The Sustainable Organisation A Paradigm For A Fairer Society

Author : Miguel Brandao,Nadia Morais
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512206164

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The Sustainable Organisation - a Paradigm for a Fairer Society by Miguel Brandao,Nadia Morais Pdf

Looking at the top 100 organisations in the world, have you ever wondered which ones would we really miss if they were to disappear? Or, which ones deliver something that we truly need in order to improve our health and happiness? Or even, which of these organisations are taking advantage of resources while jeopardising the quality of life of the next generations? Current performance metrics strongly overlook these facts. In fact, despite the dramatic technological progress that infused radical changes in the society over the past century, profits and shareholder value remain the cardinal assessment tools. We believe this has led us to support, recognise and reward predatory organisations in detriment to sustainable organisations. Ultimately, we end up seeing villains for heroes and blindly incentivising those who live from this, albeit not contributing to the community. Yet, a society that deters useful professions in favour of futile jobs, a society that values futile organisations, penalising the ones that bring actual value, is undeniably unsustainable. With this book, we aspire to instil discussion about the characteristics of sustainable organisations as the cornerstone of the definition of new criteria to assess how useful an organisation truly is. The main premise for this is that an organisation can only be sustainable when its full impact - internal and external - is positive in the short, medium and long-term and when its activity contributes to human survival and/or development. We propose a new model for sustainable organisations founded on transparency, merit and purpose as well as a simple index - a new algorithm - that will enable any citizen in the world to understand and compare the real value and impact of any organisation. Our hope is that this awareness will lead to a shift in global dynamics, from a perilous route - conflict-oriented - onto a prosperous trajectory that is truly sustainable and unequivocally focused on human needs. Following are reviews from three of our Beta readers: "A book that can help both identify and cure the ills of today's world with a simple formula - is a gift that we cannot afford to pass by. The Sustainable Organization points boldly to the organizational transformation reforms needed to reclaim humanity from the gridlock of inequality fostered by a predatory reward system that minimizes employee contribution while channeling the rewards to a few at the top. Offering a few simple indicators that can help organizations determine if they are on the right path the book sheds light on the hard truth about those who have to change the ways they operate. I can hardly imagine a more powerful approach to changing the status quo at a crucial time in history." Mihaela Ulieru, PhD, Global Agenda Council at the World Economic Forum, USA "The Sustainable Organization is a very interesting book which shows the way for organizations to create a win, win, win for all stakeholders in our fragile world. Become Sustainable or eventually die.Greed is a poison." Lee Cockerell, Former Executive Vice-President at Disney, USA "What you measure is what you get " how human / capitalist measure the world in the liner mind brought us to where we stand toady . What we need now is a bold and proven new measurement lead all humankind to a better world. I am glad my friend Miguel do it for us, with his insight in the writing " The sustainable organisation " we can levitate tunnel view and see a brighter future - an equal and fair world to be. I am ready to join the new perspective now, and you? Roger Lee, founder of CSR Community International; Forum works Inc. and Talents Fly Co-creation International association, TAIWAN Other comments from beta readers: http: //thesustainableorganisation.blogspot.pt/2015/04/comments-and-observations-from-our-beta.html

Author : Colin Jenkins
Publisher : IAP
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641135436

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The 2017 Hampton Reader by Colin Jenkins Pdf

Through dozens of diverse and timely political essays and analyses, this book addresses the most pressing problems of our contemporary world. Instead of the tired, detached academic inquiry that permeates from institutions of higher education, these pages contain writings that have been produced by political organizers and revolutionaries throughout the course of their daily activity in social, economic, and political movements. The 2017 Hampton Reader includes the most popular essays from The Hampton Institute: A Working-Class Think Tank. The Hampton Institute is an intellectual and political organization that seeks to develop the working class into a self-conscious class-for-itself capable of fundamentally changing the nature of society. The essays herein are the products of a collective of organic intellectuals united by the task of clarifying our political moment, sparking a revival in working-class intellectualism, and pushing the revolutionary struggles of our day forward.

Author : Shaun Topham,Paolo Boscolo,Michael Mulquin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000891409

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Personal Data-Smart Cities: How cities can Utilise their Citizen’s Personal Data to Help them Become Climate Neutral by Shaun Topham,Paolo Boscolo,Michael Mulquin Pdf

This book sets out to address some of the issues that a smart city needs to overcome to make use of both the data currently available to them and how this can be enhanced by using emerging technology enabling a citizen to share their personal data, adding value. It provides answers for those within a smart city, advising their mayors or leaders on introducing new technology. We will cover the topic so as to enable many different public officials to be able to understand the situation from their own perspective, be they lawyers, financial people, service providers, those looking at governance structures, policy makers, etc. We are contributing to the new model for the European Data Economy. Case studies of existing best practice in the use of data are augmented with examples of embracing a citizen’s personal data in the mix, to enable better services to develop and potential new revenue streams to occur. This will enable new business models and investment opportunities to emerge. We will address the topic of how to put a value on data and will conclude by looking at what new technologies will be emerging in the coming years, to help cities with carbon-neutral targets to have more chance of succeeding.

