Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance

Connecting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Corporate Governance (CG) is a 21st Century Challenge. This edited volume illustrates that CSR can be used as a tool to improve Corporate Governance in organizations and nations and improve the relationship between business and society. Moreover the book argues that they should be treated together in synergy in management literature. This two volume work connects these two crucial business functions, describing  the preconditions for successful integration and the tools for practical implementation.
Volume 2 puts forward eight recommendations for practice. Contributors put forward research and implications for policy and practice including coverage of knowledge management strategy, socially responsible banking operations and transparency procedures in the context of emerging economies.

Matjaž Mulej is retired from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, and is a Professor Emeritus of Systems and Innovation Theory. He has written circa. 2,500 publications in more than 40 countries, with 1,400 citations. He was a Visiting Professor for 15 semesters – including at Cornell University and other universities in Austria, China, Germany, Mexico and the USA. He is a member of 3 international Academies of Science.

Grazyna O’Sullivan is currently a Visiting Professor at several European Universities (notably in France and Germany) and specializes in business ethics, CSR and corporate governance. She is the author of numerous publications in Poland and abroad and is involved in internationalization at universities.

Tjaša Štrukelj is an Assistant Professor of Enterprise Policy, Strategic Management, Enterprise Culture, Enterprise Ethics, Social Responsibility and SMEs Management at the Department of Strategic Management and Enterprise Policy, Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.