Responsible Leadership : Lessons from the Front Line of Sustainability and Ethics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moody-Stuart, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moody-Stuart, Mark, 1940-.

Moody-Stuart, Mark.

Leadership.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"As Chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group from 1991-2001 and Anglo American plc from 2002-2009, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart is as qualified as anyone on the planet to discuss the realities, dilemmas and lessons to be learnt from the last 20 years of corporate engagement with sustainability, ethics and responsibility. In this unique book - part memoir, part confessional, part manifesto for leadership - we hear a unique voice from the front line of corporate responsibility. Moody-Stuart retraces the steps of a remarkable journey from being a postgraduate geologist to being at the helm of two of the largest corporations in the world. We hear of dealings with dictators and prime ministers, colleagues and NGOs, rivals and friends. We travel from Syria to Nigeria; Iraq to Downing Street; and from the machinations of the United Nations to those inside the boardroom of Shell. We see Shell's annus horribilis in 1995 unfold through the eyes of an insider, and how Brent Spar and the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa sent shockwaves through the company, resulting in a complete reappraisal of its mission and principles. We hear about the oil and mining sectors and their complicated development role in areas of conflict and corruption; the way that markets have failed us on climate change and corruption; and how governments need to step up to the global challenges we face. We hear how Deepwater Horizon could have been avoided; what Shell were asked to do by Tony Blair during the UK fuel blockades of 2000 and why they declined; why China is too important to ignore; and why the Global Compact is too important to fail. We hear lessons from a life spent living in 10 different countries and we come to realize that, for corporations, trying to do the right thing can sometimes be almost impossible. We also come to know a deeply ethical and thoughtful leader who has always tried to do exactly that."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front cover; About Sir Mark Moody-Stuart; Endorsements; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Robert Wilson; Sir Robert Wilson KCMG, former Executive Chairman of Rio Tinto plc; former Chairman of BG Group plc; Foreword by Mark Malloch-Brown; Mark Malloch-Brown, former UN Deputy Secretary-General; Preface; Introduction; 1 Differing development outcomes and their causes; 2 Coalitions, governments and doing the right thing; 3 The United Nations Global Compact; 4 Some alternatives in countries with military rule or human rights abuses; 5 Dining with the devil

6 Markets are essential, but they cannot do everything7 Oil, gas and climate change; 8 Corruption; 9 Enterprise solutions to poverty and development; 10 Lessons from China on poverty eradication; 11 1995: Shell's annus horribilis and its consequences; 12 Embedding values and principles; 13 Changes in structure and governance; 14 Differences in remuneration and wealth in companies and societies; 15 The business of not-for-profit enterprises; Afterword; Index; Blurb; Back cover

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 19, 2014).

ISBN:

1-351-27715-4

1-351-27716-2

9781351277167

OCLC:

884015482