Artificial intelligence - and social responsibility. Two topics that are at the top of the business agenda.

This book discusses in theory and practice how both topics influence each other. In addition to impulses from the current often controversial scientific discussion, it presents case studies from companies dealing with the specific challenges of artificial intelligence.

Particular emphasis is placed on the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) offers for companies from different industries. The book shows how dealing with the tension between AI and challenges caused by new corporate social responsibility creates strategic opportunities and also innovation opportunities. It highlights the active involvement of stakeholders in the design process, which is meant to build trust among customers and the public and thus contributes to the innovation and acceptance of artificial intelligence.

The book is aimed at researchers and practitioners in the fields of corporate social responsibility as well as artificial intelligence and digitalization.

The chapter "Exploring AI with purpose" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Provides examples of the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate social responsibility Provides insights from science and business management for future challenges posed by AI Offers impulses for strategic development of CSR and sustainability management

Autorentext
René Schmidpeter is an internationally recognized CSR strategist, thought leader and author. He holds a research professorship at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), Switzerland, and is professor for Sustainable Management at the International University of Applied Sciences (IUBH) in Munich (Germany), visiting professor at the University of Management and Economics (ISM) in Vilnius (Lithuania,) and an academic member of the interdisciplinary research faculty of the Parmenides Foundation in Munich. Before that, he held the Dr Jürgen Meyer Endowed Chair for International Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Cologne Business School (CBS), Germany. René Schmidpeter is a series editor of the book two series "CSR Management" and  "CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance", Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility and Editor of the Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management and also the founder of M3TRIX - Institute forSustainable Business Transformation and has advisory positions in national and international think-tanks, sustainability boards and expert commissions.

Reinhard Altenburger is a Professor for Strategic Management, Sustainable Management/CSR and Innovation in the Department of Business at the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (Austria). The focus of his research is on the topics "CSR and innovation" and "innovations in family businesses" and also on the connection between social responsibility and corporate strategy.  

Inhalt
Foreword.- 1.Artificial Intelligence - Management Challenges and Responsibility.- 2.Artificial Intelligence: Companion to a New Human "Measure"? - a brief outlook.- 3.AI-Governance for a prosperous future.- 4.Governance of Collaborative AI Development Strategies.- 5.Responsible AI Adoption through Private Sector Governance.- 6.Mastering Trustful Artificial Intelligence.- 7.echnology serves people Democratizing Analytics and AI in the BMW production system.- 8.Sustainability and artificial intelligence in the context of a corporate startup program.- 9.Exploring AI with Purpose.- 10.Developing Responsible AI Business model.- 11.ESG Fingerprint - how Big Data & Artificial Intelligence can support investors, companies and stakeholders?.- 12.It's only a bot! How adversarial chatbots can be a vehicle to teach responsible AI.- 13.Concerted actions to integrate Corporate Social Responsibility with AI in business: two recommendations on leadership and public policy.- 14.AI and Leadership: Automation and the change of management tasks and processes.- 15.Achieving csr with artificially intelligent nudging