Social Impact, Organizations and Society (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)

Social Impact, Organizations and Society represents endeavors to comprehensively explore the essence of social impact. The editors aim to elucidate its definition, scope, measurement and implementation. Delving into how organizations integrate social impact into their core missions, decision-making processes and operational frameworks, this monograph strives to identify avenues for enhancing social impact generation. Furthermore, its focus lies on fostering effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups and providing empirical evidence of social impact practices across industries and sectors. Through an in-depth examination of the latest research, this monograph sheds light on the evolving role of corporate social responsibility and its significance amidst contemporary challenges.

Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 and 14 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Katarzyna Bachnik, PhD, is a Professor of Marketing and Innovation at Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA. She used to be affiliated at the Institute of Management, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), and has collaborated as Visiting Professor with several universities worldwide. Her research interests include innovation and design thinking, higher education, international marketing and sustainability, and she is an author of several publications and expertise papers in the aforementioned areas.

Magdalena Kaźmierczak, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Quality Management Department in the Institute of Management at the Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB). Her research interests include corporate social responsibility, sustainability and standardized management systems.

Magdalena Rojek-Nowosielska, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Strategic Management Department at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. She is a member of Technical Committee for Social Responsibility in Polish Committee for Standardization and editorial assistant of Research Papers of Wroclaw University of Economics, EBEN Poland, PTPS (Polish Society for Social Policy).

Magdalena Stefańska, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Head of Strategic Management Department in the Institute of Management at the Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poland. Her areas of interest are corporate social responsibility, sustainability and sustainable development.

Justyna Szumniak-Samolej, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Theory, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Poland. She works as a researcher, trainer, lecturer and conference speaker. Her key research areas are management in the new economy, corporate social responsibility, social media and innovative business models.