1st Edition

Responsible Leadership Essential to the Achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Edited By Mike Saks Copyright 2023
340 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

340 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

340 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

With a range of well-respected voices from across the business, political, third sector and research spectrum, this important book provides an accessible insight into responsible leadership. It represents the most comprehensive and informed work on responsible leadership linked to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) produced to date. This carefully edited volume, based... Read more

Part I: Challenges of Responsible Leadership in a National and International Context 

1. Responsible Leadership: Following the Spirit of Nelson Mandela 

Mike Saks 

2. Responsible Leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 

Alex Mejía 

Part II: Leadership and Social Responsibility 

3. Constitutional Ethics, Human Rights and Responsible Leadership 

James M. Durant III 

4. Innovation and Responsible Leadership in Business and Industry 

Sa’ad Sam Medhat 

5. Cybercrime, Digital Technology and Responsible Leadership 

Christiane Wuillamie 

Part III: Responsible Leadership in the Private and Public Sector 

6. Responsible Leadership and Good Governance 

Colin Coulson-Thomas 

7. Privatization, Poverty and Responsible Leadership 

Guy Standing 

8. Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Leadership 

Michael Hopkins 

Part IV: Communication and Responsible Leadership 

9. Emotional Intelligence, Social Cohesion and Responsible Leadership 

Mike Eldon  

10. Intercultural Communication Competence for Responsible Leadership 

Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi 

11. Co-Responsible Leadership and Partnership  

Rhiannon Lloyd and Brigid Carroll 

Part V: Education, Professions and Responsible Leadership 

12. School and College Education and Responsible Leadership  

Julie Search-Whittaker and Adrian Sladdin 

13. Responsible Leadership and Higher Education 

Enver Yücel 

14. Professions and Responsible Leadership 

Mike Saks 

Part VI: Responsible Leadership, the Environment and Global Health 

15. COVID-19 and Global Human Health 

Miwako Hosoda 

16. Responsible Leadership, the Climate Crisis and Preserving Planetary Health 

David Zakus 

17. Biodiversity and Responsible Leadership 

Edward Milner 

Part VII: Diversity, Challenge and Change 

18. Responsible Leadership Development: Gender, Diversity and the Route to the Top  

Mahima Mitra, Andromachi Athanasopoulou, Sue Dopson and Michael Smets 

19. Human Trafficking and Responsible Leadership 

Louise Shelley 

20. Youth, Social Media and Responsible Leadership 

Sebastian Hofbauer

Biography

Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln and the University of Westminster, UK, and the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also Chair of the United Nations-endorsed Institute for Responsible Leadership. He has published extensively on health, professions, regulation and research methods.