Quest for Sustainable Business : An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility.
Title:
Quest for Sustainable Business : An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility.
Author:
Visser, Wayne.
ISBN:
9781907643491
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (266 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Author's introduction -- Prologue -- Part 1. Africa -- 1. Divided and united -- 2. Holism and hope -- 3. Governance and greed -- 4. Tears and flowers -- 5. Friends and foes -- Part 2. Europe -- 6. Directives and policies -- 7. Green and growing -- 8. Breakdown and breakthrough -- 9. Partnerships and poverty -- 10. Cycles and cradles -- Part 3. Asia Pacific -- 11. Kaizen and kyosei -- 12. Yin and yang -- 13. Too much sun -- 14. Merlions and orang-utans -- 15. Access and justice -- Part 4. Americas -- 16. Mythology and pathology -- 17. Plantations and houses -- 18. Emergence and convergence -- 19. Globalisation and innovation -- 20. Economics and evolution -- Part 5. United Kingdom -- 21. Humans and ecology -- 22. Meaning and change -- 23. Research and reading -- 24. Pioneers and paradoxes -- 25. Death and rebirth -- Epilogue -- About the author -- Index -- Back cover.
Abstract:
This treasure trove of a book is full of stories, ideas, best practices and tools for making sustainable business work in a myriad of different contexts, cultures and settings.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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