Responsible Management in Theory and Practice in Muslim Societies

Purpose This study aims to theoretically introduce the notion of responsible managing as educational practice (RMEP). Design/methodology/approach The study is an essay. Traditionally assumed as individual-driven, rational, neutral and unproblematic, the author alternatively considers management not as managerialism but as a social practice that needs to be responsible. Findings The author posits that responsible management involves educational experiences enacted through practical wisdom. In this context, education herein is understood not as a scholastic practice taught in business schools or offered within professional training, but that may occur in informal contexts such as managing. Originality/value RMEP may contribute to a better comprehension of responsible management in practice. The author draws on the epistemology of practices and the notion of phronesis to support his thesis – that managing can be responsible when assumed as an educative practice performed through practical wisdom and people’s mutual education.

Purpose This paper aims to advance our knowledge in how small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) communicate corporate social responsibility (CSR). It forms part of a larger research study that investigated how CSR-award-winning SMEs interpret, manage and communicate CSR practices, as well as drivers for and barriers to engaging in CSR. The objective is to develop an integrated CSR best practice management and communication model for SMEs so as to assist companies in managing and communicating CSR more effectively and strategically. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through qualitative in-depth interviews with 28 CSR-award-winning SMEs in Hong Kong and from a wide range of company information, websites, award applications and other relevant public documents. The data presented in this study were collected between 2012 and 2014. Findings CSR communication in Hong Kong SMEs was largely informal, direct, non-strategic and internally-focused. Both implicit and explicit approaches were identified. Some SME exemplars demonstrated use of strategic CSR communication by proactively communicated CSR practices and achievements to both internal and external stakeholders as a strategy to enhance their competitive advantage. In addition to traditional channels, many SMEs used social media and different forms of symbols such as award logos, stories, celebrations and CSR identity, with owners playing the role of CSR icons and advocates. Research limitations/implications The research subjects were purposefully drawn from the population of CSR award winners, with the results being biased towards best practice of CSR. This was done intentionally, to meet the research objective of understanding and building best-practice cases and the CSR model. The findings supported the proposed model that CSR communication played a dominant role in CSR management, serving as a driver, facilitator and enabler between the other themes of the model, and within the organization. The implications for SMEs were focused on integrating CSR communication within the organization instead of treating it as an afterthought. Originality/value This paper contributes to the existing limited body of knowledge of CSR communication in SMEs, particularly in Hong Kong. The integrated CSR best practice management and communication model for SMEs, developed as part of this study, may help SMEs to manage and communicate CSR more effectively and strategically.

This contribution considers the theoretical, methodological, and analytical aspects of implementing a strategic approach to the management of corporate environmental responsibility in practice. The economic and normative approach to understanding the essence of corporate environmental responsibility is revealed; the key factors are systematized. Based on the generalization of theoretical and methodological provisions for corporate environmental responsibility, the authors formulated a concept for the strategic management thereof. An approach to understanding the content and forms of environmental responsibility at different stages of a company’s lifecycle is formulated. The main indicators that enable the analysis of corporate environmental responsibility from the point of view of the chain “inputs-processes-outputs” are systematized. Analytical studies of corporate environmental responsibility are conducted on the basis of information concerning automotive companies, in particular in terms of the following main areas: the study of global trends, monitoring of environmental goals and their reflection in development strategy, comprehensive analysis of environmental responsibility, the study of the balance of environmental and economic indicators. To achieve the aforementioned, the following were used: quantitative and qualitative methods, analytical and comparative methods of processing, analysis and synthesis of statistical information, economic and mathematical modelling, etc. The mechanism of transforming global environmental challenges into environmental responsibility management in practice is substantiated. An organizational mechanism is put forward for developing an environmental responsibility management system based on a strategic approach focused on implementation in practice. The key tools for implementing theoretical and methodological provisions in management practice are also identified.

Companies focus on eco sustainability and their contribution to sustainability is aimed at rethinking new practices for ecological products and waste disposal, committed to the environment. Objective: To describe and interpret the management of ecofriendly practices in supermarkets, based on the perception of university students and managers, to contribute towards a model of responsible culture management with the environment in organizations. Method: Qualitative-quantitative, mixed approach, non-experimental design, descriptive and interpretive type. It shows 93 university students and 02 managers, a cross-sectional survey and in-depth interviews. Results: The management of ecofriendly practices in supermarkets is comprehensively rated as regular with 37% according to the perception of university students; the management of waste energy and water qualifies regular with 30%, requires attention as centers of new income and reduction of expenses. Conclusion: The construction of the empirical bases of the ecofriendly management model are: Products, packaging and eco-labels. Waste, energy and water. Environmental communication and infrastructure.

