Overview
- Compare business participation in economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of sustainability
- Identifies types of business responses to sustainability issues
- Compares the role of governments and other third parties in establishing business self-regulation
Part of the book series: Sustainability and Innovation (SUSTAINABILITY)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Economic Dimension of Sustainability
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Environmental Dimension of Sustainability
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Social and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability
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Conclusions
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Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Achim Lang is lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Achim Lang held research positions at the University of Konstanz, the University of Cologne and the Darmstadt University of Technology. He authored "Die Evolution sektoraler Wirtschaftsverbände". He edited "Organized Business Interests in Changing Environments" (with J. Grote and V. Schneider) and "Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries" (with J. Bauer and V. Schneider).
Hannah Murphy is a politics and international relations lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She is the author of "The Making of International Trade Policy: NGO's, Agenda-Setting and the WTO", as well as other works on the multilateral economic agencies and civil society groups. Her current research focuses on the global governance of employment and labour standards.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Business and Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Between Government Pressure and Self-Regulation
Editors: Achim Lang, Hannah Murphy
Series Title: Sustainability and Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07239-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07238-8Published: 12 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35304-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07239-5Published: 01 September 2014
Series ISSN: 1860-1030
Series E-ISSN: 2197-926X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 192
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Economics, International Political Economy, Organization, Environmental Management, Business Ethics, Sustainable Development