Developing Sustainability in Organizations

A Values-Based Approach
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-36906-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 803 g

Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series

This book explores the historical, foundational, and applied elements of sustainability theory and practice as relevant to the leadership, management, and innovation of organizations, companies and enterprises. It provides analytical and critical reviews of the current evolution of sustainability for people, planet, prosperity, innovation and impact.

Divided into four parts, the work offers an integrated model of development for creating and delivering sustainability values at the personal, organizational, societal and environmental levels. The different sections examine sustainability leadership (focusing on of ethics, values, and purpose), sustainability management  (focusing on organizational effectiveness and stakeholders’ wellbeing), sustainability innovation (focusing on social and environmental entrepreneurship), and sustainability impact (focusing on resilience, interconnectedness, consciousness, systemic thinking, and cosmic empathy for the common good and common future).

Combining theoretical and practical applications that give the reader a deeper, scientific, and critical understanding of the urgent, complex, and necessary values for a sustainable future for all, this comprehensive text is a must-read for researchers and students alike, providing a framework for effective globally responsible leadership. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tavanti, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Era for Sustainability

Part 1: SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP

Chapter 2: Values & Principles for Sustainability Leadership

Chapter 3: Higher Purpose in Sustainability Leaders

Chapter 4: Mindsets for Sustainability Leadership

Chapter 5: Ethos of Sustainability Leadership

Part 2: SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

Chapter 6: Approaches to Managing Sustainability

Chapter 7: EESG Organizational Sustainability Management

Chapter 8: Sustainability Management Across Sectors

Chapter 9: Sustainable Management Effective Practices

Chapter 10: The Future of Sustainability Management

Part 3: SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION

Chapter 11: Understanding Sustainability Innovation

Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Innovations

Chapter 13: Technology Innovations for the SDGs

Chapter 14: Design Thinking for Sustainable Innovation

Part 4: SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT

Chapter 15: The Impact Challenge for Global Sustainability

Chapter 16: The Dimensions of Sustainability Impact

Chapter 17: Assessing and Measuring Sustainability Impact

 

Chapter 18: The Future of Sustainable Impact

Über Autor(innen)

Marco Tavanti is Professor of Leadership in the School of Management at University of San Francisco, USA. He has contributed to the establishment of the United Nations Global Compact and its Principles of Responsible Management Education (UN-PRME). As President of the Sustainable Capacity International Institute and Co-Founder of the World Engagement Institute, he links teaching with professional development for sustainable human security in post conflict and challenging contexts. He has published more than 100 studies in the area of sustainability, value leadership and cross-cultural aspects of responsible management education. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management for Global Sustainability (JMGS) and has recently published a book with Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis on Conscious Sustainability Leadership: A New Paradigm for Next Generation Leaders.