Extracting Accountability
Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility
Published on 28. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-262-54216-6 (ISBN)
Description
"First in-depth analysis of engineers working in resource extraction, focusing particularly on those who viewed social responsibility as fundamental to their profession"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
20 figures
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54216-6 (9780262542166)
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09/2021
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Person
Jessica Smith
Content
Series Foreword ix
Prologue xi
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Figures xxiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 COMPETING ACCOUNTABILITIES 27
3 THE BIRTH OF A BUSINESS CASE FOR SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE 59
4 CORPORATE SELVES 101
5 LIMITATIONS OF LIMINALITY 135
6 ENGINEERING PRAGMATISM 163
7 CONCLUSION: NEW FRAMEWORKS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 191
Epilogue 219
Notes 237
Bibliography 269
Index 287
Prologue xi
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Figures xxiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 COMPETING ACCOUNTABILITIES 27
3 THE BIRTH OF A BUSINESS CASE FOR SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE 59
4 CORPORATE SELVES 101
5 LIMITATIONS OF LIMINALITY 135
6 ENGINEERING PRAGMATISM 163
7 CONCLUSION: NEW FRAMEWORKS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 191
Epilogue 219
Notes 237
Bibliography 269
Index 287