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Responsible business : the textbook for management learning, competence and innovation / Oliver Laasch and Roger Conaway.

By: Laasch, Oliver [author.]Contributor(s): Conaway, Roger N [author.]Publisher: Saltaire : Greenleaf Publishing, [2016] 2016Description: xvii, 426 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0024861891ISBN: 9781783535057 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Social responsibility of business

| Business and Management | Economics

| Business & the environment; green' approaches to business | Sales & marketing

DDC classification: 658.408 LOC classification: HD60 | .L3 2016

Contents:

ForewordJonas HaertleIntroduction to the 2nd EditionA: Contextualizing1. The state of the planet2. A history of business, society and environmentB: Conceptualizing3. Sustainability4. Responsibility5. EthicsC: Managing6. Responsible management process7. Practice normsD: Strategizing8. Envisioning responsible business9. Strategic managementE: Implementing10. Implementation basics11. Main functions12. Support functions13. Supply chain managementF: Communicating14. Communication in responsible business15. Communication challengesG: Innovating16. Innovation for change17. Individual change18. Organizational change19. Systemic change

Summary: This textbook provides a theoretically sound, highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. It takes an international perspective, has a strong theoretical basis and fully integrates the topics of sustainability, ethics and responsibility. As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook provides a theoretically sound and highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. The authors take a "competence-based approach" to responsible management education. The book aims to go beyond the traditional domains of teaching and towards the facilitation of learning across key competences. Each chapter in this book has a section dedicated to exercises that cover five core competences - know, think, do, relate, be - to enable self-directed transformative learning.Drawing from the classic background theories such as corporate sustainability, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility, these concepts are applied to the most up-to-date practices. The book covers an international perspective, featuring cases from countries all around the world, has a strong theoretical basis, and fully integrates the topics of sustainability, responsibility and ethics.The book includes a wide variety of tools for change at individual, company and systemic levels. Published with the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a United Nations Global Compact supported initiative, this is both an essential resource for business students at all levels and self-study handbook for executives.

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As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook provides a theoretically sound and highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. The authors take a "competence-based approach" to responsible management education. The book aims to go beyond the traditional domains of teaching and towards the facilitation of learning across key competences. Each chapter in this book has a section dedicated to exercises that cover five core competences - know, think, do, relate, be - to enable self-directed transformative learning.

Drawing from the classic background theories such as corporate sustainability, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility, these concepts are applied to the most up-to-date practices. The book covers an international perspective, featuring cases from countries all around the world, has a strong theoretical basis, and fully integrates the topics of sustainability, responsibility and ethics.The book includes a wide variety of tools for change at individual, company and systemic levels. Published with the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a United Nations Global Compact supported initiative, this is both an essential resource for business students at all levels and self-study handbook for executives.

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This textbook provides a theoretically sound, highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. It takes an international perspective, has a strong theoretical basis and fully integrates the topics of sustainability, ethics and responsibility. As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook provides a theoretically sound and highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. The authors take a "competence-based approach" to responsible management education. The book aims to go beyond the traditional domains of teaching and towards the facilitation of learning across key competences. Each chapter in this book has a section dedicated to exercises that cover five core competences - know, think, do, relate, be - to enable self-directed transformative learning.Drawing from the classic background theories such as corporate sustainability, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility, these concepts are applied to the most up-to-date practices. The book covers an international perspective, featuring cases from countries all around the world, has a strong theoretical basis, and fully integrates the topics of sustainability, responsibility and ethics.The book includes a wide variety of tools for change at individual, company and systemic levels. Published with the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a United Nations Global Compact supported initiative, this is both an essential resource for business students at all levels and self-study handbook for executives.

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Figures (p. viii)
Tables (p. xi)
Foreword to the first edition (p. xiii)
Introduction to the second edition (p. xiv)
A Contextualizing
1 The state of the planet (p. 3)
The planet as a sick organism (p. 4)
The economy-society-environment system (p. 5)
The planet's most pressing issues and crises (p. 8)
Appendix (p. 16)
2 A history of business, society and environment (p. 25)
The classic period: setting the stage (p. 26)
The modern period: formalizing (p. 30)
The progressive period: mainstreaming (p. 32)
Appendix (p. 43)
B Conceptualizing
3 Sustainability (p. 57)
Understanding sustainable development (p. 57)
Sectoral contributions to sustainable development (p. 62)
4 Responsibility (p. 73)
From responsible business and management to sustainable business and development (p. 74)
Background frameworks of responsible business (p. 76)
5 Ethics (p. 86)
What is business ethics? (p. 86)
Normative business ethics: making right decisions (p. 88)
C Managing
6 Responsible management process (p. 101)
Three-dimensional management for the triple bottom line (p. 101)
The responsible management process (p. 105)
Picking the right responsible management instrument (p. 112)
7 Practice norms (p. 127)
United Nations norms (p. 128)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) guidelines (p. 133)
Appendix (p. 142)
D Strategizing
8 Envisioning responsible business (p. 155)
Primary motivations for becoming a responsible business (p. 156)
Development strategies for becoming a responsible business (p. 160)
Making responsible business commitments (p. 164)
9 Strategic management (p. 172)
Analyzing the status quo (p. 172)
Strategic management processes (p. 178)
Business models (p. 183)
Appendix (p. 192)
E Implementing
10 Implementation basics (p. 195)
Good implementation practices (p. 195)
Mainstream responsible management instruments and business functions (p. 199)
11 Main business functions (p. 207)
Logistics (p. 207)
Operations and production (p. 210)
Customer relationship management: marketing, sales, service (p. 214)
12 Business support functions (p. 222)
Law and compliance (p. 222)
Accounting (p. 224)
Finance (p. 228)
Organizational structure and design (p. 231)
Human resources management (p. 233)
Research, development and innovation (p. 237)
13 Supply chain management (p. 245)
Defining sustainable supply chains (p. 247)
Stages of sustainable supply chain management (p. 250)
Sustainable supply chain management tools (p. 251)
F Communicating
14 Communication in responsible business (p. 261)
Communicating with stakeholders (p. 262)
Responsible communication formats (p. 263)
Integrated stakeholder communication (p. 267)
Communication purposes and the right formats (p. 269)
15 Communication challenges (p. 286)
Dealing with critical attitudes (p. 286)
Greenwashing (p. 289)
G Innovating
16 Innovation for change (p. 299)
Objects and purposes of innovation (p. 302)
Who innovates and how? (p. 306)
17 Individual change (p. 314)
Unsustainable attitudes, behaviors and their origins (p. 315)
Sustainable development, lifestyles and income (p. 319)
Changing lifestyle and consumption (p. 321)
Activism and change agency (p. 326)
18 Organizational change (p. 336)
Developing sustainable business (p. 337)
Transformational approaches (p. 343)
Entrepreneurial approaches (p. 353)
19 Systemic change (p. 364)
Changing systems (p. 365)
Transforming subsystems (p. 372)
The vole of public policy in systems change (p. 378)
Glossary (p. 390)
References (p. 406)
About the authors (p. 427)

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