What do you think?
Rate this book
Social Sustainability for Business
Social Sustainability for Business demonstrates the need for a transformational change to the way businesses across the globe operate. What has become the standard accepted "business model" with a focus on corporate profit, shareholder wealth maximization, and GDP growth, is no longer a sustainable business model for workers, consumers, communities, society, the planet or any of its inhabitants and ecosystems.
The authors argue that the current commercial system depletes natural resources, denigrates human rights, and inhibits positive social and technological innovation. To address these issues, they focus on societal goals--such as a sustainable planet, meeting human rights of workers, and safe products for consumers--and outline steps that organizations and individuals must take to achieve them. Readers will gain insight into the psychological barriers to and influences on sustainable behaviour. They will also learn how reconsidering corporate social responsibility and business ethics can stop and reverse the destruction of a profit-based approach. Cases on modern examples of sustainability or lack thereof (such as Bangladesh's Rana Plaza tragedy, Wal-Mart's supply chain management, and Costco's sustainable employment practices) explain how establishing and maintaining a socially sustainable business system can protect the environment, meet the rights of its people, and ensure that their needs are met tomorrow.
End-of-chapter and end-of-case discussion questions will help students in sustainability classes to think critically about the practical impact of the topics discussed.
The authors argue that the current commercial system depletes natural resources, denigrates human rights, and inhibits positive social and technological innovation. To address these issues, they focus on societal goals--such as a sustainable planet, meeting human rights of workers, and safe products for consumers--and outline steps that organizations and individuals must take to achieve them. Readers will gain insight into the psychological barriers to and influences on sustainable behaviour. They will also learn how reconsidering corporate social responsibility and business ethics can stop and reverse the destruction of a profit-based approach. Cases on modern examples of sustainability or lack thereof (such as Bangladesh's Rana Plaza tragedy, Wal-Mart's supply chain management, and Costco's sustainable employment practices) explain how establishing and maintaining a socially sustainable business system can protect the environment, meet the rights of its people, and ensure that their needs are met tomorrow.
End-of-chapter and end-of-case discussion questions will help students in sustainability classes to think critically about the practical impact of the topics discussed.
296 pages, Paperback
Published August 22, 2017
1 person is currently reading
2 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
August 25, 2024
Hab mir das Buch ganz anders vorgestellt- hab mich aber auch vorher nicht damit auseinandergesetzt wie es geschrieben ist. Es war eher als wissenschaftliches Lernbuch aufgebaut, was am Beginn gut zu lesen war und am Ende sich doch etwas hinauszögerte. Grundsätzlich aber als gute Lektüre mit viel Hintergrundinformationen dennoch zu empfehlen und auch als Nachschlagewerk für die ein oder andere Fragestellung.
Displaying 1 of 1 review