This book looks into “responsible leadership” as leader’s proactive actions towards attainment of sustainable development goals and overall wellbeing of organization and society. The book covers both theoretical and practical approaches towards responsible leadership in the first module. The second module consists of chapters linking responsible leadership with various aspects of sustainable business practices such as sustainable supply chain management, green marketing, green HRM, green finance and sustainable education through digitization. The third module covers challenges to responsible leadership in various sectors such as education, agriculture, services, renewable energy and urban and rural development under a dynamic business environment. The fourth section discusses leadership roles in strategizing and implementing sustainable practices within the organization. Finally the concluding module contains critical reviews and interpretations of the perspectives on harnessing powerof HR transformation for long term sustainability and well-being.
Author Biography:
Sonali Bhattacharya is Adjunct Professor in area of Business in Symbiosis International University, Pune. She is a PhD from University of Delhi, India, with more than 90 research papers to her credit. The research areas include ethical positioning, corporate social performance, corporate philanthropy, organizational performance and organizational support. She is the recipient of Emerald Literary award 2020. She recently guest edited special issues of Australasian Accounting Business & Finance Journal, Asian Journal of Business Ethics, Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, and is on the editorial board of various journals.
V G Venkatesh is Professor with EM Normandie Business School, France, and specializes in supply chain sustainability and digital transformation. He is a corporate practitioner having industrial background from Honduras, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong based companies, and having teaching experience in US, New Zealand, Colombia, Spain, France, and India as the visiting professor. He is the recipient of Erasmus fellowship, visiting fellowships from leading schools, and meritorious Waikato University International Fellowship. His articles have been published in reputed journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business and industrial Marketing and more. He is the guest editor for a special issue on digital transformation in International Journal of Product Distribution and Logistics Management. His current research is focusing on digital transformation, sustainability, and ethical issues in the global purchasing.
Samir Ranjan Chatterjee is Emeritus Professor of Curtin University and has been involved in Management education, research and training in the global arena for more than five decades. He has livedand worked in many countries in Asia, Europe, U.K. and USA. During 1990's and early 2000's he lived and worked for several years in Mongolia, serving in the Mongolian Higher Education sector as an advisor of UNDP, and in Indonesia for the Asian Development Bank. He has also been involved as Senior Executive in development projects in many countries including China, India, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Srilanka. Professor Chatterjee has authored and co-authored fifteen books, thirty five book chapters and over two hundred refereed articles in international scholarly journals and conference proceedings. He has been a Presidential Fellow of the American Graduate School of International Management, adjunct Fellow of Renmin University and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in China and Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi in India (IITD).
