Stakeholders, the Environment and SocietySanjay Sharma, Mark Starik Edward Elgar, 2004 - 314 pages The role of stakeholders is integral to corporate sustainability as society increasingly demands that corporations play a role in achieving environmental objectives in addition to building shareholder wealth. In the first book to gather cutting-edge research on the interactions between stakeholders and organizations within the context of corporate sustainability, the contributors to this volume provide a diversity of perspectives from North America, Europe, and Oceania. The authors examine the role stakeholders play in influencing regulations on global issues such as climate change and national and regional problems. Stakeholder selection of companies and the sustainability issues they choose to target are explored, as are the ways in which organizations motivate them to participate in the evolution of holistic sustainable solutions. The interactions between stakeholder pressures, organizational characteristics and corporate sustainability practices are also covered. Finally, the volume provides an examination of the dynamic structure of organizational fields in the European automobile industry in order to analyze the factors that foster or hinder ecological modernization. Academics, environmental consultants, sustainability managers, NGOs, and international development institutions will find this timely volume of great value. |
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... organizational and the commons literatures . Organizational Perspectives The organization studies literature on the natural environment tends to be ' egocentric ' , that is , focused on the single organization ( Morgan 1997 ) . The ...
... organization recognizes the environment as a stakeholder , the interface between the organization and the environment and the ongoing conversation addressing claims and claimants is best served by an ethic of care . 2. Representation ...
... organization - environment exchange . Suggestions for Future Research Future research could develop in several areas , from the theoretical in the areas of ethics , organizational change and organizational learning to the more material ...
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