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These chapters on ´Responsible Leadership´ represent the latest thinking on a topic of increasing relevance in a connected world. There are many challenges that still remain when it comes to establishing responsible leadership both in theory and practice. Whilst offering conceptualisations for the improvement of leadership is a first and perhaps easier response, what is more difficult is to facilitate the actual change to happen. These chapters will not only generate interest in the emerging domain of studies on responsible leadership, but also will pave the way for future research in this area in the years to come.

Previously Published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 98 Supplement 2, 2011_

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Foreword to Special Issue on ´Responsible Leadership´; Nicola M. Pless, Thomas Maak, Derick de Jongh.- Responsible Leadership: Pathways to the Future; Nicola M. Pless and Thomas Maak.- Values, Authenticity, and Responsible Leadership; R. Edward Freeman and Ellen R. Auster.- Responsible Leadership as Virtuous Leadership; Kim Cameron.- Responsible Leadership Outcomes Via Stakeholder CSR Values: Testing a Values-Centered Model of Transformational Leadership; Kevin S. Groves and Michael A. LaRocca.- Development of a Scale Measuring Discursive Responsible Leadership; Christian Voegtlin.- Moving Forward with the Concept of Responsible Leadership: Three Caveats to Guide Theory and Research; David A. Waldman.- Responsible Leadership Helps Retain Talent in India; Jonathan P. Doh, Stephen A. Stumpf, Walter G. Tymon Jr..- Exploring the Interface Between Strategy-Making and Responsible Leadership; Rachel Maritz, Marius Pretorius, Kato Plant.- The Human Resources Contribution to Responsible Leadership: An Exploration of the CSR-HR Interface; Jean-Pascal Gond, Jacques Igalens, Vale rie Swaen, Assaâd El Akremi. _

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Dr. Thomas Maak, Assistenzprofessor für Corporate Responsibility an der Universität St. Gallen und wissenschaftlicher Projektleiter sowie Habilitand am Institut für Wirtschaftsethik. Weiterhin ist er Senior Research Fellow in INSEAD und Mitglied des Executive Committee des European Business Ethics Netzwerks (EBEN).

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