With a range of well-respected voices from across the business, political, third sector and research spectrum, this important book provides an accessible insight into what is responsible leadership. It represents the most comprehensive and informed work on responsible leadership linked to the UN SDGs produced to date.

Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln and the University of Westminster, UK, and the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also Chair of the United Nations-endorsed Institute for Responsible Leadership. He has published extensively on health, professions, regulation and research methods.

Part I: Challenges of Responsible Leadership in a National and International Context 1. Responsible Leadership: Following the Spirit of Nelson Mandela; 2. Responsible Leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations; Part II: Leadership and Social Responsibility 3. Constitutional Ethics, Human Rights and Responsible Leadership; 4. Innovation and Responsible Leadership in Business and Industry; 5. Cybercrime, Digital Technology and Responsible Leadership; Part III: Responsible Leadership in the Private and Public Sector 6. Responsible Leadership and Good Governance; 7. Privatization, Poverty and Responsible Leadership; 8. Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Leadership; Part IV: Communication and Responsible Leadership 9. Emotional Intelligence, Social Cohesion and Responsible Leadership; 10. Intercultural Communication Competence for Responsible Leadership; 11. Co-Responsible Leadership and Partnership; Part V: Education, Professions and Responsible Leadership 12. School and College Education and Responsible Leadership; 13. Responsible Leadership and Higher Education; 14. Professions and Responsible Leadership; Part VI: Responsible Leadership, the Environment and Global Health 15. COVID-19 and Global Human Health; 16. Responsible Leadership, the Climate Crisis and Preserving Planetary Health; 17. Biodiversity and Responsible Leadership; Part VII: Diversity, Challenge and Change 18. Responsible Leadership Development: Gender, Diversity and the Route to the Top; 19. Human Trafficking and Responsible Leadership; 20. Youth, Social Media and Responsible Leadership