Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: From Values to Impact

The aim of this book is to present selected theoretical and practical aspects of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, with particular emphasis on the journey (transition) from values to impact.

Values play an important role in business world and they shape the responsible approach of organizations. However, pressing and still unresolved challenges of the present day show evidently that there exist significant discrepancies between organizations’ declarations on values and their real impact. COVID-19 pandemic, Globalization 4.0, climate catastrophe and challenges emphasized by SDGs, constitute the new environment that contemporary organizations face. In effect business is part of the problem and a solution as well. It is necessary to quickly and effectively push for action taking into account the power of responsible business to co-create human live and environment. Both the theoretical considerations and the practice-based studies presented in this monograph make a significant contribution to the theory and practice of management. The book is an extension and enrichment of the existing knowledge in the field of socially responsible management in organizations.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability will be of value to academics, researchers and advanced students in the fields of business and management, especially those interest in the intersection of management and CSR and sustainability, and those focusing the impact that business activities have on the environment.

Katarzyna Bachnik is Associate Professor and Research Fellow at Hult International Business School, USA.

Magdalena Kaźmierczak is Associate Professor in the Department of Quality Management at Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland.

Magdalena Rojek-Nowosielska is Associate Professor in the Strategic Management Department at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland.

Magdalena Stefańska is Associate Professor in the Marketing Strategies Department at the Institute of Marketing at Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland.

Justyna Szumniak-Samolej is Assistant Professor at Department of Management Theory at the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.