Deeply Responsible Business - A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

Deeply Responsible Business profiles corporate leaders of the past two centuries who made social missions vital to their businesses. Geoffrey Jones explores the characters and motivations of fourteen such leaders and compares their deep social and environmental commitments to the lukewarm "corporate social responsibility" of today.

About the author

Geoffrey Jones is Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at Harvard Business School and a fellow of the Academy of International Business. His recent books include Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry and Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship.

Summary

Deeply Responsible Business profiles corporate leaders of the past two centuries who made social missions vital to their businesses. Geoffrey Jones explores the characters and motivations of fourteen such leaders and compares their deep social and environmental commitments to the lukewarm “corporate social responsibility” of today.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Jones, Geoffrey (Harvard Business School) Jones, Jones Geoffrey
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780674916531
• ISBN: 978-0-674-91653-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Business ethics & social responsibility, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Research & development management, History of specific companies / corporate history, Business ethics and social responsibility, Organizational theory and behaviour, Research and development management