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Many new challenges including competitiveness are emerging for sustainable business during this era of disruption. This book analyses these challenges to sustainable development and growth and addresses the impact of corporate social responsibility on the competitiveness of organisations.
The authors analyze the major challenges for competitiveness of sustainable business in the COVID-19 era, taking into account a new business environment amid major global risks and uncertainties linked to climate change, pandemics, Russian-Ukrainian war, and intuitions of forthcoming new world economic crisis. The monograph consists of five parts: 1) sustainable development goals and the role of business; 2) climate change, COVID-19, fragile political situation, and business; 3) corporate social responsibility and corporate social hypocrisy; 4) corporate social responsibility, corporate social hypocrisy, and competitiveness of business; and 5) case study on the impact of corporate social responsibility on competitiveness with the impediments of corporate social hypocrisy. The book presents new insights in assessing the impact of CSR on competitiveness of companies with the impediments of corporate social hypocrisy. The developed framework and case study allows to develop valuable policy and managerial implications for sustainable business and engagements in corporate social responsibility as well as to show the danger of corporate social hypocrisy for competitiveness.
This book will be of value to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of corporate social responsibility, organizational management, business ethics, and responsible business.
List of contents
Introduction Chapter 1: Sustainable development goals and the role of business Chapter 2: Climate change and post Covid fragile political situation challenges for business Chapter 3: Corporate social responsibility and corporate social hypocrisy Chapter 4: CSR, CHP and competitiveness of business Chapter 5: Case study on the impact of CSR on the competitiveness of companies with impediments of corporate social hypocrisy Conclusions
About the author
Dalia Streimikiene is a leading researcher and professor at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Asta Mikalauskiene is a professor at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Gabija Stanislovaityte is a PhD student at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Summary
Many new challenges including competitiveness are emerging for sustainable business during this era of disruption. This book analyses these challenges to sustainable development and growth and addresses the impact of corporate social responsibility on the competitiveness of organisations.
Report
"Featuring both qualitative, company-based interviews and results from a quantitative, consumer-based survey, Corporate Social Hypocrisy provides new insights and has important implications for managers worldwide." J. Fitzpatrick, SUNY Fredonia, USA
