Editors:
- Highly interdisciplinary, covering social sciences, economics, business, education, and environmental sciences
- A comprehensive resource describing social responsibility
- A sound basis to promote sustainability among enterprises, universities and bioeconomy
Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Frameworks
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Front Matter
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Case Studies
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About this book
This book comprehensively describes social responsibility and sustainable development, with contributions from scientists and representatives from industry working in the field. The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and many share practice-based experiences, some of which may be replicable elsewhere. Prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), it reiterates the current need to promote social responsibility.
Social responsibility and sustainable development are two different concepts, whose integration over the years has led to significant advances in the way enterprises see and perceive their operations. It is not only about policies or steps taken to meet legal requirements, but is also about social equality and environmental accountability, also bearing in mind the links with eco-efficiency, innovation, and the health and wellbeing of workers.According to ISO 26000, social responsibility is the responsibility of an organisation for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, through transparent and ethical behaviour that:
a) contributes to sustainable development, including health and the welfare of society
b) takes into account the expectations of stakeholders
c) is in compliance with applicable law and consistent with international norms of behaviour
d) is integrated throughout the organisation and practised in its relationships.
But even though the relations between social responsibility and sustainability are strong, it is still necessary to encourage organisations to adhere to, or at least follow the principles of sustainable development in their operations, giving something back to the community. As such, there is a need for a better understanding of how social responsibility is related to sustainable development, and of the identification of processes, methods and tools that may help the integration of these two important elements. There is also a real need to showcase successful examples of how to structure behaviour and institutional practice in line with the sustainability challenges we face today.Chapter [Reviewing the Stakeholder Value Creation Literature: Towards a Sustainability Approach] is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
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FTZ-NK, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Walter Leal Filho
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Book Subtitle: How Businesses and Organizations Can Operate in a Sustainable and Socially Responsible Way
Editors: Walter Leal Filho
Series Title: World Sustainability Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03562-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03561-7Published: 25 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03562-4Published: 14 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2199-7373
Series E-ISSN: 2199-7381
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 519
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development, Employee Health and Wellbeing