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" The responsible business : "
Carol Sanford ; forewords by Chad Holliday and Rebecca Henderson
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BL
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706988
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b529177
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| Main Entry
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Sanford, Carol,1942-
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| Title & Author
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The responsible business : : reimagining sustainability and success /\ Carol Sanford ; forewords by Chad Holliday and Rebecca Henderson
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1st ed
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San Francisco, CA :: Jossey-Bass,, c2011
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xlviii, 310 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0470648686 (hbk.)
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: 0470948558 (ebk.)
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: 9780470648681 (hbk.)
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: 9780470948552 (ebk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Part One. The responsible business: reimagining business of the future. 1. Stories from three continents ; 2. Stakeholders as systemic collaborators ; 3. Geometry of the responsible business ; 4. Be value-adding, not value-added ; 5. Making the responsible business pentad work -- Part Two. Making it work: the map to the territory. 6. Teaching an organization to star ; 7. Nonhierarchical decision making -- Part Three. Irresponsibility happens: reframing how change works. 8. Respomsibility running backward ; 9. Our own worst enemies: turning people around ; 10. Cautionary tales: design for prevention and cure -- Part Four. The big picture of responsibility. 11. A responsible view of capital ; 12. Assessing responsibility ; 13. The future of responsibility
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"From innovation to shareholder development, this groundbreaking book offers guidelines for becoming a responsible corporation Strategic Corporate Responsibility shows how to implement a systemic and integrative approach for bringing Corporate Responsibility (CR) into the organization as a whole, embedding CR thinking into the entire business. The book offers a strategic model that fills the need to create corporate citizens working on the regeneration of societal and planetary health while growing a healthier business. It provides a framework for building a consciousness infrastructure throughout an organization and applying a living systems view to the business and its stakeholders. Outlines the core principles of corporation responsibility and offers a framework for implementation of a CR program Shows how to engage all stakeholders in enhancing a company's ability to manage itself responsibly Includes real business examples and from a variety of companies-global and local, consumer and retail as well as extractive manufacturing The book demonstrates, through illustrative examples, how to makes CR integral to all aspects of the business as an engine for innovation as well as renewed spirit and purposefulness."--Provided by publisher
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Corporate culture
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Social responsibility of business
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Strategic planning
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HD60.S249 2011
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