The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business gives substance and life to an important issue facing managers everywhere. Its breadth and innovative ideas are an impressive contribution and make fascinating reading." David Aaker, Vice Chairman at Prophet and E.T. Grether Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Public Policy, Berkeley Haas, U.S.A.

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business is an essential contribution to the ongoing discourse on corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ethical business practices. Edited by esteemed scholars, this volume brings together a rich collection of perspectives that critically examine the evolving role of business in society. With its interdisciplinary approach, rigorous analysis, and thought-provoking insights, this book not only deepens our understanding of responsible business but also offers practical pathways for organizations navigating the complex challenges of sustainability and governance. A must-read for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers committed to shaping a more responsible and sustainable future." Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor Digital Strategy and Innovation, University of Antwerp, Belgium

"In an era where responsible business is both an imperative and a contested notion, The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business offers a comprehensive exploration of its complexities. By examining responsible business across historical, conceptual, and practical dimensions, the book provides critical insights into how organizations can navigate business, social, environmental, and ethical challenges. A must-read for those seeking a nuanced understanding of responsible business in today's evolving landscape." Professor Marcel Bogers, Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business explores various themes related to business responsibility, offering critical insights and new research directions to help businesses navigate these challenges and create positive impacts for society and the environment. The volume is a helpful resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working to navigate the evolving landscape of responsible business and striving to build more sustainable and ethical organizations." Professor Frank de Bakker, IESEG School of Management, France

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business is an excellent compilation, featuring top notch editors and scholars, and tackling the various facets of responsible business, through a historical lens, a pragmatic lens, a futuristic lens, an innovation lens, a governance lens, and a partnership lens. An interesting read for all those who wish to delve more into the fascinating responsible business paradigm, and to learn more about its complex intricacies, latent potential and possibilities, and future pathways with anticipated shifts and transformations." Dima Jamali, VP Academic Affairs, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business offers a comprehensive exploration of corporate responsibility, spanning history, governance, and innovation. With insights from leading scholars, the volume unpacks sustainability challenges, stakeholder engagement, and ethical business transformations. This volume is essential for academics and practitioners seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of responsible business. A must-read for those shaping the future of corporate sustainability." Peter Lund-Thomsen, associate professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business is an essential and inspiring read that offers fresh perspectives on the challenges businesses encounter in fulfilling their responsibilities to their diverse stakeholders and our 'home planet'. The authors highlight the shortcomings of the practice of corporate responsibility, but also show how new ways of thinking and doing can shift the dial and help address today's urgent problems." Professor Nicholas Ind, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, Norway

"This book renews thinking about responsible business at a time when our communities face significant challenges. These are environmental, geo-political, ideological, and social. Looking back helps us to understand the genesis for responsible business and this book does an outstanding job of envisaging new paths and opportunities against this historical background. But it does so much more than that - it offers new thinking about the components of responsible business too. The new directions (and options), alternative designs for organising responsible business, and asking some hard questions about stakeholder complicity, human rights in supply chains, and accounting systems. This is a must read for those seeking to understand responsible business and to build the pathways forward." Professor Colin Higgins, Co-Editor-in-Chief with Business & Society and Deputy Dean, Deakin Business School Australia, Australia

"The Routledge Companion to Responsible Business offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the increasingly complex landscape of corporate responsibility and sustainability - a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners alike." Professor Ralf Barkemeyer, KEDGE Business School, France