Terms for Endearment : Business, NGOs and Sustainable Development.
Title:
Terms for Endearment : Business, NGOs and Sustainable Development.
Author:
Bendell, Jem.
ISBN:
9781907643149
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (275 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Prelims -- Half-title -- Praise -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Foreword 3 -- Introduction -- Part 1. Driving Factors for Business-NGO Engagement -- 1. Globalisation and the new politics of sustainable development -- 2. Making it legit -- 3. Web wars -- Part 2. Examples from Industry Sectors -- 4. Planting the seeds of change -- 5. Shades of green -- 6. A no win-win situation? -- 7. The listening banks -- Part 3. Organisations' Experiences -- 8. Meeting social and environmental objectives through partnership -- 9. Working non-'STOP' for sustainable development -- 10. Bridging troubled waters -- Part 4. Seeking and Managing Collaboration -- 11. Partners for sustainability -- 12. Culture clash and mediation -- 13. The art of collaboration -- Part 5. Concepts -- 14. Complementary resources -- 15. Thinking partners -- 16. Change the rules! -- Part 6. Future Directions -- 17. New frontiers -- 18. Civil regulation -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Biographies -- Index.
Abstract:
Increasingly, companies view engagement with NGOs as part of a strategy for the pursuit of sustainable development. This book presents the views of leading international figures on the relationship between business, NGOs and sustainable development.
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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