Calling the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility flawed because of its incomplete conceptualization of its counterpart, corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), the editors
(all of Leeds Metropolitan U., England) present this volume as an attempt to establish corporate social irresponsibility as an academic concept and subject of inquiry in its own right, which
also helps to address the shortcomings of the corporate social responsibility concept. Key themes addressed by the volume’s 12 chapters include perspectives on the conceptualization of CSI; the
ways in which CSI is collectively defined, identified, or fostered and produced in theory and business practices; and systemic issues and structural elements of CSI in mining and oil industries
and in corporate downsizing practice. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
