Social Strategy and Corporate Structure

Contents PrefaceChapter 1 The Uncertain Relation between Business and SocietyThe Corporation in the Early United StatesExpanding Corporations and Their ImpactSocial Challenges to Corporate AutonomyPublic and Private PurposeA New Strategy, a New StructureChapter 2 Alternatives to Structural ChangeManagement EthicsCorporate Social ResponsibilityThe Ethical InvestorIndustrywide CollaborationGovernment RegulationChapter 3 Proposals for Restructuring the Ultimate Corporate AuthorityOutside DirectorsPublic DirectorsChapter 4 Social Indicators, National Planning, and Corporate MotivationThe Not-So-Free MarketSocial GuidelinesNational PlanningThe Question of MotivationChapter 5 The Corporate Social AuditWhat Purpose Social Reporting?Comprehensive versus Selective ReportingThe Matter of MeasurementThe Problem of CredibilityVoluntary or Compulsory Reporting?Back to MotivationChapter 6 Corporate StructureReorganization at the TopCorporate Relation to National PolicyStrategic PlanningParticipation in Planning and ExecutionMotivationPerformance ReviewProxy Machinery and Annual MeetingsExternal MonitoringChapter 7 The Monitoring ProfessionsAccountingLawChapter 8 Federal Chartering of National CorporationsFederal Minimum StandardsFederal IncorporationIs Federal Chartering Relevant?Chapter 9 Foreign Operations of U.S. CorporationsThe Business of America AbroadInterdependence versus NationalismInternational Economic Policy and the CorporationChapter 10 Outlook and PerspectiveIndexAbout the AuthorChamberlain, Neil W. is the author of 'Social Strategy and Corporate Structure' with ISBN 9780029058107 and ISBN 0029058104.