In CSR for HR: A Necessary Partnership for Advancing Responsible Business Practices, Elaine Cohen takes a ground-up approach to CSR that focuses on corporate engagement with individual employees. As Cohen says, “This book is both a wake-up call for the human resources (HR) profession and a tool-kit written to help members of that profession to act.” Review by Matthew Maguire. Read the full review in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

2. Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

In recent years, two books have provided interesting, and contrasting approaches to the challenge of global poverty. Jeffrey Sachs‟ The End of Poverty (previously reviewed here) made the headlines, both for the catchy title and the rock star status of its author. The other, Amartya Sen‟s Development as Freedom, drew less attention, but is potentially far more impactful. Review by Oliver Dudok van Heel. Read the full review in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

3. Street Smart Sustainability by David Mager and Joe Sibilia

“Pursuing a sustainable enterprise is a noble endeavour,” David Mager and Joe Sibilia advise, and they show how to do it in their collaborative book. Street Smart Sustainability is a powerful and practical handbook that provides essential tools to understand and put sustainability into business practice using a cost-effective approach. Review by Mardian Marsono. Read the full review in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

4. Responsible Management in Asia edited by Geoffrey Williams

Many books on CSR focus on the developed countries of the world and feature all sorts of good practice and case studies from European and North American businesses. Responsible Management in Asia is here to mix things up a bit and focus solely on the largest continent and the trends in the development of CSR here.  Review by Nazareth Seferian. Read the full review in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

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