Economic assistance -- Developing countries, International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Developing countries, Social responsibility of business -- Developing countries 

The business of business is business. So why should corporations be involved in development? This groundbreaking new book makes the case that governments and their international agencies, grouped under the umbrella of the United Nations, have failed in their attempts to rid the planet of underdevelopment and poverty. If development is the objective then it seems that the solution and the responsibility lies with the private sector - particularly through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs of large corporations, with their tremendous power and economic strength. 

Chapter 1 Can CSR Pave the Way for Development?; Introduction; The meaning of development; Can corporations fill the gap?; Has the UN really failed? New way could be CSR Corporations and development; The CSR route to development; CSR can pave the way for development;

Chapter 2 What is CSR all About and Where is it Going?; Introduction; My original CSR definition; Market economy critique of CSR; Would corporate sustainability be a better concept than CSR?; Corporate social performance and responsiveness; More CSR definitions; Does my own definition hold water?; Corporate governance and CSR as a systems approach; Corporate responsibility versus CSR; Concluding remarks on definition; The rise of CSR over the past decade; Fifteen key items. What is the future for CSR?

Chapter 3 Corporate CSR Development Case Studies: Failures and Success; Introduction; Disasters and disastrous interventions; Large corporations and development --
some experiences; MDG case studies; UNDP and the Business Centre --
A model?; Corruption and responses; Endnote;

Chapter 4 Failures of Development: A Global View; Introduction; Development trends; Focus on sub-Saharan Africa; HIV/AIDS; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Concluding remark;

Chapter 5 Corporations Should Abandon Philanthropy and Concentrate on CSR; Introduction; CSR is not philanthropy. CSR is before profit CSR is sustainable, philanthropy is not; Should sponsorship be stopped too?; But what about all those good causes?;

Chapter 6 A Critique of CSR and Development; Introduction; Lack of definition, everyone seems to have their own concept or definition; CSR is just part of a public relations plan to bamboozle an increasingly skeptical public; CSR is just another word for corporate philanthropy; CSR is misleading since it diverts attention from key issues, it is a curse rather than a cure; CSR ignores development economics and its concerns with capitalism and neo-liberalism. The social responsibility of business begins and ends with increasing profits. CSR is an unnecessary distraction CSR is a sham because companies cannot be left to self-regulate; Concluding remarks;

Chapter 7 CSR and Poverty; Introduction; An analytical framework for CSR and poverty; Labor market rigidities; Can a product-orientated approach reduce poverty? The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid; What can happen when wages rise -- the case of Gap; Can CSR have a positive effect on poverty?;

Chapter 8 Supply Chain Issues; Introduction; What are the key issues? What has been the development impact of supply chains?