Social Sustainability for Business (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Social Sustainability for Business demonstrates that companies must balance not only business operations, profit, and shareholder wealth, but also improving sustainable practices across consumers and supply chains in order to be truly successful. Going beyond the traditional focus on either a planet or profit perspective, it discusses the role of individuals and government policy in implementing sustainable practices to provide a positive future for the planet and its people.

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.