Highlights the potential of responsible stakeholder management as a key opportunity rather than a cost for the business
Demonstrates how sustainability via innovative, clean, and fair business strategies can serve to help business and society to mutually profit
Presents a set of four steps to sustainable stakeholder management, which could conceivably help to create successful business in accord with the interests of people, the planet, and economic profit

Linda O’Riordan is a Professor of Business Studies & International Management and the Director of the Research Competence Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Germany. She is a general manager by background with a PhD from the University of Bradford in the UK. Dr. O’Riordan researches and writes with a focus on stakeholder management based on an holistic approach to organising sustainable business in society. She has led an edited book on CSR “New Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility: Locating the Missing Link”, she is the editor and reviewer of various leading international journals, and her work has been published in prominent peer-reviewed publications, such as the Journal of Business Ethics. In her educational role, Dr. O’Riordan lectures MBA and Bachelor students in subjects including: International Management & Business Strategy; Corporate Responsiblility; Marketing and Customer Relationship Management; Intercultural Competence Studies; Management Consulting and Problem-Solving. Additionally, she is a guest lecturer at various Universities including the University of Applied Sciences and the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. Previous to her academic role, she gained business and consultancy experience from working in industry. Some of her past employers include Accenture, UCB-Schwarz Pharma, and the Government of Ireland (Bórd Bia), as well as apprenticeship positions during her studies in Ireland at the Irish Telecom Company, Dublin (now Eircom), and the Bank of Ireland, Cork. Dr. O’Riordan’s academic qualifications include an MBA and a Masters in Research from the University of Bradford in the UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, Ireland.