Leadership for Global Systemic Change Beyond Ethics and Social Responsibility /

• Main Author: Robinson-Easley, Christopher Anne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; International business enterprises.; Business ethics.; Business and Management.; Business Ethics.; International Business.; Sustainability Management.

This book argues that organizations, corporations, and governments have the abilities and resources to drive deep systemic change, yet fail to evoke change strategies that can significantly improve the social fabric of our global environment. It actively engages the reader in a conversation that rev...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Our World, Our Lens, Our Choices
• 2. Through the Lens of Business Ethics
• 3. The Current Landscape
• 4. The Friedman versus Korten Argument: Are these dichotomies still valid in the 21st century?- 5. Reclaiming Our World: The United Nations Global Compact in the midst of a vision of change
• 6. Leaders as the Linchpins of Change
• 7. Embracing an Ethical Vision and Systemic Social Responsibility: Visioning your organization’s pebble in the water
• 8. Living and Sustaining the Ideal
• 9. Concluding Comments.