Hidden curriculum in student organizations: Learning, practice, socialization and responsible management in a business school

Organizational Morality Through Aesthetic Leadership, Reflective Practice and Responsible Management

The distributed and global nature of data science creates challenges for evaluating the quality, import and potential impact of the data and knowledge claims being produced. This has significant consequences for the management and oversight of responsibilities and accountabilities in data science. In particular, it makes it difficult to determine who is responsible for what output, and how such responsibilities relate to each other; what ‘participation’ means and which accountabilities it involves, with regard to data ownership, donation and sharing as well as data analysis, re-use and authorship; and whether the trust placed on automated tools for data mining and interpretation is warranted (especially as data processing strategies and tools are often developed separately from the situations of data use where ethical concerns typically emerge). To address these challenges, this paper advocates a participative, reflexive management of data practices. Regulatory structures should encourage data scientists to examine the historical lineages and ethical implications of their work at regular intervals. They should also foster awareness of the multitude of skills and perspectives involved in data science, highlighting how each perspective is partial and in need of confrontation with others. This approach has the potential to improve not only the ethical oversight for data science initiatives, but also the quality and reliability of research outputs.This article is part of the themed issue ‘The ethical impact of data science’.

Background: Improper waste management may have health and environmental hazards. Studies showed the relationship of many diseases to improper waste management.Objective: This study aimed to assess the status of waste management and hygiene practices in Kersa Woreda, Eastern Ethiopia.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in Kersa Demographic Surveillance and Health Research Centre (KDS-HRC) project site in April 2008. The study subjects were randomly selected 444 households. Data were collected through interview and observation.Results: The majority of the households, (66%) disposed solid wastes in open dumps and only 6.9% of the households had temporary storage means for solid waste. About 98.4 % of the respondents revealed that the responsibility of waste management is left for women and girls. Only 36.4% households had latrines and almost all were simple unsanitary traditional pits. From those households with latrine the habit of hand-washing after defecation was reported to be only about 5.1%. The habit of hand washing after defecation is significantly associated with the educational status of the respondents (P

Collaborative medication management in a team-based primary care practice: An explanatory conceptual framework

Despite the worldwide overwhelming interests for the social role of business organisations, there is no generally accepted definition for the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In this chapter, we will introduce a few theories relevant to the CSR strategy and Ethical Management in the real-world business practice.

Background National policies and guidelines advocate that mental health practitioners employ positive risk management in clinical practice. However, there is currently a lack of clear guidance and definitions around this technique. Policy reviews can clarify complex issues by qualitatively synthesising common themes in the literature. Aims To review and thematically analyse national policy and guidelines on positive risk management to understand how it is conceptualised and defined. Method The authors completed a systematic review (PROSPERO: CRD42019122322) of grey literature databases (NICE, NHS England, UK Government) to identify policies and guidelines published between 1980 and April 2019. They analysed the results using thematic analysis. Results The authors screened 4999 documents, identifying 7 eligible policies and 19 guidelines. Qualitative synthesis resulted in three main themes: i) the conflicting aims of positive risk management; ii) conditional positive risk management; and iii) responsible positive risk management. Conclusions Analysis highlighted discrepancies and tensions in the conceptualisation of positive risk management both within and between policies. Documents described positive risk management in different and contradictory terms, making it challenging to identify what it is, when it should be employed, and by whom. Five policies offered only very limited definitions of positive risk management.

The future belongs to sustainable business models which can be proven by current successes. Several companies are now writing success stories based on a management paradigm which aligns sustainability and profitability, rather than seeing them as contradictions (Bungard in CSR and business models. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2017). Sustainable business models are characterized by their integration of social, ecological and economic factors in a single model. Such models demonstrate entrepreneurial solutions for the social challenges of the twenty-first century which eventually bring profitability (Schneider and Schmidpeter in Corporate social responsibility: responsible corporate management in theory and practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015). Two megatrends especially are very important: the rapid pace of digitalization and sustainable development (Hildebrandt and Landhäußer in CSR and digitalization—the digital transformation as an opportunity and challenge for business and society. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2017). Both the trends are closely interlinked; for example, sustainability offers huge business potential, while digital transformation provides major opportunities for execution. The combination of these two global megatrends will lead to changes in economic systems and a profound transformation in the professional world (Spieß and Fabisch in CSR and new worlds of work—changing perspectives in times of sustainability, digitalization and industry 4.0. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2017). However, entrepreneurs are faced with the choice of whether or not to consider the impact of these new business models on their operations. In this regard, the question also arises as to how these ambitious challenges can be implemented.KeywordsSustainable developmentDigitalizationSustainable entrepreneurship

