Leadership for Global Systemic Change

This book argues that organizations, corporations, and governments have the abilities and resources to drive deep systemic change, yet fail to evoke change strategies that can significantly improve the social fabric of our global environment. It actively engages the reader in a conversation that reviews, evaluates, and challenges these issues juxtaposed to current strategies and resulting positions regarding business ethics, social responsibility, our view towards humanity, and the role of leaders.
Provocative in its voice and message, this book demonstrates how more robust contributions can lead to effective change. The author includes a detailed change model designed to invoke significant global change that builds upon the current work of the United Nations' Global Compact, and incorporates the participation of all critical stakeholders including corporate leaders, civil society, government leaders, and the people who are challenged daily by ethicaldilemmas and social responsibility initiatives. It speaks to academics and students of change management, social responsibility, and business ethics, as well as the organizations and communities who stand to make a positive difference in the world.

Addresses current societal dynamics and issues from a holistic lens Reveals the effects of corporate corruption and wrongdoing on society at large Calls for global action towards systemic change in the wake of worldwide ignorance

Autorentext
Christopher Anne Robinson-Easley is CEO of Enlightening Management Consultants, Inc. Over the course of her consulting career she has worked extensively with entrepreneurial firms, government agencies, non-profit organizations, social service, religious organizations, and the corporate business sector. She has served in administrative and faculty positions at doctoral granting institutions and was tenured and promoted to Full Professor in Management, and served as Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Malcolm X College, USA. She received her PhD in organization development from Benedictine University, USA and is the author of Our Children - Our Responsibilities , P reparing for Today's Global Job Market , and Beyond Diversity and Intercultural Management .

Inhalt

1. Our World, Our Lens, Our Choices.- 2. Through the Lens of Business Ethics.- 3. The Current Landscape.- 4. The Friedman versus Korten Argument: Are these dichotomies still valid in the 21st century?- 5. Reclaiming Our World: The United Nations Global Compact in the midst of a vision of change.- 6. Leaders as the Linchpins of Change.- 7. Embracing an Ethical Vision and Systemic Social Responsibility: Visioning your organization's pebble in the water.- 8. Living and Sustaining the Ideal.- 9. Concluding Comments.