Corporate responsibility in the digital age
- London Routledge 2021
- xx, 270 p.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction
PART 1: THE GOOD PLANET: THE CHANGING WORLD and the CHANGING BUSINESS WORLD
2. COVID-19
3. The planet: climate
4. Sustainability and technology in practice
5. The planet: our environment
6. The new economy systems
7. Finance and investment
PART 2: THE GOOD CHALLENGE: FUTURE-PROOFING
8. The wake-up call
9. Whose responsibility is it?
10. What does it involve?
PART 3: THE GOOD PROCESS: STEP BY STEP
11. Define your values
12. Start a dialogue
13. Look after your people
14. Be responsible for your supply chain
15. Be responsible for your environment
16. Plant roots in your community
17. Revolutionize your marketing and service
18. Be transparent
Afterword: take the lead
About Good Vision
Book Description This book is a roadmap to help organizations adopt corporate responsibility and sustainability practices and be fit for purpose in a digital era. It explains why corporate responsibility is the only option in the twenty-first-century post-COVID-19 world, and guides readers through the process of transforming their organizations with continued reference to the importance of technology.
This is not a technical manual, and it is not an academic textbook: it is designed to be a quick, easily digested read. The first part looks at the current landscape – both of business and of the world in which it operates. The second part explains why corporate responsibility is the only realistic option for business in the twenty-first-century, post-COVID, and who needs to take responsibility for it. The third part is a step-by-step guide to putting principles into practice, covering: values, stakeholder engagement, employees, supply chain, environment, community, customers and marketing, and reporting and transparency. Each chapter is linked to relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and supported by dozens of real-world examples.
By the end of the book, business leaders will have understood the scope of the challenge involved in leading a truly socially and environmentally responsible organization, and, crucially, will have understood why such a course of action is not only desirable but essential. And they will also have been inspired by a sense of purpose. The book offers direct access to the processes, insights, and techniques for installing corporate responsibility throughout organizations large and small, based on the author’s many years’ experience working in government and with successful large corporations. It is up-to-date and relevant, addressing the implications of COVID-19 and the modern technological “Fourth Industrial Revolution.”