From editors

Abstract

Dear Readers,

We are proud to present you the first issue of the Journal of Corporate Responsibility and Leadership (JCR&L). The aim of the journal is to establish the platform for scientific discussion and to disseminate the research findings on corporate responsibility and leadership. The scope of the papers published in the JCR&L covers the issues of:

• corporate responsibility to employees and other stakeholders, organisations in business environment, society and the natural environment;

• leadership including contemporary concepts of leadership, the roles played by top, middle and first line managers, and challenges (both external and intra-organisational) faced by leaders in business, public sector and non-profit organisations.

The first issue of the journal covers a wide scope of problems related to the CSR concept. They range from the motives for including CSR into a business strategy to corporate benefits from socially responsible behaviours. The issues of the company dialogue with its stakeholders are included. Egoistic human actions and political hedonism are discussed as the external barriers to develop corporate responsibility. The level of CSR in companies operating in Poland is indentified. Finally, leadership is investigated as an antecedent of the successful CSR programme implementation.