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List of Abbreviations; List of Figures ; List of Questionnaires; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Responsibility and Accountability; 1.2 Addressing Business Concerns; 1.3 Propositions: The Value of Competition; 1.4 Propositions: A Reformulation of CSR; 1.5 Propositions: Responsibility Is for All Organizations; 1.6 Propositions: Competition Is at Work Within Industries and Across Sectors; 1.7 Propositions: Organizations Subject to Competition as Actors for Change; 1.8 Propositions: A Perspective for Economic Development; 1.9 Specifics of the Second Edition; Bibliography.
Part 1: Observing Accountability Across All Sectors of the Economy2: Large International Organizations Subject to Competition; 2.1 A Software Manufacturer: Microsoft; 2.2 A Food Company: McDonald's; 2.3 A Weapons Manufacturer: BAe Systems; 2.4 An Oil Company: Total; 2.5 The Nike Case; 2.6 A Cement Company: Holcim; 2.7 An Apparel Company: Monnalisa; 2.8 Conclusions; Bibliography; 3: Large Organizations Not Subject to Competition; 3.1 A Telephone Company; 3.2 The Freeway Company; 3.3 A Bank; 3.4 A Power Company; 3.5 A Water Company; 3.6 A Railway Company; 3.7 A Central Bank.
3.8 ConclusionsBibliography; 4: Small Organizations Subject to Competition; 4.1 Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: SMEs; 4.2 The Nature of Non-Profit; 4.3 Philanthropy and Responsibility; 4.4 The Jesuit Refugee Service; 4.5 The American Cancer Society; 4.6 An Industrialists' Association; 4.7 Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Non-Profit Organizations Not Subject to Competition; 5.1 Talent Policy; 5.2 The Judiciary; 5.3 Price Control; 5.4 Health Services; 5.5 Managerial Control in Public Administration; 5.6 Management and Policy; 5.7 Conclusions; Bibliography.
6: Organizations of the Political System Not Subject to Competition6.1 Supranational Bodies; 6.2 Political Elections and Competition; 6.3 Primary Elections; 6.4 Budget; 6.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part 2: Work Across All Sectors of the Economy; 7: The Consequences of Non-accountability; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Absence of Accountability and the Evasion of Work; 7.3 Literature Analysis; 7.4 Analysis of Evasion of Work; 7.5 Assessing Competition in the Economy; 7.6 Competitive Divide Among the Employed; 7.7 A New Inequality; 7.8 Competitive Divide and Contemporary Malaise.
7.9 Interdisciplinary Work and Anti-Politics7.10 Rent-Seeking in Public Administration; 7.11 Hidden Costs, Rights and Liberty; 7.12 Overcoming the Competitive Divide; Bibliography; 8: Competition and Stakeholder Analysis; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Root Causes of the Competitive Divide; 8.3 Competition as a Driver of Responsibility Within Industries; 8.4 Analysis of the Literature; 8.5 Empirical Evidence; 8.6 Competitive Divide and Stakeholders; 8.7 The Role of Capitalism; 8.8 Perspective on Economic Development; 8.9 An Accountable Economy; 8.10 Conclusion; Bibliography.
Part 1: Observing Accountability Across All Sectors of the Economy2: Large International Organizations Subject to Competition; 2.1 A Software Manufacturer: Microsoft; 2.2 A Food Company: McDonald's; 2.3 A Weapons Manufacturer: BAe Systems; 2.4 An Oil Company: Total; 2.5 The Nike Case; 2.6 A Cement Company: Holcim; 2.7 An Apparel Company: Monnalisa; 2.8 Conclusions; Bibliography; 3: Large Organizations Not Subject to Competition; 3.1 A Telephone Company; 3.2 The Freeway Company; 3.3 A Bank; 3.4 A Power Company; 3.5 A Water Company; 3.6 A Railway Company; 3.7 A Central Bank.
3.8 ConclusionsBibliography; 4: Small Organizations Subject to Competition; 4.1 Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: SMEs; 4.2 The Nature of Non-Profit; 4.3 Philanthropy and Responsibility; 4.4 The Jesuit Refugee Service; 4.5 The American Cancer Society; 4.6 An Industrialists' Association; 4.7 Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Non-Profit Organizations Not Subject to Competition; 5.1 Talent Policy; 5.2 The Judiciary; 5.3 Price Control; 5.4 Health Services; 5.5 Managerial Control in Public Administration; 5.6 Management and Policy; 5.7 Conclusions; Bibliography.
6: Organizations of the Political System Not Subject to Competition6.1 Supranational Bodies; 6.2 Political Elections and Competition; 6.3 Primary Elections; 6.4 Budget; 6.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part 2: Work Across All Sectors of the Economy; 7: The Consequences of Non-accountability; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Absence of Accountability and the Evasion of Work; 7.3 Literature Analysis; 7.4 Analysis of Evasion of Work; 7.5 Assessing Competition in the Economy; 7.6 Competitive Divide Among the Employed; 7.7 A New Inequality; 7.8 Competitive Divide and Contemporary Malaise.
7.9 Interdisciplinary Work and Anti-Politics7.10 Rent-Seeking in Public Administration; 7.11 Hidden Costs, Rights and Liberty; 7.12 Overcoming the Competitive Divide; Bibliography; 8: Competition and Stakeholder Analysis; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Root Causes of the Competitive Divide; 8.3 Competition as a Driver of Responsibility Within Industries; 8.4 Analysis of the Literature; 8.5 Empirical Evidence; 8.6 Competitive Divide and Stakeholders; 8.7 The Role of Capitalism; 8.8 Perspective on Economic Development; 8.9 An Accountable Economy; 8.10 Conclusion; Bibliography.