Urgent Business

Five Myths Business Needs to Overcome to Save Itself and the Planet
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1759-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 378 g

Getting business on board is essential if we want to achieve the United Nations’ goal of building a better future for people and planet by 2030. But much of the sustainable business agenda falls woefully short of what is needed, with some practices even accelerating the problems they’re trying to solve.

In Urgent Business Ian Thomson and Dominic Bates, a business school professor and a former journalist, combine their expert insight to challenge five common myths that trap businesses in an unsustainable black-hole and offer a manifesto for change. Combining cutting-edge research – from AI and systems theory to climate science and behavioural economics – with fascinating real-world examples, the authors highlight the practical and holistic steps all businesses can take to play their part in addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson, Ian

Bates, Dominic

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Paul Polman

Joining the Dots

Myth 1: A Successful Business Is a Growing and Profitable One

Myth 2: Only Manage What You Can Measure

Myth 3: Laser-Like Focus Gets Results

Myth 4: The Consumer Is Always Right

Myth 5: Irresponsible Decisions Are Made by Irresponsible Leaders

Do Something

Appendix 1: Get to Know Your Global Goals

Appendix 2: Connecting Purpose with the Global Goals and Systems that Underpin Them

Appendix 3: The Resilience Assessment Workbook

Appendix 4: Carbon Scoping

Über Autor(innen)

Thomson, Ian
Ian Thomson is Professor of Accounting and Sustainability and Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business at the University of Birmingham. He is also Convenor of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research.

Bates, Dominic
Dominic Bates is Content Writer and Publication Manager at Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham. Previously he was a professional journalist and editor for two national charities, while also freelancing for the Guardian, Financial Times and Independent.

Ian Thomson is Professor of Accounting and Sustainability and Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business at the University of Birmingham. He is also Convenor of the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research.

Dominic Bates is Content Writer and Publication Manager at Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham. Previously he was a professional journalist and editor for two national charities, while also freelancing for The Guardian, FT and Independent.