Governments and Corporate Social Responsibility: Public Policies Beyond Regulation and Voluntary Compliance

This book presents an analytical framework for understanding how governments develop policies of corporate social responsibility. The research analyses CSR public policies in 15 European Union countries. It defines four models of governmental approach from a relational perspective that encompasses the relationships between all the various stakeholders (governments, businesses and civil society). It also takes into account the socioeconomic context in which these relationships stand.