Disciplining the Undisciplined?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Teaching for Tomorrow: Preparing Responsible Citizens

   • Martin Brueckner, Rochelle Spencer, Megan Paull

   Pages 1-18

3. Conceptual, Theoretical and Ethical Considerations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Beyond Mechanism: An Organicist Business Education for the Anthropocene

      • Neville R. Ellis

      Pages 21-38

   3. Overcoming Sustainability Displacement: The Challenge of Making Sustainability Accessible in the Here and Now

      • Angus Morrison Saunders, Michael Hughes

      Pages 39-53

   4. Why Business Firms Have Moral Obligations to Mitigate Climate Change

      • Anne Schwenkenbecher

      Pages 55-70

4. Disciplinary Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. CSR for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction? Critical Perspectives from the Anthropology of Development

      • Rochelle Spencer

      Pages 73-87

   3. Co-creating a CSR Strategy with Customers to Deliver Greater Value

      • Ingrid M. O’Brien, Wade Jarvis, Geoffrey Soutar, Robyn Ouschan

      Pages 89-107

   4. Public Relations and Responsible Citizenship: Communicating CSR and Sustainability

      • Kate Fitch

      Pages 109-119

   5. Political Science and Environmental Sustainability, Responsible Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility

      • Ian Cook, Yvonne Haigh

      Pages 121-134

   6. Coming Back from the Brink: Towards a Critical, Post-autistic Approach to Economics for Sustainability

      • Martin Brueckner

      Pages 135-153

5. Experiences from the Field

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Business and Technology

      • Martin Anda

      Pages 157-176

   3. Senior Management Perceptions of CSR Impact: Long-term Investment for Social Good or Necessary Cost?

      • Stephen Klomp, Anne Clear

      Pages 177-191

   4. Why Authenticity in Corporate and Employee Volunteering Matters for Employee Engagement: An Organisational Behaviour Perspective

      • Megan Paull, Craig Whitsed

      Pages 193-210

   5. Perceived Importance of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure: Evidence from China

      • Terri Trireksani, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Junru Zhang

      Pages 211-223

   6. Teaching Sustainability and Management Critically: ‘Expectation Failures’ as a Powerful Pedagogical Tool

      • Jose M. Alcaraz, Marianna Fotaki

      Pages 225-242

   7. The Journey of Self, Nature, Technology and Sustainable Organisational Design: Insights for Transformative Leadership Praxis

      • Scott Gardner, Sally Paulin

      Pages 243-254

   8. Towards Epistemological Pluralism and Transdisciplinarity: Responsible Citizenship, CSR and Sustainability Revisited

      • Rochelle Spencer, Megan Paull, Martin Brueckner

      Pages 255-265

This book explores how the interrelated concepts of responsible citizenship, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability can be interpreted, researched and taught. It contributes to the much-needed debate on the role of universities – and business schools in particular – in the context of rising social and environmental stakes and growing calls for 'doing business the right way'. The book offers diverse perspectives on the concepts of responsible citizenship, CSR and sustainability, with individual contributions focusing on the conceptual implications for specific disciplines, exploring associated challenges and opportunities, and raising methodological and theoretical concerns for the teaching and research of these concepts laden with complexity and ambiguity. The book is divided into three major parts, the first of which presents conceptual, theoretical and ethical issues. In turn, part two explores specific disciplines' perspectives. Lastly, part three presents hands-onexperiences from the field. Thanks to this threefold approach, the book not only offers a guide to direct future research, but can also be used as a text for advanced courses on responsible citizenship, CSR and sustainability.  

• value-based management
• corporate citizenship
• corporate sustainability
• corporate end employee volunteering
• sustainability reporting
• management perceptions of CSR
• corporate social responsibility

• Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability, School of Business and Governance, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

  Martin Brueckner, Rochelle Spencer, Megan Paull

Dr Martin Brueckner is co-director of the Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability and senior lecturer in sustainability at Murdoch University, Australia. He is a social ecologist with a background in management, economics and environmental policy. His research is focused on industry-community relations, sustainable communities and regional sustainability with a social justice emphasis.

Dr. Rochelle Spencer is co-director of the Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability and is a senior lecturer in Development Studies at Murdoch University. As an anthropologist of development, Rochelle’s work focuses on Africa, Cuba and north east Arnhem Land with development NGOs focusing on issues pertaining to capacity building, indigenous social enterprise, experiential learning, smallholder farmers and sustainable tourism using participatory processes.



Dr. Megan Paull is co-director of the Centre for Responsible Citizenship and Sustainability and senior lecturer in management at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Her research interests include governance, nonprofit organisations, volunteers and volunteer management, and all aspects of organisational behaviour including when behaviour is not so "good". 

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