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Publications

MY BOOKS AND REPORTS

Business ethics

Fifth edition

How can you run an ethical business in an increasingly complex, multiple stakeholder world? There are no easy answers, but our award-winning textbook charts a course through all the latest theory and practice.

Cover of Business Ethics, Fifth Edition by Crane, Matten, Glozer and Spence

Decent work and economic growth in the South Indian garment industry

The world loves fast and cheap fashion, but workers at the bottom of the global fashion supply chain often bear the cost. In this report, we look for a better way. 

Cover of Decent Work and Economic Growth by Crane, Soundararajan, Bloomfield, Spence, and LeBaron

Corporate social responsibility

Second edition

CSR is loved and hated in equal measure but rarely very well understood. Our popular textbook provides all the necessary readings and cases to help you become an expert. 

Cover of Corporate Social Responsibility, Second Edition by Crane, Matten and Spence

Social partnerships and responsible business

Cross-sector partnerships are the latest frontier in the drive for more responsible business practice. This first comprehensive collection on the topic takes the pulse of the best scholarly research out there.

Cover of Social Partnerships and Responsible Business by Seitanidi and Crane

Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility

Few topics excite so much interest and debate as corporate social responsibility. For more than a decade this has been the definitive guide to the rapidly emerging scholarly literature.

Cover of Oxford Handbook of CSR by Crane, McWilliams, Matten, Moon, and Siegel

Corporations and citizenship

Can corporations be citizens? Or are they more like governments in the way they control society? Our groundbreaking book on the new political rols of companies dissects the different views.

Cover of Corporations and Citizenship by Crane, Matten and Moon

RECENT ACADEMIC ARTICLES

Follow the links to the published versions or find the free preprint versions in the links at the foot of the page to University of Bath or ResearchGate

COVID-19 and future of CSR research

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How should the study of CSR change in the face of COVID-19 and the new normal? 

Confronting the business models of modern slavery

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How have business models of modern slavery changed compared to historical forms of exploitation?

Organizational responses to mandatory modern slavery disclosure regulation

Why are universities unable to respond to the spirit of the UK Modern Slavery Act?

Modern slavery in business: the sad and sorry state of a non-field

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What is the state of management research on modern slavery and how can it be enhanced? 

CSR communication and CSR practices:

pathways for walking, talking, and t(w)alking

How do CSR practices shape, and get shaped, by talking, and other communications?

Governance gaps in eradicating forced labor: from global to domestic supply chains

Why does forced labor flourish in local supply chains and what can be done about it?

Who calls it?

Actors and accounts in the social construction of organizational moral failure

Who gets to frame an organisational practice as a moral failure and how do they tend to communicate it?   

Cross-sector partnerships for systemic change: systematized literature review and agenda for further research

What do we mean by 'systemic change' when we talk about cross-sector partnerships and what do we know about it so far?

Quants and poets: advancing methods and methodologies in business and society research

What new research methods do we need to better explain how business can and should tackle big societal issues?

Researching CSR communication:

themes, opportunities and challenges

What have we discovered in the last 20 years of research on CSR communication and where should we go next?

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