Corporate Responsibility in the Digital Age

<p>This book is a roadmap to help organizations adopt corporate responsibility and sustainability practices and be fit for purpose in a digital era. It explains why corporate responsibility is the only option in the twenty-first-century post-COVID-19 world and guides readers through the process of transforming their organizations with continued reference to the importance of technology.</p><p>This is not a technical manual and it is not an academic textbook: it is designed to be a quick easily digested read. The first part looks at the current landscape – both of business and of the world in which it operates. The second part explains why corporate responsibility is the only realistic option for business in the twenty-first-century post-COVID and who needs to take responsibility for it. The third part is a step-by-step guide to putting principles into practice covering: values stakeholder engagement employees supply chain environment community customers and marketing and reporting and transparency. Each chapter is linked to relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and supported by dozens of real-world examples.</p><p>By the end of the book business leaders will have understood the scope of the challenge involved in leading a truly socially and environmentally responsible organization and crucially will have understood why such a course of action is not only desirable but essential. And they will also have been inspired by a sense of purpose. The book offers direct access to the processes insights and techniques for installing corporate responsibility throughout organizations large and small based on the author’s many years’ experience working in government and with successful large corporations. It is up-to-date and relevant addressing the implications of COVID-19 and the modern technological “Fourth Industrial Revolution.”</p>