Responsibility and Governance ― The Twin Pillars of Sustainability

This book examines various aspects of changes to business behavior through the lenses of the “twin pillars” of sustainability – responsibility and governance. It discusses whether the focus of corporate social responsibility has changed so much that we need to think about redefinitions of key concepts in the field, and analyses both the theory and practice in a variety of ways to enable conclusions to be drawn about the changes needed to any definitions.

This approach is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network, which in its 15-year history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and relevant to business. This book consists of the best contributions from the 16th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and 7th Organisational Governance Conference held in Derby, United Kingdom in August/September 2017.

David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, United Kingdom, and President of the Social Responsibility Research Network. His interests lie in the fields of governance, sustainability, and accountability. He is founding editor of the Social Responsibility Journal, and has published 50 books and over 400 articles.

Shahla Seifi is based at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. Her research centres around sustainable development, corporate sustainability, governance in the global market, and the application of game theory to sustainability problems.

Tracey Wond is Head of Research at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. Her research is primarily focused on public evaluation, its use and effectiveness.

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