Responsible management and the global grand challenges: A social systems perspective

The eight research articles in this edition of BESS examine the empirical and theoretical aspects of social systems and individual behaviours. The issue also initiates a theoretical discourse on the ethical dimensions of economics as a discipline, pointing out how mainstream economics tends to overlook environmental and social concerns. The various articles emphasise unethical conduct among individuals and organisations as a pressing issue. BESS's recent research in management, economics, decision-making, and accounting underscores the need for scholars to research the interplay among managers, organisational behaviours, decision-making processes, and contemporary and systemic social and environmental dilemmas commonly called global grand challenges.