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PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT offers an international, scientifically sound, and strictly practice-related perspective. It is the first official textbook of the United Nations for the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) academic network, and a reference book for companies of the United Nations Global Compact Initiative. It is a primary text for traditional business and society, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability courses, or may serve as a practitioner handbook. Contributors are renowned academic professionals in their respective chapter topics as well as distinguished business practitioners who contribute highly relevant practice cases. The focus of the book is on the main issues encountered in the three aspects of responsible management: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics.

Part I: BASICS.
1. Context: Drivers, Actors, Subjects.
2. Management: Basics and Processes.
Part II: DOMAINS.
3. Sustainability: Managing for the Triple Bottom Line.
4. Responsibility: Managing for Stakeholder Value.
5. Ethics: Managing for Moral Excellence.
Part III: PLANNING.
6. Strategy: Responsible Competitiveness.
7. Entrepreneurship: Value-Added Ventures.
Part IV: ORGANIZING.
8. Organization: Responsible Infrastructure.
9. Operations: Responsible Excellence.
10. Supply Chain: Responsible Supply and Demand.
Part V: LEADING.
11. Human Resources: HR-RB Symbiosis.
12. Marketing and Communication: Stakeholder Goodwill.
13. International Business and Management: Glocally Responsible Business.
Part VI: CONTROLLING.
14. Accounting and Controlling: Stakeholder Accountability.
15. Finance: Responsible Return on Investment.

Please note that the digital access code that comes with the print book is valid for use in a specific Asia territory only. CB VitalSource eBook – The ultimate eBook experience has arrived! Easily access our eBooks with features that will improve your reading experience, and tools to help you take notes and organize your studies. PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT offers an international, scientifically sound, and strictly practice-related perspective. It is the first official textbook of the United Nations for the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) academic network, and a reference book for companies of the United Nations Global Compact Initiative. It is a primary text for traditional business and society, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability courses, or may serve as a practitioner handbook. Contributors are renowned academic professionals in their respective chapter topics as well as distinguished business practitioners who contribute highly relevant practice cases. The focus of the book is on the main issues encountered in the three aspects of responsible management: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics. Boxed margin features are interspersed throughout the chapters to highlight topics: Expert Corner, In Practice, Dig Deeper, and Think Ethics. Figures and tables enhance topical discussions. End-of-Chapter Pioneer Interviews pose questions of management academics and pioneers such as Björn Stigson, Edward Freeman, Jonas Härtle, Linda K. Trevino, Sandra Waddock, and Robert Costanza. Each chapter includes Practitioner Profiles that provide personal accounts of business practitioners from around the world, including Narine Arustamyan, Sudhir Kumar Sinha, Thomas Hügli, and Laura Clise. The end of every chapter contains a summary in checklist format. Exercises are grouped into comprehension, application, and analysis sections. Online supplements include an Instructor’s Manual with Teaching Points, Answers to end-of-chapter Questions and Exercises, and test questions in a Test Bank section. PowerPoint slides are available for each chapter. End-of-Chapter Pioneer Interviews pose questions of management academics and pioneers such as Edward Freeman, Phillip Kotler, Geert Hofsteede, Linda K. Trevino, Sandra Waddock, Robert Costanza, Simon Zadek, Michael Braungart, Bjoern Stigson, Liz Maw, and Jonas Härtle.