Emerald and the GRLI honour Corporate Social Responsibility research with new award

May 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Emerald Group Publishing Limited, the world’s leading publisher of management research, in collaboration with the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) are delighted to announce the winner of the inaugural Social Impact Award:   “What matters to managers? The whats, whys, and hows of corporate social responsibility in a multinational corporation” written by Esben Pedersen and Peter Neergard, which appeared in Management Decision, Vol. 47 No 8 2009.

This new award recognizes outstanding research which makes a tangible difference for the good of society.  Reflecting Emerald’s publishing philosophy of “research you can use”, the award was open to articles published in an Emerald journal in 2009 that demonstrated real-world application with a high social impact.

The shortlist and winning paper was judged and chosen by a panel of experts from the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), the largest community of businesses and business schools/learning institutions uniquely focused on developing a “new” generation of globally responsible leaders.  

The winning author, Esben Pedersen comments, "We are of course very excited about winning 'The Social Impact Award’.  It is great to know that researchers and practitioners read and even acknowledge our work."  Peter Neergard continues, “We are honoured and proud to be awarded this prestigious prize".

The article will be freely available until the end of June 2010, to access visit www.emeraldinsight.com/md.htm

To find out more about Emerald’s vision of “helping the world to be better managed” please read Emerald’s Sustainability Report 2009, available at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/about/csr.htm

For more information about the work of the GRLI, please visit www.grli.org

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About Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)  http://www.grli.org/

The Globally Responsible Leaders Initiative (GRLI) was co-founded and is supported by the United Nations Global Compact and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The GRLI’s mission is to act as a catalyst to develop a next generation of globally responsible leaders. In doing so it challenges the issues of the company for the 21st Century, the mission of business schools/learning institutions and the process for cultural change in organizations.

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