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Recommended Reading

At the Doughty Centre we provide support to students and executives wishing to develop an understanding of how to integrate sustainability and responsibility into management practice. We offer a wide range of resources to sustain this development and offer students and executive’s full access to this support. A recommended reading list is available as well as a wide range of suggested reading and video material on the growing subject of Corporate Responsibility.

Resources and sources of information include:

Reading list below
Websites (link to pdf)
CR at the movies (link to pdf)
Briefings, please see below

Take a look at the recommended reading list for Corporate Responsibility as well as other material that will support your research and development.

Classic texts in CR

What is a company for? (posted by kind permission of Charles Handy)
The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits by Milton Friedman, The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970
The Biggest Contract by Ian Davis, The Economist, 26th May 2005.

What's New:

Annual Report

The Doughty Centre’s 4th annual report to stakeholders covers the academic year 2010-2011. If you would like to receive a hard copy please email thea.hughes@cranfield.ac.uk

The Business Case for Responsible Business

Joint publication with BITC, a report for business identifying 7 current and 2 new business benefits from responsible business. Includes description, facts and figures from our research, and company examples.

Engaging Employees in Corporate Responsibility

6th in our How to series, this guide helps you engage your employees in CR, from identifying your objectives, understanding context, diagnosing enablers and barriers, choosing suitable strategies, and measuring success.