Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations

Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations: Exploring and Spanning the Boundaries is the introductory book in the series of the same name and draws upon new conceptual thinking from some of the leading contributors to The Journal of Corporate Citizenship on topics of social responsibility, organizational citizenship, influencing and leading change for sustainability and individual agency. Chapter authors are influential thinkers, pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking about corporate citizenship and sustainability to generate innovative ideas, models and practices.

The book’s core message is that the contexts within which organizations and individuals act are undergoing significant change and disruption. Existing corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate citizenship and business sustainability models and frameworks need to be adapted, abandoned or transformed. This book represents a starting point for dialogue about these challenges and presents commentaries, debates, essays and insights that aim to be provocative and engaging, raise some of the important issues of the day and provide observations on what may be too new yet to be the subject of detailed empirical and theoretical studies.

The book is aimed at researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of corporate citizenship, sustainability, CSR, business ethics, corporate governance and critical management and leadership studies.

David F. Murphy is Academic Lead of the Initiative for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) and Senior Lecturer in Strategic Collaboration and Sustainability, University of Cumbria, UK. David has worked in diverse organizational settings, including academia, NGOs, business, the UN system, multi-stakeholder partnerships and independent consultancy from global to local levels.

Alison Marshall is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Cumbria, UK. Alison has worked in business, academia and consultancy at the interface between innovators, users and organizations throughout her working life.