Vol. 54 No. 1 (2026): Published March 30, 2025
DOI https://doi.org/10.18799/26584956/2026/1/2071
Responsible leadership model in the context of ESG business transformation
Abstract. In the modern economic environment, social responsibility is becoming an integral part of corporate strategy. The content of the socially responsible business model comes down to a set of various types of responsibility to various stakeholders (that is, those individuals who can be influenced by the business and who themselves can affect the business) and society as a whole. In this regard, the concept of corporate social responsibility has been developed in Russian economic science, reflecting modern trends in the development of society, the economy, and business. Central to this concept is the figure of a new generation of leaders, which predetermined the formation of a responsible leadership model within the general leadership typology. Accordingly, economic science faced new challenges associated with understanding the essence of the phenomena and processes that determined the formation of the responsible leadership model. Aim. To study the concept of responsible leadership and to develop the responsible leadership models. Methods. Formal logic, modeling, analysis, and synthesis. Results. The author proposes an approach to understanding responsible leadership (in business), based on standards of integrity, morality, and virtue. These standards are proposed to be viewed as limits on the exercise of a leader's authority, expressed in specific responsibilities, the performance of which can only be assessed for compliance with the responsible leadership model by stakeholders. Based on the criterion of the level of responsibility to which a leader corresponds, the author developed a system of responsible leadership models.
For citation: Trubchenko Т.G., Solomina М.S. Responsible leadership model in the context of ESG business transformation. Journal of Wellbeing Technologies, 2026, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 161–175. https://doi.org/10.18799/26584956/2026/1/2071
Keywords:
responsible leadership, leadership, responsible leadership models, socially responsible business, company organization, power
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