David Crowther PhD is a qualified accountant with extensive business experience. Currently he is professor of corporate social responsibility at De Montfort University; research professor at London School of Commerce; visiting professor at Shanghai University, China; and chief research fellow of the Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics. As well as acting as advisor to governments and corporations he has published more than 50 books and 400 articles in academic and professional journal and books. His most recent books are "Modern Organisational Governance" and "The Goals of Sustainable Development: Responsibility and Governance."