The Oxford handbook of social purpose / edited by William S. Harvey, Alexander Newman, Libby Ward-Christie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harvey, William S., editor.

Newman, Alexander (Professor of management), editor.

Ward-Christie, Libby, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Handbook of social purpose

Social purpose

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Social purpose is the strategic commitment by leaders to generate positive outcomes in society for multiple stakeholders through their organizational operations. An organization's social purpose may benefit any number of causes from human rights to environmental sustainability, at a large or small scale. The stakes can be high, for the organization's stability as well as for the larger community, and complex strategizing is required by leaders to plan, execute, and evaluate the implementation of social purpose initiatives. This handbook makes a foundational contribution to this field. Across 28 chapters, the edited volume captures why social purpose is theoretically and practically important as well as timely.

Contents:

New perspectives on social purpose / William S Harvey and others

The social purpose spectrum: hybridity and purpose drift / Libby Ward-Christie and Michael Moran

Ikigai and the values of social purpose / Samuel A Mortimer

Decolonizing social purpose: considering experiences of indigenous business / Michelle Evans and others

Social purpose and economics / Sven E Feldmann and Andrew John

Leadership and social purpose / Alexander Newman and others

Feminist approaches to social purpose: how to drive change drawing on a gender and intersectional perspective / Lilia Giugni

Social purpose and brand purpose: a marketing perspective / Ranjit Voola and Jamie Carlson

Social purpose: new concept, new pathways? / Nathania Chua and Christof Miska

Five generations thinking: collaborative leadership and collective intelligence as a force multiplier for social purpose / Rebecca Robins

Virtue ethics and social purpose / Daniel J Fleming

Governance and reporting of social purpose / Colin Mayer and Rupert Younger

Social purpose: a prerequisite for business success / David M Bersoff and Caitlin Semo

Followership and social purpose / Marc Hurwitz and Samantha Hurwitz

Brand purpose: managing the commerce versus social purpose paradox through design / Sotiris T Lalaounis and Rachel Cooper

Identifying social purpose in multinational enterprises: a measurement tool / Juan Carlos Mondragón Quintana and Gina Simmons

How do social purpose initiatives influence trust? insights from chief purpose officers / Nicole Gillespie and Nicole Steller

How chief purpose officers prevent purpose-washing by linking social purpose and strategy / Nicole Steller

Exploring the dark side of social purpose: a conceptual model of organizational dysfunctions / Franz Wohlgezogen

Reputation and social purpose: how organizations can maintain legitimacy with their stakeholders / Matt Thomas and William S Harvey

Social purpose and stakeholder marginalization / Tracey Dodd and R Edward Freeman

A global experiment in social purpose: B Corps / Joachim Krapels and others

Strategy and purpose: the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation / Robin Holt and Mike Zundel

Beyond the pretty picture: social purpose in practice, an autoethnographic analysis of TABOO period products / Harriet Gray and others

Genesis and evolution of social purpose in a large, diversified corporation: the case of the Mahindra Group / Anuj Mehra and S Ramakrishna Velamuri

Profit for purpose: embracing the foundation-owned model / Marc Levy

Social purpose: a case study of professional migrant women / Fabiola Campbell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 24, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Oxford handbook of social purpose.

ISBN:

9780198937883

0198937881

9780198937876

0198937873

OCLC:

1573822831

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355279

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license