Author : Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782252764

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What is a Fair International Society? by Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet Pdf

Today's world is post-colonial and post-Cold War. These twin characteristics explain why international society is also riddled with the two major forms of injustice which Nancy Fraser identified as afflicting national societies. First, the economic and social disparities between states caused outcry in the 1950s when the first steps were taken towards decolonisation. These inequalities, to which a number of emerging states now contribute, are still glaring and still pose the problem of the gap between formal equality and true equality. Second, international society is increasingly confronted with culture- and identity-related claims, stretching the dividing line between equality and difference. The less-favoured states, those that feel stigmatised, but also native peoples, ethnic groups, minorities and women now aspire to both legal recognition of their equal dignity and the protection of their identities and cultures. Some even seek reparation for injustices arising from the past violation of their identities and the confiscation of their property or land. In answer to these two forms of claim, the subjects of international society have come up with two types of remedy encapsulated in legal rules: the law of development and the law of recognition. These two sets of rights are neither wholly autonomous and individualised branches of law nor formalised sets of rules. They are imperfect and have their dark side. Yet they can be seen as the first milestones towards what might become a fairer international society; one that is both equitable (as an answer to socio-economic injustice) and decent (as an answer to cultural injustice). This book explores this evolution in international society, setting it in historical perspective and examining its presuppositions and implications.

Author : Marco Tavanti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031369070

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Developing Sustainability in Organizations by Marco Tavanti Pdf

​This book explores the historical, foundational, and applied elements of sustainability theory and practice as relevant to the leadership, management, and innovation of organizations, companies and enterprises. It provides analytical and critical reviews of the current evolution of sustainability for people, planet, prosperity, innovation and impact. Divided into four parts, the work offers an integrated model of development for creating and delivering sustainability values at the personal, organizational, societal and environmental levels. The different sections examine sustainability leadership (focusing on of ethics, values, and purpose), sustainability management (focusing on organizational effectiveness and stakeholders’ wellbeing), sustainability innovation (focusing on social and environmental entrepreneurship), and sustainability impact (focusing on resilience, interconnectedness, consciousness, systemic thinking, and cosmic empathy for the common good and common future). Combining theoretical and practical applications that give the reader a deeper, scientific, and critical understanding of the urgent, complex, and necessary values for a sustainable future for all, this comprehensive text is a must-read for researchers and students alike, providing a framework for effective globally responsible leadership.

Author : Alex Nicholls,Charlotte Opal
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412901057

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Fair Trade by Alex Nicholls,Charlotte Opal Pdf

Looking at the strategic future for Fair Trade, this work presents concise histories of different Fair Trade organizations, revealing case studies and useful data analysis.

Author : Ugo Biggeri,Giovanni Ferri,Federica Ielasi,Pedro Manuel Sasia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000935516

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Ethical Finance and Prosperity by Ugo Biggeri,Giovanni Ferri,Federica Ielasi,Pedro Manuel Sasia Pdf

The debate on connections between economic activity and socio-environmental impact has become increasingly relevant. As a result, ethical finance is emerging from its niche. However, the terms "ethical finance" and "sustainable finance" are often confused and overlapping, and the risk of greenwashing is high. Many authors suggest the need of a paradigm shift because the present economic system is no longer able to maintain a safe environment. Tim Jackson explicitly argues about the need of a future of "prosperity without growth". From the experiences of ethical finance, we can identify some interesting tools to achieve that goal. This book explains how ethical finance works and which innovations it has engendered in financial and economic systems; clarifies the links between finance and ethics, going beyond Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, and offers an approach, which is vital for most financial sectors, from microcredit to impact investing; investigates the goals, constraints, and opportunities of environmental and social considerations in finance and explores the more innovative experiences in banking and investing. It helps readers understand the phenomena in depth, distinguishing the strategic, managerial, organizational, and risk practices of ethical finance. The authors adopt a holistic but critical approach, both with respect to the practices exercised by financial intermediaries, and with reference to new regulatory aspects. The book identifies the key issues and current challenges of ethical finance, both for financial operators and regulators. Several concrete international cases offer empirical comparisons of practices, and as such it will be an invaluable reference for academics and researchers who wish to deepen their knowledge of ethical finance.

Author : Sumesh Singh Dadwal,Hamid Jahankhani,Gordon Bowen,Imad Yasir Nawaz
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781837530243

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Technology and Talent Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities by Sumesh Singh Dadwal,Hamid Jahankhani,Gordon Bowen,Imad Yasir Nawaz Pdf

Acknowledging the smart cities phenomenon not as a future goal but as an active part of our present, this book critically examines the strategies, business models, practices, tools, and actions needed to ensure that smart cities deliver the solutions they promise.

