ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the capitalism cornerstone—Neo-liberal assumptions versus moral aspirations; the philosophical cornerstone—MacIntyre’s virtue ethics; the leadership cornerstone—purposes and responsibilities; the systemic cornerstone—the societal grand challenges. It explores the systemic nature of responsible leadership through the good dividends and introduces each of the six good dividends. The book also explores the financial dividend through published stakeholder communications that illustrate the low salience of the value anticipated from employees with financial statements. It examines the human resource dividend and the leadership challenges for realising this dividend that has been so long anticipated—they argue for the need to give attention to human resourcefulness developed out from what they describe as responsible human resource management. The book provides a new way of understanding operational management through a focus on realising value across a range of connected stakeholders.
