownership.

This second edition of Business and Society includes new chapters that explore how global crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency have exposed tensions within and among national business systems. It also addresses the need for new ways of holding business accountable in the era of digital platforms like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, which use algorithmic personalization to exert private control over the infrastructure of our societies.

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Martin Parker, University of Bristol: An excellent, critical guide to understanding contemporary capitalism's role in climate change, ecological harm and inequality, and how to address these issues.
Joel Bakan, author of The New Corporation: A must read for students seeking a comprehensive and insightful critique of global corporate capitalism and its political economy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350357068

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

Edited by Kean Birch
Edited by Sonya Scott
Edited by Richard Wellen
Edited by Audrey Laurin-Lamothe

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 440

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Business & Entrepreneurship Company Culture & Human Resources Education & Reference Finance & Investment Non-Fiction

About the Author

Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Canada. He is also a member of the Science & Technology Studies Graduate Program. His work examines the intersection of technoscience and political economy.

Salewa Olawaye-Mann is an Assistant Professor in the Business and Society Program of the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. Her research focuses on heterodox approaches to sustainable economic development through natural resources and monetary theory. She co-edited the book “Monetary Policy and Central Banking: New Directions in Post-Keynesian Theory” (2012).

Richard Wellen is an Associate Professor of Business and Society in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. His research interests and publications are in the areas of business ethics, the regulation of digital industries and the political economy of higher education and academic publishing.

Alberto Salazar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at Carleton University, Canada. He specializes in corporate law including comparative corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and the new technology; consumer law; competition law; international investment and trade law; and socio-economic analysis of business law.

Audrey Laurin-Lamothe is an Assistant Professor of Business and Society in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. Her research focuses on financialization, economic elite, and their impact on wage’s stagnation and economic inequalities.

Caroline Shenaz Hossein is an Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada. She is the author of Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power and Violence in the Black Americas (2016).

Mark Peacock is Professor in the Business and Society program at York University, Canada. His research interests include the philosophy of economics and the theory and origins of money. His books include Introducing Money (2013) and Amartya Sen and Rational Choice: The Concept of Commitment (2021).

Sonya Scott is a sessional Assistant Professor in the Business and Society program at York University, Canada. She is the author of Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: The Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought (2013).

John Simoulidis is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Business and Society Program in the Department of Social Science at York University. His research interests include critical pedagogy, food studies and Marxian Political Economy.