The Best Book Award Committee evaluated all the proposals based on the criteria of novelty, contribution to theory and practice, impact and readability. Robert Braun's book Corporate Stakeholder Democracy focuses on a political understanding of CSR: it bridges politics corporate social responsibility and in a creative and provocative manner. Braun seeks to explore why and how corporations are to be seen as political entities with important roles in our current societies.
The winner will be announced at the EURAM conference on December 6.