Uses both political and democratic studies perspectives as well as economic, philosophical and managerial to provide a practical insight into the issues like the extensive economic power of large enterprises and changing balance of power between public and private sector, regulation and the governance of large private entities.

PART I: DEMOCRACY AND CORPORATE LOBBYING Private Interests and Democracy; J.Krzysztof Bielecki The Dialectics of Democracy: Common-particular and Public-private; R.Alvira Democracy, Networks of Power and Trust in Eastern Europe: Considerations about the Syndrome of Political Personalism; N.Hayoz Voice of Enterprises and Political Game: Corporate World and its Single Voice; L.Mortreuil European Transparency Initiative: Monitoring Brussels Lobbying; A.Melich PART II: CORPORATE POWER Economic Power and Social Responsibility of Very Big Enterprises: Facts and Challenges; P.H.Dembinski Economic Power: Competition Law, Economic Evaluation and Policy Implications; V.Smith Hillman &  A.Scott International Companies in Places of Instability, the Issue of Mutual Capture; J.Welby Ethical Dilemmas for Large Corporations in Under-developed Countries; P.Booth PART III: ARE THE CORPORATIONS REALLY RESPONSIVE TO SOCIAL CONCERNS? Implementation of Compliance Programmes in Multinational Organizations; J.Mean The Implementation of CSR as a New Social Contract in Poland; J.Filek Stakeholder Dialogue in Polish Organizations; B.Fryzel The Role of NGOs in Promoting Responsible Business Practice; P.Davis PART IV: GLOBAL ISSUES IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY In Search for a New Balance: The Ethical Dimension of the Crisis; W.Gasparski, A.Lewicka-Strzalecka, B.Rok &  Dariusz Bak Corporate Responsibility in the Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Social Governance; M.Sauquet, A.Lalucq &  M.Vielajus The Fabrics of Knowledge: The Role of Large Corporations in Knowledge Production and Dissemination; L.Fekete &  Z.Boda The Role of Corporation in Forming Employee Values and Behaviors; S.Dunin-Wasowicz Big Business: a Driving Force for Civic Virtue; M.Herrero