Business Ethics category: 2278 books
Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sustainable Development in its Embryonic Form
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
This book provides a comprehensive overview of corporate social responsibility and its development in Africa. It provides in-depth studies on 11 sub-Saharan countries, demonstrating that corporate social responsibility is forming and going through different stages of metamorphosis in the continent....
Environmental Accounting and Reporting
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
This book discusses the foundations of social and environmental accounting and highlights local differences in countries like Italy and Bulgaria. It also describes the institutional environment, which affects the development and application of environmental accounting and reporting, as a basis for...
Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Some Empirical Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book presents the authors’ recent field experiences of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in different regions of India. It also demonstrates how social auditing and stakeholder mapping help analyze the impact that particular individuals or groups may have on the functioning of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
This book advances the understanding of corporate sustainability and challenges and roles of sustainability accounting in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific region has shown fast economic growth for several decades which is expected to continue. In this context, Asia has become the “production...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The asymmetry of responsibilities between management and corporate governance both for day-to-day operations and the board’s monthly or quarterly review and evaluation remains an unresolved challenge. Expertise in the area of risk management is a fundamental requirement for effective corporate governance,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
This volume introduces readers to recent developments in the fields of board of directors and corporate social responsibility. It also provides new insights and perspectives on corporate governance practices in different countries.
User Integration in Sustainable Product Development
Organisational Learning through Boundary-Spanning Processes
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Changes in production and consumption patterns are a crucial element in advancing the sustainability agenda. Many companies are now contributing to such efforts through a focus on sustainable innovation when developing new products and services. However, problematically, many such products fail as...
ISO 14001 and Beyond
Environmental Management Systems in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
On September 1st 1996, ISO 14001 was published, worldwide. Written over five years in consultation with international industrial experts, non-governmental organizations and regulators, this environmental management systems standard will help organizations manage their impacts on the environment, no...
Design + Environment
A Global Guide to Designing Greener Goods
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
There is a huge scarcity of good, practical resources for designers and students interested in minimizing the environmental impacts of products. Design + Environment has been specifically written to address this paucity.
The book first provides background information to help the reader understand...
The Responsible Investor Handbook
Mobilizing Workers' Capital for a Sustainable World
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
For decades, workers’ capital stewards have invested wisely to provide a secure retirement for millions of people around the world. This money – our money – represents an enormous share of economic and capital market wealth. It has seeded and grown innumerable innovative industries that have...
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The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then...
No Contest
The Case Against Competition
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Environment: Why Read the Classics? presents six important essays by some of the world's leading environmental thinkers on six of the most emblematic books ever written on the environment. The books – Walden; A Sand County Almanac; Small is Beautiful; Silent Spring; The Limits to Growth; and Our...
Altreconomia 172, giugno 2015
La vitalità dei borghi d'Italia
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Altreconomia dedica la copertina del numero di giugno 2015 all'Italia dei borghi, e in particolare alla vitalità dei Comuni associati a Borghi Autentici d'Italia, che grazie al progetto "Comunità Ospitali" si aprono all'esterno, per accogliere visitatori.
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