Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility by Debbie Haskileventhal

Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility by Debbie Haskileventhal

With the changing expectations of consumers, employees and regulators, being best in the world is no longer enough. Businesses are now also expected to be best for the world: to be socially and environmentally responsible, sustainable and ethical. Based on the idea that strategic CSR offers the most holistic and effective approach to corporate social responsibility, the author presents the key concepts, theories and philosophical approaches to CSR, along with the practical tools needed to implement this knowledge in the real world. The book is split into three parts; the first part provides the theoretical background of CSR, the second part examines various CSR approaches and how they can be implemented, and the third part discusses measuring and communicating CSR. Each chapter contains questions for reflection & discussion, exercises, and case studies from globally recognised brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Nestle, Marks & Spencer, TOMS Shoes, LEGO, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. The book is complemented by chapter specific lecturer PowerPoint slides, which can be found here. Suitable reading for students on Corporate Social Responsibility modules.

This book is the turning point where traditional CSR thinking and practice are transformed to help meet the biggest business opportunity in history: global responsibility in leadership and practice through integrative responsibility to the self, the other and the wholeThe emergent modes of thinking, acting and being that are required from business and management are brought to life in these pages. The book provides insight and inspiration to organisations and leaders worldwide as they strive to do well by doing good. 

-- John North
Born out of frustration for lack of a good teaching handbook, Dr. Debbie Haski-Leventhal has produced a state-of-the-art resource on strategic corporate social responsibility which she describes as "[a] holistic business approach that demonstrates responsibility in its strategy and core operations, while working from a multi-stakeholder perspective and with a long-term focus." Through the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative we have worked with Haski-Leventhal on key research to determine the attitudes of current business school students to responsible management education. With this book, Haski-Leventhal adds another critical contribution to transforming management education to become the best for the world. This is a key resource for learners and practitioners who are interested in strategic corporate responsibility. -- Jonas Haertle
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility provides a comprehensive and integrated overview of the field of CSR that brings today′s tools and standards to the fore, and should prove an invaluable classroom asset. Topics range from defining CSR to leadership to metrics and reporting, with cases that illustrate each of the important subjects. The book provides a thorough grounding in all of the relevant topics, as well as practice in dealing with social issues through the lens of cases that learners can grapple with to bring the concepts alive. As David Cooperrider says in his foreword, the book helps us recognize, as Peter Drucker did, that in every social issue--and there are many today--there is an opportunity.
-- Sandra Waddock
One of those books that will become something of a timeless anchor point. Quite simply, Debbie Haski-Leventhal has written the best textbook on strategic CSR I’ve ever seen, one I’ve been waiting for without quite knowing it, for a long time. This book is Drucker-like - it is transcendent; It is about the biggest business opportunity of the 21st century; and it is a book written with such grace, such relevance, and so creative in terms of engaging questions that learners, and executive educators, will love it. It unites the best in learning theory with the worldwide movement to educate globally responsible managers who possess the mindsets and mental models, the positive leadership qualities, and the intrinsic sense of purpose needed to unite success with significance. -- David Cooperrider

Debbie Haski-Leventhal is Professor of Management at Macquarie Business School and an expert on corporate social responsibility (CSR), responsible management education (RME) and volunteerism. Together with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education, she conducts international studies on business students around the world and their attitudes towards responsible management. She has published over 50 academic papers on CSR, RME, volunteering and social entrepreneurship in Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, MIT Sloan Management Review, NVSQ and other journals. Her work has been covered many times by the media, including in the New York Times and the Financial Review. She is the author of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Tools and Theories for Responsible Management (SAGE, 2018), with a foreword by David Cooperrider, and of an upcoming book, The Purpose-Driven University (Emerald, 2020).

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ISBN 13	9781473998018
ISBN 10	1473998018
Title	Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
Author	Debbie Haskileventhal
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2018-05-14
Number of pages	408
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