Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part A, Basics. Context : drivers, actors, subjects -- Management : basics and processes. Part B, Domains. Sustainability : managing for the triple bottom line -- Responsibility : managing for stakeholder value -- Ethics: managing for moral excellence. Part C, Planning. Strategy : responsible competitiveness -- Entrepreneurship: value-added ventures. Part D : Organizing. Organization: responsible infrastructure -- Operations : responsible enterprise excellence -- Supply chain : responsible supply and demand. Part E, Leading. Human resources : HM-RM symbiosis -- Marketing and communication : stakeholder goodwill -- International business and management: glocally responsible business. Part F, Controlling. Accounting and controlling : stakeholder accountability -- Finance : responsible return on investment.

This volume offers an international, scientifically sound, and strictly practice-related perspective. It is the first official textbook of the United Nations for the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) academic network, and a reference book for companies of the United Nations Global Compact Initiative. It is a primary text for traditional business and society, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability courses, or may serve as a practitioner handbook. Contributors are renowned academic professionals in their respective chapter topics as well as distinguished business practitioners who contribute highly relevant practice cases. The focus of the book is on the main issues encountered in the three aspects of responsible management: sustainability, responsibility, and ethics -- Publisher description.