The Moralizing Corporation : The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing

Bakan, Joel (EDT)/ Chatzidakis, Andreas (EDT)/ Littler, Jo (EDT)

Bristol University Press（2026/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781529251173

Full Description

Over the past two decades corporations have increasingly used crises to portray themselves as institutions that fundamentally care about people and the planet, not just private wealth. Deploying 'carewashing' to moralize operations, they seek to obscure the social, political and environmental damage they cause.

Now such carewashing is under fire - from the left and the right. Attacks on 'woke capitalism', corporate philanthropy, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and sustainability have shaken the moralizing corporation . With its cross-disciplinary contributions, the book interrogates the corporate turn to and away from 'care', offering new insights and alternatives to the carewashing corporation.

Contents

Foreword - Carl Rhodes

1. Introduction - Joel Bakan, Andreas Chatzidakis, Jo Littler

Part I: Origins and Contradictions

2. 'Caring' Corporations in Uncaring Times - Joel Bakan

3. From Carewashing To Care-Stripping - Andreas Chatzidakis and Jo Littler

4. Law's Spin Cycle: Where's Justice After Carewashing? - Grietje (River) Baars

Part II: Case Studies

5. Bono and Geldof: Mobilising a Philanthro-Capitalist Identity Politics - Alan Bradshaw

6. Selling Apartheid Artifacts for 'Societal Healing' - Lisa Ann Richey

7. The Corporatisation of Care Homes and Nurseries in London - Sara Farris and Robert Deakin

Part III: Politics and Alternatives

8. Corporations and Fascist Carewashing - Rohit Varman

9. Carewashing and the Limits of Liberal Care - Marianna Fotaki

10. Beyond Carewashing: Towards Alternative Business - Martin Parker

Afterword - Bobby Banerjee