Public Administration is often below the Social Responsibility literature radar, thus leaving an important gap. The purpose of this book is to fill this gap and boost research on the field of social responsibility of Public Administration. Public Administration has many roles in modern societies. From transparency of internal data and social performance reporting to digitalization, tackling climate change, enhancing economic growth, fostering institutions and mitigating inequality, we need a responsible Public Administration. This collection is an effort to clarify what we mean by social responsibility, why it is elusive in the literature, how we can measure it, and how much of it is applicable to public administration.
Divided into three logical sections, the contributions explore theory and provide sectoral analyses and country cases, including a global overview of social responsibility in public administration. With an emphasis on practice and case studies, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students in schools of public administration and business, and in courses of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, public management and ethics. This book provides a novel look at the basic ideas of Social Responsibility and three models for the social responsibility of public administration.

Constitutes a pioneering study of social responsibility in the context of public administration Calls for self-examination and impact assessment on the part of public administration Demonstrates that elections are insufficient as mechanisms to hold public administration accountable

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Paolo D'Anselmi is a management consultant and author of Unknown Values and Stakeholders (Palgrave, 2017). He holds a PhD from LondonMet and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard.

Athanasios Chymis is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research in Athens. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia and specializes in institutions and competitiveness.

Cristian Paun is Professor of International Finance at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He habilitated in the field of international business and economics.

Alin Stancu is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Relations at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He is also the co-founder of The International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business.

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Part I Nurturing Social Responsibility in Public Administration: Bridging Perspectives and Cases.- Chapter 1.The Social Responsibility of Public Administration.- Chapter 2.Reformulated Corporate Social Responsibility. From opportunity to duty.- Chapter 3.Disparities and Convergencies of CSR across Europe: Bridging National Policies with Global Standards.- Chapter 4.Sustainable Development Goals from a public administration's social responsibility perspective.- Part II Advancing Social Responsibility in Public Administration Across Sectors: Insights and model.- Chapter 5.Ethical Communication and Responsibility in Public Administration.- Chapter 6.Promoting Sustainability and Responsibility in Public Administration: A European Perspective.- Chapter 7 Social Responsibility of Modern Central Banks.- Chapter 8.University Social Responsibility and Leadership: Building a Framework for Sustainable Development.- Part III Exploring the Nexus of Social Responsibility and Public Administration: Practices, Nuances and Pathways to Sustainable Development.- Chapter 9.Where do CSR and public administration overlap? A view from public servants.- Chapter 10.Transparency of local public administration an analysis of online information and services offered by municipalities.- Chapter 11.International competitiveness indicators as a proxy for Socially Responsible Public Administration.- Chapter 12. Conclusion: Cases, models, nuances.