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This book is designed for the instructor interested in cutting-edge thinking and research in the 21st century. Incorporating important new features of the modern business landscape yet to be brought into business and society texts, "Leading Corporate Citizens" operates at three levels of leadership: individual, organizational and societal. The premise is that businesses operate successfully in society when they respect and are responsible to stakeholders, that a balance is needed among sectors in society, and that vision and values can result in distinctive competencies that lead to value-added for companies of the 21st century. The main feature of this book is its framework that relates the varied interests of corporations and society together in a way that lends a new responsibility-based focus to corporate decicion-making. The book carries a theme of developing leadership capacity throughout and integrates leadership at the individual and organizational levels as well as in the broader societal environment. This is important to modern business.New materials on measuring responsibility and stakeholder relationships, internal and external social auditing practices and procedures are included in this text, showing the currentness and innovation of this book.