Examines the underlying symbolic dimensions of corporate environmentalism, helping readers to separate useful environmental information from empty corporate spin.
This book investigates the dynamics of the management of sustainability in networks and clusters - an area of increasing importance that is neglected by the many studies addressing sustainability at the single-enterprise level.
Mit Blick auf den in zahlreichen Familienunternehmen bevorstehenden oder sich bereits vollziehenden Generationswechsel haben bestimmte Gestaltungsformen des Generatio- wechsels wie etwa die familieninterne Nachfolge, MBI und MBO oder der Verkauf an Dritte bereits recht viel Aufmerksamkeit in wissenschaftlichen und praxisorientierten Publikationen erhalten.
In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics.
This book provides a roadmap for leaders of listed companies to follow in order to build enduring institutions that create value for customers and wealth for shareholders on an ongoing basis, in ways that also enhance the wellbeing of all other legitimate stakeholders - including the wider community and the environment.
El sustento en que se apoya el Antiguo Régimen no aguanta más: irrumpe con estrépito un nuevo espíritu, mientras las viejas ideas heredadas amenazan con el colapso.
Your most important business asset is already within you realize it and capitalize on it Spirituality is the basis for all successful organizations and the most important asset you have in elevating you and your business to a new level of performance.
This book offers an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of global supply chains through the dual dimensions of time and region, which include their origins, current challenges, and future trajectories.
This clear and reliable introduction to Taoism (also known as Daoism) brings a fresh dimension to a tradition that has found a natural place in Western society.
The edited volume New Economies for Sustainability: Limits and Potentials for Possible Futures brings together a range of alternative views on economy and organization to illustrate different perspectives on how to work towards more sustainable solutions to production, consumptions and economic organization more generally.
This book contains a collection of teaching cases that study and emphasise how twenty-first-century businesses address and satisfy the needs and wants of socially conscious consumers while remaining profitable.
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between business and society by addressing key issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, ethics and governance.
This book approaches the question of the relation between financial crises and earnings management from two philosophical perspectives: positivism and critical realism.
This book examines the organisational culture of the Irish police service, speaking in particular to those interested in policing organisations and organisational culture.
The Business and Society (BAS) 360 book series is an annual publication targeting cutting-edge developments in the broad business and society field, such as stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility and citizenship, business ethics, sustainability, social entrepreneurship and others.
Is your company delivering products to customers at the right time, place, and pricewith the best possible availability and lowest possible cost and working capital?
In the light of a rapidly changing media industry with new technologies, actors and advertising models, and the critical role of media in society, this volume highlights the meaning of different values in media companies and media managers' decisions.
WINNER: Goody Business Book Award 2024 - Business - EnvironmentWINNER: Axiom Business Book Award 2025 - Bronze Medal, Business Ethics - Future TrendsFINALIST: 2025 International Book Awards (IBA) - Business: Management & LeadershipBusinesses who take environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) seriously can transform their companies, industries and economies worldwide.
This book examines the design of two care pathways to establish how key principles associated with systems thinking, quality improvement, and supply chain management can improve the design of these services.
This book highlights the multi-faceted nature of corporate social responsibility and the need for greater engagement across academia to help develop the mechanisms needed to encourage socially responsible approaches across the board.
Africa is one of the world's oldest economies, yet little is known about the wisdom that traditionally guided responsible management, with most work in the field employing Western perspectives.
