[Review of: O. Laasch, R. Suddaby, R.E. Freeman, D. Jamali (2020) Research Handbook of Responsible Management]

The Research Handbook of Responsible Management is a veritable treasure trove of insights. It can be considered a definitive guide to the broad topics within the field of responsible management and closely related fields. For organizational scholars, it presents insightful applications of key organization and management theories within the context of ethics, responsibility and sustainability. For researchers in responsible management and related fields, it offers at least a few perspectives that you may not have considered before. For doctoral students, it provides an invaluable who’s who and what’s what guide. The handbook’s novelty is in putting the manager centre stage and identifying three themes that transcend theoretical domains (ethics, responsibility, sustainability), as well as levels of analysis (individual, job, group, organization, occupation, planet): (1) praxis, practices and processes; (2) learning, change and innovation, and (3) alternative management frameworks. In this review, we aim to critically reflect on the book’s contributions. While it is difficult to think of what such an extensive handbook might have missed, we humbly revisit some directions for future research.