Responsible Business : The Textbook for Management Learning, Competence and Innovation

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword to the first edition by Jonas Haertle -- Introduction to the second edition -- A. Contextualizing -- 1. The state of the planet -- The planet as a sick organism -- The economy-society-environment system -- The planet's most pressing issues and crises -- Appendix -- 2. A history of business, society and environment -- The classic period: setting the stage -- The modern period: formalizing -- The progressive period: mainstreaming -- Appendix -- B. Conceptualizing -- 3. Sustainability -- Understanding sustainable development -- Sectoral contributions to sustainable development -- 4. Responsibility -- From responsible business and management to sustainable business and development -- Background frameworks of responsible business -- 5. Ethics -- What is business ethics? -- Normative business ethics: making right decisions -- C. Managing -- 6. Responsible management process -- Three-dimensional management for the triple bottom line -- The responsible management process -- Picking the right responsible management instrument -- 7. Practice norms -- United Nations norms -- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) guidelines -- Appendix -- D. Strategizing -- 8. Envisioning responsible business -- Primary motivations for becoming a responsible business -- Development strategies for becoming a responsible business -- Making responsible business commitments -- 9. Strategic management -- Analyzing the status quo -- Strategic management processes -- Business models -- Appendix -- E. Implementing -- 10. Implementation basics -- Good implementation practices -- Mainstream responsible management instruments and business functions -- 11. Main business functions -- Logistics -- Operations and production