Building the Responsible Enterprise

Andreas Rasche, Sandra Waddock

ISBN 10: 0804781958 / ISBN 13: 9780804781954

Published by Stanford University Press, US, 2012

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Building the Responsible Enterprise provides students and practitioners with a practical, yet academically rooted, introduction to the state-of-the-art in sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The book consists of four parts, highlighting different aspects of corporate responsibility. Part I discusses the context in which corporate responsibility occurs. Part II looks at three critical issues: the development of vision at the individual and organizational levels, the integration of values into the responsible enterprise, and the ways that these building blocks create added value for a firm. Part III highlights the actual management practices that enable enterprises to achieve excellence, focusing on the roles that stakeholder relationships play in improving performance. The book concludes with a conversation about responsible management in the global village, examining the emerging infrastructure in which enterprise finds itself today. Throughout the text, cases exemplify key concepts and highlight companies that are guiding us into tomorrow's business environment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building the Responsible Enterprise
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804781958
• ISBN 13: 9780804781954
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

Building the Responsible Enterprise provides students and practitioners with a practical, yet academically rooted, introduction to the state-of-the-art in sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

The book consists of four parts, highlighting different aspects of corporate responsibility. Part I discusses the context in which corporate responsibility occurs. Part II looks at three critical issues: the development of vision at the individual and organizational levels, the integration of values into the responsible enterprise, and the ways that these building blocks create added value for a firm. Part III highlights the actual management practices that enable enterprises to achieve excellence, focusing on the roles that stakeholder relationships play in improving performance. The book concludes with a conversation about responsible management in the global village, examining the emerging infrastructure in which enterprise finds itself today. Throughout the text, cases exemplify key concepts and highlight companies that are guiding us into tomorrow's business environment.

About the Author

Sandra Waddock is Galligan Chair of Strategy, Professor of Management, and Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility at Boston College. Andreas Rasche is Professor of Business in Society at Copenhagen Business School.