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Corporate Strategy and Sustainability: From Excellence to Fraud
 
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ISBN13:9780367773120
ISBN10:03677731211
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:448 pages
Size:246x174 mm
Weight:453 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 133 Illustrations, black & white; 5 Halftones, black & white; 128 Line drawings, black & white; 136 Tables, black & white
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Corporate Strategy and Sustainability

From Excellence to Fraud
 
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Publisher: Routledge
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Corporate Strategy and Sustainability is a substantially updated, detailed overview of sustainability issues for business and economics students. Built to teach the evolution of the history of sustainability practices, this textbook is an ideal companion to instructors and students of sustainability in business, economics and management.

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Corporate Strategy and Sustainability is a substantially updated, detailed overview of sustainability issues for business and economics students. Built to teach the evolution of the history of sustainability practices, this edition has expanded coverage of social sustainability issues, non-Western perspectives and sustainable supply chains. Rich in cases, these too have been updated to demonstrate best practice and the practical application of theory. Extensive discussions of tools show how incorporate sustainability issues apply to strategic decision making. The book accentuates the value and importance of a strong sustainability approach in an age of climate change emergency. This textbook is an ideal companion to instructors and students of sustainability in business, economics and management.

Table of Contents:


PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL  Preface  Chapter 1. Introduction and Context  Chapter 2: A Brief History of Corporate Response to Sustainability Issues  PART 2: SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY  Chapter 3: Eco-efficiency, Circular economy and other paradigms  Chapter 4: Closing the Loop: Mimicking Nature ? Biomimicry and Industrial Ecology  Chapter 5: Thinking Systemically (I) Mass Balances and Industrial Metabolism  Chapter 6: Thinking Systematically (II) Life-Cycle Analysis  Chapter 7: Thinking Systemically (III): Carbon Accounting  Chapter 8: Thinking Systemically (IV): LCA, Carbon Footprinting and Input-Output Analysis  PART 3: CASE STUDIES  Chapter 9: Waste to Profits. The Case of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Ltd.  Chapter 10: Designing the Corporation of the 21st Century. Case Study of Interface Inc.  Chapter 11: MOWI ? world leader in aquaculture ? a questionable solution  Chapter 12: The Search for Innovative Business Models. Case Study of Ooteel Forest Products Ltd.  Chapter 13: Assessing Ooteel?s Strategic Options  Chapter 14: Defining Sustainability and its Components. Case Study of Suncor Ltd.  Chapter 15: Volkswagen: a case study in corporate malfeasance and recovery  Chapter 16: Five short cases: Patagonia, H&M, Walmart, Ford, fossil fuel companies  PART 4: SPECIAL TOPICS  Chapter 17: Internalizing Sustainability into Corporate Strategy  Chapter 18: Reforming the financial system  Chapter 19: Social Enterprise and the Social Return to Investment  Chapter 20: Corporate Culture and Leadership  Chapter 21: Afterword