Leadership for CSR and Sustainability Issues in the 21st Century

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11/27/2018

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Executive Summary
Since the early 1990s, Corporate Social Responsibility has attained popularity that
concentrates only on economic development paradigms. In the 21st century, it provides a
more pro-active role in balancing economic development with social and environmental
sustainability. It also involves a company’s commitment to their stakeholders. It is believed
that organizations work with social sustainability should be based on the responsibility
associated with CSR.

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Contents
Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................1
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Leadership for CSR and sustainability issues........................................................................................3
Importance and value of integrated perspective to organizational leadership....................................3
Analytical Models and Conceptual models and techniques...............................................................4
Demonstrate Knowledge applied to practical situations....................................................................5
Development reflection on professional knowledge..........................................................................6
Arguments on Leadership for CSR and sustainability issues.............................................................6
Resources to solve the issues.............................................................................................................7
Communicate the solutions................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................7
References.............................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are some of the key organizational
challenges in the 21st-century world, which is shaped by leaders. In order to develop a
sustainable world, the connection of ethics and leadership plays an important role in
encouraging moral and ethical behavior (Saeidi et al., 2015). In the following, and effort has
been made to discuss the leadership for CSR and sustainability issues in the 21st century.
Leadership for CSR and sustainability issues
It has been considering that leadership is a very complex concept in which leaders aim to
build the enterprise with own characteristics and values. The companies should take positive
steps to address sustainable and ethical issues and apply the applied tools of ethics in their
management practice (Tai and Chuang, 2014).
Importance and value of integrated perspective to organizational leadership
It is stated that top management usually cascades these management decisions down because
sustainability impacts are frequently local, as only a small number of these decisions are
produced at corporate headquarters. This approach can help managers to integrate a
sustainability strategy into daily operations and connect that strategy to particular actions that
enhance both financial performance and sustainability issues (Kolk, 2016).
The managerial actions can lead to positive sustainability performance, Corporate Social
Responsibility, and Stakeholder Reactions. It ultimately influences the long-term corporate
financial performance. It helps the managers to effectively analyze, pursue environmental and
social impacts more efficiently, and manage these potential drivers. These leading companies
are committed internally and externally toward enhancing corporate sustainability
performance. It is believed that organizational leadership and leadership are the most critical
determinants in successfully developing and managing the several trade-offs that are needed
to manage environmental, social, and financial performance simultaneously. They are
committed to maintaining environmental and social concern, which must be communicated
constantly both in actions and words (Setó-Pamies and Papaoikonomou, 2016).