Overview
- Combines theoretical and experiential accounts of firm behavior and legal regulation as they intersect
- Integrates insights from different bodies of law, including environmental law, energy, government regulation and intellectual property
- Covers a variety of geographic regions where law, sustainability and business interact
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Sustainable Growth (POSG)
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This book expands on law-related research by examining the legal aspects of sustainability with a focus on the impact on business strategies. It recognizes that firms must adopt an integrated approach to law and sustainability, considering multiple disciplines and goals, and serve as a forum for bringing together scholarship from fields such as environmental law, energy, government regulation and intellectual property. Firms increasingly have an interest in transitioning to sustainable business practices that take into consideration the fact that global resources are finite and will be increasingly scarce. They acknowledge that current actions have social, economic and environmental consequences and employ options to ensure that future generations have the same options and benefits. Examples of sustainable practices increasingly employed by firms include the institutionalization of “whole life-cycle” analysis in marketing and product design, utilization of sustainable inputs and energy sources, tracking and reporting sustainability performance, attempting the valuation of future generation prosperity and happiness as a discounting mechanism, and integrating sustainability into firm culture and management goals. It is clear that law and regulation have an extremely important role to play in the transition to more sustainable business practices. Broadly stated, law can provide structure for firms responding to forces that pull transition by enabling sustainability leadership and competitive advantage through funding models, intellectual property rights and collaboration means. Additionally, law can work to push transition by compelling firms to act through regulatory structures, accounting and governance mechanisms.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law and the Transition to Business Sustainability
Editors: Daniel R. Cahoy, Jamison E. Colburn
Series Title: Perspectives on Sustainable Growth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04723-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04722-5Published: 18 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38017-9Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04723-2Published: 30 June 2014
Series ISSN: 2199-8566
Series E-ISSN: 2199-8574
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 153
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Law and Economics, International Economic Law, Trade Law, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Sustainable Development