... Sustainability Reporting Directive, European Sustainability Reporting Standards, GRI ) with relational proximity and trust-based engagement. Leadership plays a decisive role in translating normative commitments into strategic actions, while environmental, social and governance impact measurement remains limited...

...Fernando Díez; Antonia Moreno Cano; Josu Solabarrieta; Elene Igoa-Iraola Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze gender differences in leadership styles in Basque Country enterprises, identifying unique characteristics and specific barriers faced by female leaders compared to their male...

... Climate change Energy Leadership Education Sustainable development goals Peace In mid-November 2017, while we were in Brussels preparing the presentation of our research paper at the ABIS Annual Colloquium, an important article which appeared in Le Monde caught our attention: “World...

... is interpreted differently in a geographical area, vision, mission and leadership are the most significant drivers of sustainability framework dealing corporate governance. Despite the limitation which is related to the choice of number and type of keywords and journals, outcomes and the interpretation...

... on a quantitative survey of 100 middle and senior level managers from four organisations chosen from relatively high impact industry sectors. Findings – Managerial role in the practice of CSR is limited and ineffective in Ghana. Difficulties of effective CSR implementation mainly stem from leadership...

... faced by all senior managers, namely ethics, leadership, personal responsibility and trust. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a conceptual exploration of global CSR practices using social psychology and overlays this concept with strategic and institutional theory in order...

... on the behaviour of choice, moving from the individual as the unit of analysis to the organisation, in order to draw lessons for proper governance. To do so, it refers to a series of three independent studies, namely, of luxury, leadership and the role of luxury in helping to cope with organisational pressure...

...N. Gladson Nwokah; Augustine I. Ahiauzu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the most generally applied definitions and other aspects of emotional intelligence, as well as its associated managerial leadership competencies in corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach...

...G. Lenssen; S. Tyson; S. Pickard; D. Bevan; Boleslaw Rok Purpose This paper aims to explore how the model of participative leadership may operate in the context of partnership with internal stakeholders. By linking the moral claims of an organization's employees to CSR strategies...

... workshops, developing leadership skills through management development days and putting in place organizational actors (such as innovation sponsors and learning mentors), resources and structures (such as an allocated budget and ring‐fenced time) to develop and implement innovative ideas. It provided...

... responsibility Leadership Cognitive mapping Business enterprise The Response Report (2007) – that focused on the degree of alignment between companies and their stakeholders – points out several findings that were decisive to consider the current study. First, in the above report, it shows...

...G. Lenssen; S. Tyson; S. Pickard; D. Bevan; Michael Rake; David Grayson Purpose This paper aims to deal with the significance of leadership as driver of corporate responsibility and complementary, dynamic organizational change. It seeks to focus on the continuous attention required...

..., there is increasing CEO leadership for the corporate responsibility agenda of the firm. Second, governance structures developed over time are now increasingly making use of corporate responsibility committees. In 2002 about 15 percent of the firms were using a CR committee, the number had increased by 2008 to more...

...G. Lenssen; S. Tyson; S. Pickard; D. Bevan; Alessia D'Amato; Nigel Roome Purpose The literature on corporate responsibility (CR) increasingly recognizes the importance of leadership in support of organizational change. This is particularly the case when CR provides the basis for the business...

.../methodology/approach The paper examines the literature on CSR to compare how gaps in this field of literature are similar to those in leadership theory. Findings The paper posits that the different logical approaches to CSR are not necessarily ethical since ethics is based on the emotional...

... on the individual and organizational dynamics involved in the Enron experience. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Ethics Governance Organizational culture Leadership Kenneth Lay was the chairman of Houston Natural Gas. Now usually in a merger like this, the chairman of the company...

...Ellen Van Velsor; Ellen Van Velsor Purpose The purpose of this Guest editorial is to introduce a much needed special issue on leadership and sustainability/CSR, and to provide a road‐map for readers as to focus and content. And, last but not least, it seeks to present an opportunity...

... that the practice is a tradition initiated by the Wilhelmsen family generations back and sustained by the current majority owner Mr Wilhelm Wilhelmsen. While all agreed that CSR leadership had been strong at WW, employees and mid‐level managers saw some problems in the consistent enactment of company values across...

... leadership can be enhanced by defining the competencies for integrating social and environmental considerations into business decision‐making processes. Design/methodology/approach The research comprised two phases. An initial questionnaire surveyed a sample of managers operating in the public...

...Ellen Van Velsor; Laura Quinn; Maxine Dalton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the field of sustainability/corporate social responsibility research to include a focus on leadership. It aims to present an exploratory study of senior leaders in organizations formally adopting...