Sustainability: The Corporate Challenge of the 21st Century

Sustainability: The Corporate Challenge of the 21st Century

by Dexter Dunphy (Author)

Synopsis

Sustainability explores two of the major challenges faced by organisations in the 21st century. One is the successful management of human resources in a time of increasing staff turnover, decreasing loyalty, rising stress levels and emerging issues of corporate-community relations and social responsibility. The other is growing pressure from governments, staff and the general public for organisations to adopt environmentally responsible operations. Sustainability provides leaders and managers with a framework for understanding and adopting the principles and practices that contribute to a renewable, sustainable workforce and environment. Organisations that can achieve both human and ecological sustainability will be the successful drivers of the new sustainable economy---and those that don't face the prospect of extinction. 'A comprehensive guidebook for corporations that are really serious about shifting to more equitable, ecologically-sustainable operations.'Hazel Henderson, leading futurist and author of Beyond Globalisation.'. the wisdom and experience of the authors collected here make essential reading .' John Elkington, Chairman, SustainAbility Ltd and author of Cannibals With Forks: the triple bottom line of 21st century business.'Sustainability gives us the charts we need-we in business must now navigate towards a sustainable future!'Greg Bourne, Regional President/Director, BP Amoco Australia/New Zealand'This is an important work and CEOs everywhere should read it to gain a jump start in their own companies'Ray C. Anderson, Chairman and CEO, Interface, Inc.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 01 Nov 2000

ISBN 10: 1865082287
ISBN 13: 9781865082288

Media Reviews
A comprehensive guidebook for corporations that are really serious about shifting to more equitable, ecologically-sustainable operations. Hazel Henderson, leading futurist and author of Reyond Globalization. The sustainability paradigm requires a new way of thinking for managers--those not attuned will find that they risk losing competitive commercial advantage... Dr Barbara Penson, Vice-President, Human Resources, Placer Dome Asia Pacific.
Author Bio
Dexter Dunphy is Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. Formerly Professor or Management and Foundation Director of the Centre for Corporate Change at the Australian Graduate School of Management, he is a leading theorist and consultant on the management of change. Jodie Benveniste is an organisational psychologist, a social researcher and a writer. Andrew Griffiths is a researcher and lecturer in the School of Management, Faculty of Business at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Philip Sutton is the founder and Director of Policy and Strategy of Green Innovations, a non-profit environmental policy think tank and consultancy organisation.