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21ST CENTURY CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

A Practical Guide to Delivering Value to Society and Your Business

Dave Stangis and Katherine Valvoda Smith have undertaken a great service for all of us by laying out the essentials for any company to create both economic and social value simultaneously. How can line management integrate the needs and ideas of all stakeholders into product and service design and implementation? By activating positive disruption and entrepreneurship inside our corporations. Nowhere can you find a better roadmap for practical action that provides not only powerful examples and insights but an interactive guide that supports alignment and relevance to achieve the true value of Corporate Citizenship. The authors show that Corporate Citizenship done well enables conventional business success along with increased social and environmental impact. Accordingly, Corporate Citizenship can and should be managed like any other corporate function and doing so successfully can be a vital source of inspiration for all stakeholders. This is a must read for practitioners as well as business leaders.

Cheryl Kiser, Executive Director,
The Lewis Institute & Babson Social Innovation Lab

Now more than ever, business plays a critical role in helping solve some of our worlds toughest challenges. Understanding how to create real value that is authentic to the organizations purpose and embedded throughout is critical to enable impact at scale. This book provides fantastic guidance for any business leader looking to make a positive, lasting contribution and transform our world for the better.

Trisa Thompson, Chief Responsibility Officer, Dell

21st Century Corporate Citizenship: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value to Society and Your Business exemplifies the essential truth that aligning the interest of society with a business bottom line has never been more applicable or beneficial than in the 21st century corporate landscape. This book is a must read for both current professionals seeking to make more of an impact, as well as for students designing their corporate career path.

Liz Maw, CEO, NetImpact

21ST CENTURY CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

BY

DAVE STANGIS

KATHERINE VALVODA SMITH

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First edition 2017

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ISBN: 978-1-78635-610-9 (Print)

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