Sharma, Sanjay

Organizations and the sustainability mosaic : crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions / edited by Sanjay Sharma, Mark Starik, Bryan Husted. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007. - xviii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New perspectives in research on corporate sustainability .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organizations and the sustainability mosaic: crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions / Bryan Husted, Sanjay Sharma and Mark Starik -- Envisioning an ecologically sustainable society: an ideal type and an application / Gordon Rands, Barbara Ribbens, David Casagrande and Heather McIlvaine-Newsad -- A use-centered perspective on sustainability: a case study of land use in the American Southwest / Christa Walck -- Changing practice on sustainability: understanding and overcoming the organizational and psychological barriers to action / Andrew J. Hoffman and Max H. Bazerman -- Institutionalization as a prerequisite for sustainable corporate development / Frank Wijen -- Stakeholder salience, issues management and mapping new ways to sustainability / David Saiia -- Stakeholder management and sustainability evaluation and reporting system (SERS): a new corporate performance management framework / Francesco Perrini and Antonio Tencati -- Who can act on sustainability issues? Corporate capital and the configuration of organizational fields / Jennifer A. Howard-Grenville, Andrew J. Hoffman and C.B. Bhattacharya -- The political-institutional dimension of socio- environmental strategies: the game of Aracruz Celulose S.A. versus Tupiniquim and Guarani Indians / Celio Andrade -- Regulating business for sustainable development / Peter Utting -- The professionalization of sustainability / Deborah Rigling Gallagher.

The contributors to this book present research on crafting long-term ecological and societal solutions in order to achieve sustainability. Collectively, the contributors provide the analytic framework required for understanding sustainability and the multiple, interconnecting and embedded systems.

1845426428 (hardback) 9781845426422 (hardback)

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Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Environmental economics.
Industries--Social aspects.
Social justice.
Sustainable development.

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