Books

Editors: Wayne Visser, Dirk Matten, Manfred Pohl & Nick Tolhurst

Publisher: Wiley, 2007.

Description: With over 100 expert contributors writing over 400 entries, this book provides a jargon-busting, easy-to-use guide to the plethora of CSR concepts, codes and organisations, including core terms like business ethics, CSR, corporate governance and corporate sustainability, key terms like climate change, corruption, environmental management, globalisation and human rights and definitions for  concepts like social entrepreneurship and standards like ISO 14001 and the UN Global Compact.

Academic citation: Visser, W., D. Matten, M. Pohl & N. Tolhurst (eds.) (2007) The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations, London: Wiley.

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Editors: Wayne Visser, Malcolm McIntosh & Charlotte Middleton

Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing, 2006.

Description: This book is a contribution to the evolving academic voice on corporate citizenship in Africa. The chapters have been broadly grouped by theme, beginning with the Introduction and Overview, followed by sections on Leadership & Governance, Community & Environment, Health & HIV/Aids, Industries & Sectors, Supply Chain & SMEs, and finally, Globalisation and Conclusions.  This book is directed to Africans and others, living both on the continent and abroad, who share an interest and a passion for Africa and want to play a role in helping to tackle its challenges and embrace its opportunities.

Academic citation: Visser, W., M. McIntosh & C. Middleton (eds.) (2006) Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past, Paths to the Future, Sheffield: Greenleaf.

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Author: Wayne Visser

Publisher: ICFAI University Press, 2005.

Description: Business operates at the frontiers of society and is confronted by the triple imperatives of social responsibility, environmental sustainability and economic justice, companies will need to adapt or die. This book is an anthology of writing on the search for new visions of business and work for a fairer and more sustainable future. It explores such diverse subjects as ethical investment, community economics, sustainable companies, humanistic capitalism and meaningful work, as well as regional perspectives on corporate citizenship in Africa.

Academic citation: Visser, W. (2005) Business Frontiers: Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development and Economic Justice, Hyberabad: ICFAI University Press.

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Authors: Wayne Visser and Guy Lundy

Publisher: Aardvark Press, 2003.

Description: This book challenges those who are choosing attitudes that knock South Africa down rather than build it up. It is intended to encourage the rising tide of South Africans who have a positive approach and a belief in the country’s future. The book gathers together a wealth of facts, figures and real-life stories in a style that’s easily readable. Together they form a set of compelling reasons to believe in South Africa, its people and its future and rekindle the fire of optimism that many people felt after the nation’s political miracle in 1994.

Academic citation: Lundy, G. & W. Visser (2003) South Africa: Reasons to Believe, Cape Town: Aardvark Press.

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Authors: Wayne Visser and Clem Sunter

Publishers: Tafelberg Human & Rousseau, 2002.

In a analysis of the principles driving modern business, this book demonstrates that the predatory behaviour of the lion is symbolic of the way most companies are run today. But the world cannot go on like this. They argue strongly for an alternative and more positive vision involving sustainable business in both a social and an environmental sense. In order to achieve this, companies will need to change - as they call it 'shape-shift' - from the tooth-and-claw logic of lions to the more caring, holistic philosophy of the elephant.

Academic citation: Visser, W. & C. Sunter (2002) Beyond Reasonable Greed: Why Sustainable Business is a Much Better Idea, Cape Town: Tafelberg Human & Rousseau.

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