This is chapter one from the textbook Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in Global Context written by Crane, Matten and Spence. It presents a comprehensive introduction to corporate social responsibility, including its rise to prominence, definition, and manifestation in...

This paper (in German) is an introduction into the topic of CSR from a German perspective. It provides a brief overview and introduces the different chapters in an edited volume which is a Festschrift for Professor Dr. Gerd Rainer Wagner's 65th Birthday