The idea of corporate social responsibility may seem like a recent trend, but the previously unpublished historical documents on Cambridge's sophisticated urban property market reveal that businesses have been practicing what is sometimes referred to as compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. This transdisciplinary study presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism.
Pages
400
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Release
May 01, 2020
ISBN
1529209250
ISBN 13
9781529209259
Compassionate Capitalism: Business and Community in Medieval England
The idea of corporate social responsibility may seem like a recent trend, but the previously unpublished historical documents on Cambridge's sophisticated urban property market reveal that businesses have been practicing what is sometimes referred to as compassionate capitalism for nearly a thousand years. This transdisciplinary study presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism.