Since the global financial crisis of 2008, government institutions have had to change their approaches to community governance. Over recent years there has been much discussion on the impact of community governance within local communities. The aim of this paper is to critically explore the...

Preface -- Introduction : corporate social responsibility : ransom for the corporate soul / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi and Roopinder Oberoi -- Moving from eco-blind to eco icon : choosing to move beyond ignorance, tokenism, moral panics and folk devils / T. S. Cockburn and K. S. Jahdi -- Social...

The spotlight of this chapter is to understand the connection between public policy and corporate social responsibility (CSR); in other words – the institutionalization of CSR. What is the role of the government for setting standards and mandating for ensuring responsibility? The emerging...

This chapter primarily aims to revisit and explore the theoretical underpinnings of social entrepreneurship and dwell into what unfolds while amalgamating the conventionally considered to be dissimilar design of business entrepreneurship and the social impact? Can the prefix “social” of...

The study of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)11BHEL was founded in 1950s. It has emerged as the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise of its kind in India. Power equipment major BHEL has approached the government for the grant of coveted Maharatna status, which will give the...