In this book we capture and explore different aspects of value in
corporate social responsibility (CSR). This includes the historical
development of value in CSR, how value is linked to a positive vision of
the future, and how it is communicated by a range of private and public
organisations to various audiences. The book contrasts corporate
strategic value with co-operative value, and community value in the
context of sustainable development. It explains how leaders' values can
drive responsible business practice and enhance social cohesion,
solidarity and resilience in fractured and unequal communities. The book
asks the reader to consider what value means in CSR for business and
society, where it comes from and how it is enacted, alongside its
broader purpose and value to the community. Finally, the book presents
CSR as a global project by noting how values are cultural and how
sustainability has become an urgent international priority.