3rd Edition

Responsible Business Foundations of Ethical and Sustainable Management

By Alex Hope, Oliver Laasch Copyright 2025
536 Pages 97 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

536 Pages 97 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

536 Pages 97 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook provides a theoretically sound and highly relevant introduction to the topic of socially and environmentally responsible business. The authors take a “competence-based approach” to responsible... Read more

Introduction to the third edition  A. Contextualizing  1. The State of the Planet  2. Climate Change  3. A History of Business, Society, and Environment  B. Conceptualizing  4. Sustainability  5. Sustainable Development Goals  6. Responsibility  7. Ethics  C. Managing  8. Responsible Management Process  9. Practice Norms  10. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion  D. Strategizing  11. Sustainable Economics  12. Envisioning Responsible Business  13. Strategic Management  E. Implementing  14. Implementation Basics  15. Main Business Functions  16. Support Functions  17. Supply Chain Management  F. Communicating  18. Communication in Responsible Business  19. Communication Challenges  20. Responsible Business Certification  G. Innovating  21. Innovation for Change  22. Individual Change  23. Organizational Change  24. Systemic Change

Biography

Alex Hope – Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor and Associate Professor of Responsible Business, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK.

Oliver Laasch – Professor of Responsible Management at ESCP Berlin, adjunct professor in social entrepreneurship at the University of Manchester, and founder of the Center for Responsible Management Education.