Call for Chapters: Corporate Social Responsibility in Health and Social Care

Editors

Gianpaolo Tomaselli, University of Malta, Malta

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 2, 2024
Full Chapters Due: August 18, 2024
Submission Date: August 18, 2024

Introduction

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) involves integrating social and environmental concerns into business operations and stakeholder interactions. There is a growing emphasis on CSR across all sectors of the economy, including health and social care. In order to implement sustainable health and social care systems, CSR plays an essential role from a strategical, tactical and operational perspective. In such sector, specific initiatives are being undertaken to achieve sustainability in the three key areas of CSR: environmental, economic, and social. The environmental pillar of CSR involves reducing the industry's carbon footprint, implementing sustainable waste management practices, and promoting energy efficiency. The economic pillar focuses on ensuring equitable access to health and social care services, promoting fair pricing and affordability, and investing in research and development for innovative treatments. Lastly, the social pillar entails fostering inclusive and diverse workplaces, prioritizing patient safety and satisfaction, and actively supporting local communities through philanthropic initiatives. However, in spite of CSR's importance and relevance, there is still a lack of research investigating such topics in the health and care sector.

Objective

This book aims at analyzing the topic of CSR in the health and social care sector and shall serve as a baseline for future research in this field and to support students, researchers, scholars and practitioners in this field. This book may be used both for research, management and teaching purposes.

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the health and social care sector, as well as students attending courses in this field.

Recommended Topics

- Corporate social Responsibility (CSR) - Sustainability - Business ethics - Triple bottom line - CSR in healthcare - Social Innovation in healthcare - Sustainability in healthcare - Healthcare management - Healthcare services - Stakeholders' health and well-being - Stress and burnout in the workplace - Digital health - CSR communication - Circular economy - Green Economy - Waste management - Resilience and vulnerability - Climate change health impacts - Person-centered care - Patient safety - Clinical risk management - Occupational health and safety - Food safety - Social care

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 2, 2024, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by June 19, 2024 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 18, 2024, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Corporate Social Responsibility in Health and Social Care. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2025.



Important Dates

June 2, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline
June 19, 2024: Notification of Acceptance
August 18, 2024: Full Chapter Submission
October 20, 2024: Review Results Returned
December 1, 2024: Final Acceptance Notification
December 15, 2024: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Gianpaolo Tomaselli
University of Malta
gianpaolo.tomaselli@gmail.com



Classifications


Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education; Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences; Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences; Media and Communications; Security and Forensics; Government and Law; Social Sciences and Humanities; Science and Engineering
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