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"Reputations at Stake" by William S. Harvey explores the concept of reputation and its significance in today's era of social media. The book examines forms and levels of reputation, perspectives on reputation, and how reputation is built and maintained against threats. Harvey draws on various examples and cases to illustrate his arguments, including the role of reputation in organizations, countries, and global phenomena. The book also discusses the reputational challenges faced by global companies and offers recommendations for building and maintaining a positive reputation. While the book focuses mainly on organizational reputation, it also explores the attitudes and emotions of individuals convicted of professional misconduct. Overall, "Reputations at Stake" provides insights and lessons for academics and managers alike. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Strategic communication management for development and social change: Perspectives from the African region" by Tsietsi Mmutle, Tshepang Bright Molale, Olanrewaju Olugbenga Akinola, and Olebogeng Selebi explores the relationship between strategic communication and social change in the context of development in Africa. The book includes case studies from various African countries and provides conceptual frameworks and empirical research to demonstrate the role of communication in achieving development goals. It emphasizes the importance of participatory communication and community engagement in building a more inclusive and sustainable African society. The book is recommended for academics, practitioners, and students interested in understanding the role of communication in development and social change. [Extracted from the article]

"Breaking Ground: From Extraction Booms to Mining Bans in Latin America" by Rose J. Spalding, published in 2023, explores the success factors of mining resistance movements in Latin America. The book delves into the conditions necessary for policy change, drawing from case studies in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Spalding identifies three key conditions for movement success: diverse coalitions, lack of unified elite support for mining, and state openings for social movement actors. While the book offers valuable insights, it overlooks the role of mining companies in shaping outcomes and could further develop the concept of frame alignment. [Extracted from the article]

According to Enderle, the set of I all i thirty human rights described in the International Bill of Human Rights and in the eight core conventions of the International Labor Organization must compose a minimal ethical standard that is respected by business organizations. In his recently published book, Georges Enderle discusses wealth creation, human rights, and corporate responsibility. Enderle presents an original argument, according to which business enterprises, as organizations, must create wealth but also carry moral obligations on human rights. [Extracted from the article]

"Overcoming Managerialism: Power, Authority and Rhetoric at Work" by Robert Spillane and Jean-Etienne Joullié is a critical examination of the shortcomings of management practice and research that have emerged over the past 60 years. The book challenges the idea of managerialism, which asserts that power and authority should be concentrated at the top of society, and offers a solution to this issue. The authors argue that a refocus on the writings of Max Weber, Mary Parker Follett, and Chester Barnard could help overturn the current state of management education and practice. While the book raises important points, some topics, such as the objectification of workers and the potential for unethical behavior justified by managerialism, could have been further explored. Overall, "Overcoming Managerialism" is a valuable read for management scholars and practitioners. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Giving Back: Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving" by L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano explores the concept of giving back in the Filipino American diaspora. Mariano examines how the impulse for charity and philanthropy is deeply ingrained in Filipino culture and how it shapes the identity and relationship of Filipino Americans to their homeland. The author argues that this philanthropy is influenced by neoliberal governance and the historical context of American empire and labor exploitation in the Philippines. Mariano also discusses the depoliticization of diasporic philanthropy and highlights the importance of understanding the political realities of global capitalism, neoliberalism, and militarism in order to create meaningful change. [Extracted from the article]

The text is a book review of "Rights Refused: Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar" by Elliot Prasse-Freeman. The book explores the relationship between human rights and political change in Myanmar, cautioning against overemphasizing the power of knowing one's rights. It examines the experiences of activists in Myanmar, including their time as political prisoners and their efforts to reclaim land and challenge state actors. The book also discusses the adoption and rejection of international human rights discourse in Myanmar and explores the concept of "blunt biopolitics" as a form of governance. The author argues that resistance and rights are dependent on opportunities for their realization and questions if the lessons from Myanmar can be applied to other contexts. The book provides an accessible and ethnographically-informed account of Myanmar activism and can be read alongside other works on politics and governance. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Petrochemical planet: Multiscalar battles of industrial transformation" by Alice Mah provides a sociological analysis of the global petrochemical industry, with a focus on plastics manufacturers, and how it responds to debates on corporate responsibility and environmental justice. The book is based on the Toxic Expertise project, which involved interviews, document analysis, participant observation, and site visits in various countries. It explores the historical development of the petrochemical industry, its anti-competitive practices, and lack of transparency, as well as its impact on fenceline communities and the environmental justice movement. The book also discusses the obstacles to mobilization against petrochemical toxicity and highlights examples of multiscalar activism that transcends local boundaries. Overall, the book provides valuable insights into the transformations of the petrochemical industry and the need for corporate responsibility and environmental justice. [Extracted from the article]

"Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives" edited by Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones provides a comprehensive overview of Turkish business history, focusing on the relationship between business enterprises and the institutional context. The book covers the Ottoman Empire to the present day, examining the interplay between institutions, corporate development, economic growth, ethics, and corruption. It is divided into two parts, with the first part exploring institutions and capitalist development, and the second part examining corporate actors and the public interest. The book offers valuable insights into the state-business relationship and its impact on business ethics in contemporary Turkey. [Extracted from the article]

