Preface -- Introduction : corporate social responsibility : ransom for the corporate soul / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi and Roopinder Oberoi -- Moving from eco-blind to eco icon : choosing to move beyond ignorance, tokenism, moral panics and folk devils / T. S. Cockburn and K. S. Jahdi -- Social responsibility (SR) in the South African mining sector : functional or dysfunctional? / Freek Cronjé and Suzanne Reyneke -- Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in Brazil / Antônio Márcio Buainain, Miguel Rocha de Sousa, and Vanessa Duarteá -- Chinese companies as "takers" and "makers of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in China / Constantin Holzer -- Embedding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in business : strategic and institutional perspectives from Bangladesh / Munim K Barai, Swapan K Bala and Rabi N Kar -- Corporate social responsibility in India : debates, developments and perspectives / K.V. Bhanu Murthy -- Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development : the case of Chile / Carol Pomare -- Corporate social responsibility : whither the role of government? / Marie dela Rama -- Corporate irresponsibility : the culpability of local and foreign firms in corrupt practices in Nigeria / Pita Ogaba Agbese -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the contributors.