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Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility are often seen as unrelated, sometimes even as conflicting management concepts, whose guidelines, standards and monitoring mechanisms have evolved separately and independently from each other. Recent research points to an increasing interplay and convergence of these two approaches, turning the social responsibility of corporations from a cosmetic add-on into a strategic governance topic. This book elaborates the origin, purpose and evolution of both, Corporate Governance and CSR in order to gain an understanding about a potential reconciliation of the two former conflicting accountability models.

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Kathrin Austermayer has an academic background in Social Management, Education and Psychology and works as Culture Change Consultant, Process Facilitator and Conflict Resolution Specialist with organizations across the globe.

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