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Discovery Leadership for Corporate Responsibility

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Synonyms

Corporate responsibility and corporate social responsibility; Corporate social responsibility and CSR; Global reporting initiative and GRI

Definitions

Associative mindset:

The recognition of the symbiotic relationship between business and society and the values at stake.

Business and society field:

An academic area of inquiry into the role of business organizations in society.

Corporate social responsibility:

An area of business and society research that addresses the obligations that firms have to society.

Corporate social responsiveness:

An area of business and society research that examines the processes by which managers can discern and respond to stakeholder expectations of business responsibilities.

Corporate social performance:

An area of business and society research that examines the outcomes or impacts of corporate conduct.

Discovery leadership:

A theoretical perspective on the type of executive capable of activating the personal and organizational values that enable...

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  1. College of Business Administration, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Diane L. Swanson

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Swanson, D.L. (2018). Discovery Leadership for Corporate Responsibility. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3593-1

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