This special issue, devoted to Australasian perspectives, is timely in a debate in the region that is gaining momentum every day. Contributors to this issue are leading scholars in the field in Australia, New Zealand and India.

Table of Contents EditorialWorld Review Introduction David Birch, Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University, Australia Commentary: The Social Responsibility of CorporationsLeon A. Davis, Chairman, Westpac Banking Corporation; Deputy Chairman, Rio Tinto Community as a Stakeholder: Focusing on Corporate Social and Environmental ReportingMichelle R. Greenwood, Monash University, Australia The Implementation of OECD Corporate Governance Principles in Post-Crisis AsiaJustin Iu and Jonathan Batten, Deakin University, Australia Discovering the Needle of Trust in the Haystack of Distrust. International and Corporate Citizenship Alliances: Indian/Australian ExperiencesDavid Kimber, School of Management, RMIT Business, Australia, and S. Raghunath, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India Corporate Volunteering: Ad hoc Interaction or Route to Dialogue and Partnership?Louise Lee, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Colin Higgins, Massey University, New Zealand Social Reporting and Australian Banks: Endorsement or Pretence to the Triple Bottom Line?Mary E. Sweeney, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Anona Armstrong, Gary O’Donovan and Maree Fitzpatrick, Victoria University, Australia Corporate Barbarism to Corporate Citizenship: A Psycho-philosophical InquiryShitangshu Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India