The practice of medicine has changed greatly in the face of rapidly changing technology, limited or controlled funding and heightened patient expectations. In the early 1990s curricula for the management education of residents appeared. The Social Needs Working Group identified competencies grouped under the manager role as a major weakness of residency training in Canada. Recent graduates in the United States and Canada found they were unprepared for the increased responsibility of office management, contract negotiation and healthcare administration. 
 The popularity of masters degrees in business administration (MBA) has grown exponentially. At the same time the number of medical professionals completing MBAs in Canada is still small by comparison, as opposed to the United States where MD-MBAs are more prevalent. The utility of MBAs is still in question in Canada. The effects on practice patterns of Canadian residents completing an MBA is also unknown.
 The following workshop aims to allow participants to experience the format of case-based learning applied in many MBA programs. The cases will also highlight the unique approach a business mind can bring to current issues within medicine. The usefulness of an MBA will also be explored through small group exercises and testimonials. The process of applying to and funding this degree will be elaborated.
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To the Editor We support the recent succinct summary of and recommendations for fatigue risk management by Wong et al1 for anesthesiology residents, having recently confirmed the potential negative effects of overnight call on neurological and attention-related consequences.2 The revised regulations promulgated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in 2017 continue to recognize the issue,3 although it is tempting to view the slight easing of these regulations as an admission that early iterations were impractical to facilitate effective clinical training. While all who are involved in postgraduate education strive to achieve the perfect balance, several aspects of fatigue management are noteworthy and topical. Most of the available, presented data showing longer weekly work-hours for residents than for board-certified colleagues are from 10 to 20 years ago. We suspect that recent work-hour interventions are affecting or have already affected this balance. At our large academic training program, average resident weekly hours worked is significantly less than the example of 64–78 hours by as much as 10%–15%. An unappreciated consequence of decreased resident work-hours in a busy tertiary-referral, level-1 trauma center is the compensatory increased hourly requirement on faculty members that should be part of the same fatigue conversation. It is well known in the community and for resident graduates who assume fellow or junior faculty positions at similar acute-care institutions to which they trained that limited work-hours during training will acutely become less relevant as they assume new roles. Program graduates now in private practice who visit our residents to discuss real-life practice management frequently opine that requesting a nap or “scheduling intervention” after joining a group will not be viewed positively by colleagues and partners. Are we doing a disservice to graduates who may be less than optimally prepared for these suddenly increased clinical service time commitments with less opportunity for fatigue risk management? The emphasis on resident responsibility for fatigue management cannot be overstated. The resident who arrives for a regular or call shift who is already fatigued from social or nonmedical activities is a challenging situation. Should the program, the hospital, and the patients suffer an interruption in clinical services so that the resident can take a power nap when he/she is not adequately prepared for the shift? This contribution to fatigue may be more easily evaluated as a component of professionalism and commitment to the department and institution. We thank Wong et al1 for summarizing commonly available fatigue mitigation strategies. When considering this relevant topic in anesthesiology education, unanswered questions remain, and we look forward to continued discussion. Evan G. Pivalizza, MDSemhar J. Ghebremichael, MDTravis H. Markham, MDSara Guzman-Reyes, MDOmonele O. Nwokolo, MDGeorge W. Williams, MDSam D. Gumbert, MDDepartment of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Texas McGovern Medical SchoolHouston, Texas[email protected]

Conflicts of interest pose recurring professional responsibility and practice management challenges for lawyers and are a persistent source of professional liability risk. Conflicts of interest may spawn breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence allegations, require lawyers to decline potentially lucrative representations, disqualify lawyers from representations or force their withdrawal from cases, compel law firms to disgorge hard-earned fees, bruise lawyers’ relationships with clients, and generate negative publicity that may at least temporarily harm law firms’ reputations. Although conflicts arise in all practice areas, environmental law poses especially difficult conflict questions. There are several reasons for this. First, the complexity and size of a typical environmental proceeding combined with a relatively small number of qualified law firms increases the potential for conflicts of interest. In Superfund cases, for example, the EPA may target dozens or even hundreds of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to bear cleanup costs, all with competing interests. For a firm with a significant environmental law practice, any Superfund case is likely to involve more than one of its clients or potential clients, all of whom may be adverse to one another. Second, and relatedly, multiple PRPs may form joint defense groups or similar alliances that employ common counsel, or which share confidential information among their members, or both. A lawyer’s employment as group counsel or receipt of confidential information from a party in one matter may create conflicts of interest in subsequent matters. Third, because in some areas environmental law expertise is concentrated in a few lawyers or law firms, a lawyer who advised a client in connection with a matter may later find herself materially adverse to that client on behalf of a second client in a substantially related matter. Despite lawyers’ and courts’ need for guidance in evaluating conflicts in environmental cases, professional responsibility aspects of environmental law practice have drawn little or no scholarly attention. As a result, courts and lawyers are often left to fly blind. This article aims to remedy that problem by exploring conflicts of interest in environmental law in a fashion useful to courts, lawyers, and scholars alike.