Research

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership recognised, in line with leading scholars of this field, three core questions around which our research revolves, namely:

a) How do we define responsible leadership?
b) What constitutes responsible leadership?
c) How can we develop responsible leadership?

Linked to these questions the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership identified a number of relevant projects that investigate the emergence and development of responsible leadership within the context of a changing contract between leaders, organisation and society. A discourse set against the backdrop of securing a socially just and environmental sustainable future for all.

The research projects currently undertaken by the centre are as follows:

• The Corporate Governance in South Africa project funded by Ernst and Young The Business and Biodiversity Leadership project funded by Exxaro
• Leadership for Africa and Leader 5 in collaboration with the Uongozi Leadership Institute in Tanzania
• The Integrated Reporting project funded by Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• 50+20 - A vision for transforming management to serve the common good -

Ongoing supervision of Masters and Doctoral students also contribute to our research effort. Current Masters and Doctoral students with associated draft topics are:

M Com in Business Management:

1. Carmen Mollman: Potential market barriers for voluntary climate change mitigation mechanisms in the SA private sector

PhD in Business Management:

2. Alan Childs: Service-learning as a determinant of developing socially responsible leadership values amongst undergraduate students in SA. The role of critical reflection

3. Leo Kok: Towards a representative brand valuation model. The identification and ranking of social, environmental and governance metrics.

4. Vis Naidoo: The relationship between corporate social responsibility and business strategy of selected SA corporations:

5. Thebogo Nkahle: Creating societies for a sustainable future: A new paradigm for business strategy