Public Administration is often below the Social Responsibility literature radar, leaving, thus, an important gap. The purpose of this book is to fill this gap and boost research on the field of social responsibility of Public Administration. Public Administration has many roles in modern societies. From transparency of internal data and social performance reporting to digitalization to tackling climate change to enhancing economic growth to fostering institutions to mitigating inequality we need a responsible Public Administration. This collection is an effort to clarify what we mean by social responsibility, why it is elusive in the literature, how we can measure it, and how much of it is applicable to public administration.
Divided in three logical sections, the contributions explore theory, provide sectoral analyses and country cases, including an overview of social responsibility in public administration. There is an emphasis on practice and case studies. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students in schools of public administration and business, and in courses of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, public management and ethics. This book provides a novel look at the basic ideas of Social Responsibility and three models for the social responsibility of public administration.
Part I Nurturing Social Responsibility in Public Administration:
Bridging Perspectives and Cases.-Chapter 1.The Social Responsibility of
Public Administration.-Chapter 2.Reformulated Corporate Social
Responsibility. From opportunity to duty.-Chapter 3.Disparities and
Convergencies of CSR across Europe: Bridging National Policies with Global
Standards.-Chapter 4.Sustainable Development Goals from a public
administrations social responsibility perspective.-Part II Advancing
Social Responsibility in Public Administration Across Sectors: Insights and
model.-Chapter 5.Ethical Communication and Responsibility in Public
Administration.-Chapter 6.Promoting Sustainability and Responsibility in
Public Administration: A European Perspective.-Chapter 7 Social
Responsibility of Modern Central Banks.
Chapter 8.University Social
Responsibility and Leadership: Building a Framework for Sustainable
Development.-Part III Exploring the Nexus of Social Responsibility and
Public Administration: Practices, Nuances and Pathways to Sustainable
Development.-Chapter 9.Where do CSR and public administration overlap? A view
from public servants.-Chapter 10.Transparency of local public administration
an analysis of online information and services offered by
municipalities.-Chapter 11.International competitiveness indicators as a
proxy for Socially Responsible Public Administration.-Chapter
12. Conclusion:
Cases, models, nuances
Athanasios Chymis is a senior research fellow at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research in Athens. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia and specializes in institutions and competitiveness.
Paolo DAnselmi is a management consultant, author of Unknown Values and Stakeholders, Palgrave. He holds a PhD from LondonMet and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard.
Cristian Paun is Professor of International Finance at Bucharest University of Economic Studies; habilitated in the field of international business and economics.
Alin Stancu is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Relations at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He is the co-founder of The International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business.
