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Business and Sustainability [electronic resource] : Between Government Pressure and Self-Regulation / edited by Achim Lang, Hannah Murphy.

Contributor(s): Lang, Achim [editor.] | Murphy, Hannah [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Sustainability and Innovation: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: VII, 192 p. 7 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319072395.Subject(s): Organization | Planning | Business ethics | Political economy | Environmental management | Sustainable development | Environmental economics | Economics | Environmental Economics | Political Economy | Organization | Environmental Management | Business Ethics | Sustainable DevelopmentAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 333.7 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Economic Dimension of Sustainability -- Part III: Environmental Dimension of Sustainability -- Part IV: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability -- Part V: Conclusion.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Demands for sustainability policies have set new challenges for business both on the individual firm level and on the level of organized business interests. This edited volume brings together economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of sustainability that comprise different challenges for business processes and activities. The aim is to develop an overarching framework to the study of sustainability and business and to advance an interdisciplinary analytical perspective. The book establishes a balanced account that equally represents business as problem causers as well as problem solvers, and therefore responds to the urgent need to investigate the intersection between sustainability issues and business participation.
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Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Economic Dimension of Sustainability -- Part III: Environmental Dimension of Sustainability -- Part IV: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability -- Part V: Conclusion.

Demands for sustainability policies have set new challenges for business both on the individual firm level and on the level of organized business interests. This edited volume brings together economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of sustainability that comprise different challenges for business processes and activities. The aim is to develop an overarching framework to the study of sustainability and business and to advance an interdisciplinary analytical perspective. The book establishes a balanced account that equally represents business as problem causers as well as problem solvers, and therefore responds to the urgent need to investigate the intersection between sustainability issues and business participation.

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