This book is also available as an
Amazon
Kindle eBook.
This new book is a follow-up to Sheila Killian’s
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Guide, with Irish Experiences, published by Chartered Accountants Ireland in 2012. Since
then, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved into the broader and
deeper concepts of corporate responsibility and sustainability. Risks such
as climate change have become so large and systemic that companies can no longer
afford to ignore them. Corporate responsibility is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’
tactic to enhance reputation, but a necessity for long-term survival.
Sustainability is the one of the biggest challenge businesses face today. How
can a business build value in ways that do not compromise its impact on the
planet, and on the society in which it operates? Are there ways to do business
that go beyond just limiting the negative effects to create positive benefits
not only economically, but also socially and environmentally? What does it mean
to ‘do good business’?
In Doing Good Business: How to Build Sustainable Value Sheila
Killian addresses these issues in an accessible and practical way, setting out
the core pillars of what it means to be a truly sustainable business. It
discusses the fast-changing responsibilities of business, the emergence of
sustainable and profitable business models, and how climate change and human
rights affect all companies, large and small. It provides guidance on the
principles of sustainability, related reporting, community engagement,
governance, and employee issues, as well as environmental initiatives. Readers
are advised how to navigate ‘ESG’, ‘CSR’ and the alphabet soup of sustainability
compliance and opportunity.
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
Published: September 2023
For further information, contact publishing@charteredaccountants.ie
or telephone on (+353) 01 637 7204
The Author
Sheila Killian is an associate professor of accountability at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, where she teaches corporate sustainability and corporate finance, mainly at postgraduate level. She has also taught at universities in Finland and South Africa. Prior to joining academia, Sheila graduated in mathematics and professionally qualified in taxation and as a Chartered Accountant. She has worked in tax practice, aviation finance and educational software development. Sheila has published numerous peer-reviewed research papers on sustainability, accountability and the common good, with a focus on professional expertise, social justice, tax policy and responsible business school education. This is her third book.