Salvaging corporate sustainability : going beyond the business case / Michael L. Barnett, Irene Henriques, Bryan W. Husted.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnett, Michael L., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

New horizons in sustainability and business.

New Horizons in Sustainability and Business

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"This critical book presents ways to improve the impact of corporate sustainability programs on the ecological and social systems that we rely upon. Integrating three decades of multidisciplinary empirical and conceptual research undertaken by three leading management scholars in three countries, this book addresses the current state of, and the prospects for, business to help create a truly sustainable society. Providing a balanced perspective, Salvaging Corporate Sustainability expertly charts the path from the promises of corporate sustainability, to where it has gone wrong, and on to where it needs to go from here. The authors conclude by outlining a research agenda for finding a working balance between free market and formal governance that can yield substantive corporate sustainability programs. Overall, this book will challenge readers to take a broader view of how we use the planet's limited resources and the ways in which corporations can work with their stakeholders and the government to address our global sustainability challenges. Offering new directions for uncovering better ways to increase sustainability through business, this book will be core reading for academics and students of business leadership, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, and strategic management. It will also be useful for practitioners who oversee and implement sustainability practices, helping them to conceptualize how to approach their jobs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Preface

Authors' acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

PART I Corporate sustainability: premises and promises

1. Surveying sustainability

2. Profiting from sustainability

3. Sustaining society

PART II The realities of corporate sustainability

4. Satisfying stakeholders shan't sustain society

5. Baked-in biases of the business case

6. Digital detours are dubious

PART III Getting good with government

7. Sussing out the scope of social control

8. Gripes against government

9. Learning to lean on Leviathan

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80037-894-7