Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Western Ontario (Canada), 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2008 / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 24, 2008). Advisor: Jon Wergin, Ph.D.. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September, 2008."--from the title page. Includes bibliographical references (p.129-137).

Thesis (PhD) - Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, 2007. / Submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology - 2007. Typescript. Bibliography: p. 302-340.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. Author no. M7205110. BLDSC no. DX230734.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (February 22, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-65)

Diante do atual cenário político, econômico e social, permeado pela intensa competitividade, novas propostas de estilos de gestão estão emergindo no meio empresarial. No âmbito social, essas propostas tornam-se cada vez mais importantes e as organizações assumem o papel de resgatar os valores humanitários e as condições sociais do indivíduo. Desta forma, as organizações se tornam agentes de mudança e co-responsáveis pela reconstrução da cidadania e do bem-estar social. Este trabalho visa identificar e caracterizar dois tipos de propostas de gestão social: a Responsabilidade Social Empresarial e a Economia de Comunhão. Ambas surgem no contexto de amenizar a exclusão social, erradicar a pobreza e diminuir a disparidade presente no cenário contemporâneo. O objetivo deste trabalho é aplicar os Indicadores Ethos de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial em uma empresa que adotou um novo estilo de abordagem social: a Economia de Comunhão. A partir da aplicação dos indicadores, será possível mensurar e identificar as ações desenvolvidas por esta empresa e também avaliar se a prática dessas ações sociais atendem os preceitos da Responsabilidade Social Empresarial. / According to the current social, politic, and economic scenario, which is permeated with intense competitiveness, new proposals of management styles have been arising. In relation to social sphere, these proposals become more and more important and the organizations assume the role of rescuing human values and individuals social conditions. Thus, organizations have been acting as agents of change and are co-responsible for the reconstruction of citizenship and welfare state. This study seeks to identify and to characterize two kinds of social management proposals: the Business and Social Responsibility and the Economy of Sharing. Both of them appear in an attempt to reduce social exclusion, to eradicate poverty and to decrease the social disparity that is present in contemporary scenario. The objective of this work is to apply the Indices from Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility in an enterprise that had adopted a new way of social approach: the Economy of Sharing. From de application of these indices, there will be possible to measure and to identify the actions developed by this enterprise, as well as to evaluate if the practice of these social actions considers Business and Social Responsibility precepts.

In 2008 the use of the term Business Social Responsibility (BSR) is now seen, in New Zealand at least, as being old fashioned. The field of BSR has been overwhelmed by the terminology of sustainability. In 1998, however, BSR in NZ was a new, exciting, and controversial development. The progression from BSR to sustainability is often presented as natural and inevitable but this thesis argues that BSR and sustainability in New Zealand arose from different roots and most of the key people who became involved in the NZ BSR organisation did so for reasons that were substantially different from the driving rationale of sustainability. Further, not all of those NZ BSR pioneers consider the current focus on sustainability to be a natural outgrowth of what they were trying to achieve through BSR. This thesis applies critical discourse analysis to interview transcripts and archived documents to examine the competing discourses surrounding the formation of the NZ BSR organisation in New Zealand up until the time of its merger to form the Sustainable Business Network. The NZ BSR organisation was seen by some as primarily a reaction to the prevailing hegemony of the ideas of the neo-liberal New Zealand Business Round Table (NZBRT). The NZ BSR philosophy did not necessarily challenge the neo-liberal inspired reforms of the previous fourteen years but did offer an alternative way for businesses to react to the new environment they found themselves in.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: page 387-430.

Diante do atual cenário político, econômico e social, permeado pela intensa competitividade, novas propostas de estilos de gestão estão emergindo no meio empresarial. No âmbito social, essas propostas tornam-se cada vez mais importantes e as organizações assumem o papel de resgatar os valores humanitários e as condições sociais do indivíduo. Desta forma, as organizações se tornam agentes de mudança e co-responsáveis pela reconstrução da cidadania e do bem-estar social. Este trabalho visa identificar e caracterizar dois tipos de propostas de gestão social: a Responsabilidade Social Empresarial e a Economia de Comunhão. Ambas surgem no contexto de amenizar a exclusão social, erradicar a pobreza e diminuir a disparidade presente no cenário contemporâneo. O objetivo deste trabalho é aplicar os Indicadores Ethos de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial em uma empresa que adotou um novo estilo de abordagem social: a Economia de Comunhão. A partir da aplicação dos indicadores, será possível mensurar e identificar as ações desenvolvidas por esta empresa e também avaliar se a prática dessas ações sociais atendem os preceitos da Responsabilidade Social Empresarial. / According to the current social, politic, and economic scenario, which is permeated with intense competitiveness, new proposals of management styles have been arising. In relation to social sphere, these proposals become more and more important and the organizations assume the role of rescuing human values and individuals social conditions. Thus, organizations have been acting as agents of change and are co-responsible for the reconstruction of citizenship and welfare state. This study seeks to identify and to characterize two kinds of social management proposals: the Business and Social Responsibility and the Economy of Sharing. Both of them appear in an attempt to reduce social exclusion, to eradicate poverty and to decrease the social disparity that is present in contemporary scenario. The objective of this work is to apply the Indices from Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsibility in an enterprise that had adopted a new way of social approach: the Economy of Sharing. From de application of these indices, there will be possible to measure and to identify the actions developed by this enterprise, as well as to evaluate if the practice of these social actions considers Business and Social Responsibility precepts.