How should we understand the sudden expansion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a discourse and a practice in India over the past two decades? Multinational corporations have brought their norms of CSR to India, and policy makers have been influenced by their contacts with early movers on CSR in more developed states. This country case study is important because India is the first to introduce mandatory CSR and is being closely watched by other emerging markets as a possible model for their own legislation. [Extracted from the article]

The second thread that runs through I Modernism and the Meaning of Corporate Persons i is decidedly more abstract and maintains Siraganian's abiding interest in the modernist art object's constitutive difficulty, taken up in her first book, I Modernism's Other Work i (OUP, 2011). Modernism and the Meaning of Corporate Persons By Siraganian, Lisa. According to Siraganian, the emergence and evolution of the corporate person in U.S. law in the first half of the twentieth century "exposed a fundamental question about the possibility of collective intention" (1) that preoccupied legal philosophers and writers alike. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Workplace Innovation: Theory, Research and Practice" is a valuable anthology that brings together chapters from leading researchers in the field of Workplace Innovation. It explores the European perspective on workplace practices, emphasizing collaboration, partnership, and networking. The book provides insights into the links between Health, Safety, and Well-Being and Workplace Innovation, and highlights the distinct European "Variety of Capitalism" that embodies principles of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. While the book may not convert new readers, it serves as a reference handbook for those already interested in the topic. It is recommended for libraries, universities, and business schools, as well as companies and practitioners seeking to learn from successful practices. [Extracted from the article]

I Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds i Sara Ann Wylie (Durham: Duke University Press, 2018) I Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India i Dolly Kikon (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019) Anthropological attention to extractive industries has been central to the discipline since pioneering work in the tradition of anthropological political economy by scholars such as June Nash (1979) and Michael Taussig (1980) brought the lives of miners in Latin America to our attention, and revealed the global processes to which their work was intimately connected. Wylie provides an exemplary model of participatory and activist research within STS and beyond while Kikon offers a textured account of the intimate life-worlds of extraction. In contrast with Wylie's project to visibilize the corporate body, Kikon argues that indigenous (tribal) bodies are I made i hyper-visible by a militarized Indian state. Using these tools, Wylie is able to lay bare the "chemical bonds" that tie community illness to the pernicious environmental conditions created by extractive industry. [Extracted from the article]

In embedding a critical gender perspective into her evaluation of M-Pesa's claims, Natile deepens the critique of financialization assured by M-Pesa. For its supporters, M-Pesa, the Kenya-based mobile payment system, embodies the ideals of financial inclusion, gender equality, and socioeconomic development. However, while Natile successfully revokes the overblown hype around M-Pesa, especially salient in business and development sectors, she does not conclude whether M-Pesa is entirely useless as a development solution. [Extracted from the article]

Mikkel Bunkenborg, Morten Nielsen and Morten Axel Pedersen, I Collaborative Damage: An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization i . Conducting fieldwork in pairs and producing analyses as a team, Bunkenborg, Nielsen and Pedersen adopted a "dual perspective approach" (p. 13). [Extracted from the article]

While Singer values the pivotal place the Chicago School holds in understanding the economic justifications of the business corporation, he seeks to examine the corporation as an institution, thereby requiring him to reframe and move beyond the Chicago School's simple economic model into a social and political one as well. Singer's I The form of the firm i is a laudable addition to the study of the corporation, nicely straddling the interdisciplinary lines of history, economics, and political theory. In the ambitious I The form of the firm i , political theorist Abraham A. Singer provides an important intervention into normative political theory, political psychology, business ethics, and economics. [Extracted from the article]

For readers of I Ethics and Social Welfare i , it might be surprising to learn that this is the first community development book devoted to the issue of ethics. "Everyday ethics" is explained as ethics that is 'relational, embedded and embodied in community development work, based on the "ethics work" that practitioners do in their day-to-day interactions and relationships' (4-5). Ethics, equity and community development: edited by Sarah Banks and Peter Westoby, Bristol, Policy Press, 2019, 227 pp., £26.99 (Paperback), ISBN: 978-144734512. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach," by Mark S. Schwartz.

Drawing these traditions together Child examines the conditions under which hierarchy arises, the basis of justifications of hierarchy authority and how to deal with potential abuses of hierarchy. Utilizing this literature allows Child to examine how hierarchy has to be debated within business and management, and the underlying logics that inform these debates. An anarchist reading of hierarchy could have provided a rather more fundament platform for the critique of hierarchy ([4]). [Extracted from the article]

Shaw, Hillary J. Shaw, Julia J.A. Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Justice and the Global Food Supply Chain London: Routledge, Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society, 2019 "... food I is i us; we are what we eat" (p. 10) Food is at the very core of human interaction. The first chapter provides historical background, statistics about supermarkets in societies, and examples of supermarket CSR. The problem is, however, that there is a gap between the current situation - supermarket CSR initiatives, which are being discussed very critically - and the ideal world situation, where supermarket CSR initiatives somehow have morphed into something very different. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Business, Integrity, and Peace: Beyond Geopolitical and Disciplinary Boundaries," by Timothy L. Fort.