Author : Anthony Charles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119511793

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Sustainable Fishery Systems by Anthony Charles Pdf

SUSTAINABLE FISHERY SYSTEMS An up-to-date and interdisciplinary guide to sustainable fisheries Fisheries, whether small-scale or large-scale, are filled with complexity and uncertainty. Making the right decisions to successfully manage fisheries for sustainability and resilience requires a systems approach — including both natural and human elements, and their many interactions. To understand fisheries, and how they change over time, a diverse range of fishery knowledge must be brought together. Sustainable Fishery Systems, 2nd edition meets these needs. The new edition provides essential information that can be readily applied within government, community, industrial, academic and research settings. Sustainable Fishery Systems, 2nd edition retains the first edition’s emphasis on themes such as sustainability, resilience, uncertainty, complexity, and conflict, and expands its treatment of topics that have, since the first edition’s publication, become crucial to consider in the field of fisheries. As a result, readers will find: Updated and expanded coverage of topics including coastal conservation, ecosystem-based management, co-management, community-based management, and more New chapters covering connections between fisheries and marine protected areas, biodiversity conservation, climate and fisheries, and multi-sectoral management A more detailed introduction to the “systems” perspective of fisheries, reflecting the substantial growth in that subject’s importance, and covering in detail the natural, human and governance aspects of fisheries. Sustainable Fishery Systems, 2nd edition is an indispensable interdisciplinary resource for educators, researchers, government agencies, and fisheries managers.

Author : Bernd Marin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351873406

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Welfare in an Idle Society? by Bernd Marin Pdf

The modern welfare state is indeed one of the greatest achievements of the post-war 20th century. With its key aims of eradicating the five giant social ills of Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor and Idleness, it aimed to providing a minimum standard of living, with all people of working age paying a weekly contribution; in return, benefits would be paid to anyone who was sick, unemployed, retired or widowed. The modern welfare state, therefore, is about maintaining a delicate equilibrium between dependent social groups on the one hand and the active working classes on the other. In the case of old-age security, this balance is being achieved (or not) by the so-called Generation Contract. This social pact is more of an implicit, unwritten and unspecified social contract. This ground-breaking book demonstrates how countries are addressing population-ageing challenges in depth, using the case study of Austria to gain the required complexity and differentiation in a comparative European framework of empirical evidence. This is a broad social science study in political economy and sociology, not an economic analysis. Though focusing on pensions, it centres on the (im)balance between work and non-work, issues of health, work ability, employability, and benefit receipt from old-age security to disability allowance. It will be required reading for all sociologists and social policy experts and academics working within this area.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789230010638

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Education for Sustainable Development – N° 4 – Sourcebook (learning & training tools) by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351857147

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Conferences as Sites of Learning and Development by Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction to conferences as sites of learning and development: Using participatory action learning and action research approaches -- Part I The Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA) -- 2 History and culture of ALARA: The Action Learning and Action Research Association -- 3 Reflections and future perspectives on action research for sustainable development in a turbulent world -- Part II The learning conference -- 4 The learning conference in theory and practice: From presentation to publication -- 5 The learning conference and worldview transformations -- 6 Knowledge development and translation through action learning and action research: A learning conference experience -- 7 Facilitating cross-cultural understanding via ALARA conferences -- Part III Applications and case studies -- 8 Action learning with student volunteers at an ALARA conference -- 9 Learning in action: Extending our understanding of appreciative inquiry -- 10 Inclusive pathways for lifelong action learning -- Part IV Reflections on ALARA and its learning conferences -- 11 Reflections on the world congresses in Cartagena in 1997 -- 12 Personal and professional learning: Experiential accounts of first-time participants at a learning conference -- 13 Are we practising what we preach? Critical reflections on the value of the ALARA World Congress 2015 for sustainable learning and development -- 14 Looking toward the future of action learning and action research through global network collaboration -- 15 Conclusions and critical reflections -- Author index -- Subject index

Author : David Crowther,Shahla Seifi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811563669

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CSR and Sustainability in the Public Sector by David Crowther,Shahla Seifi Pdf

This book focuses on CSR in the public sector, in all its manifestations around the world, in order to consider its application in practice and its connections to sustainable objectives. This book is unique in that all chapters were written by members of the Social Responsibility Research Network. Their ideas have been tested and refined through the feedback given after they were presented at the 16th International Conference. The approach used in this book is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network – a worldwide body of scholars that, over its 20-year history, has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and business-relevant. The book examines diverse aspects of how CSR and sustainability apply to, and are applied by, a variety of public bodies in a variety of ways. Thus, the authors focus on the priorities of these organisations, in order to consider the extent to which the focus has changed so much that we need to think about new approaches to our understanding of CSR and sustainability and differing effects in practice. The international mix of authors makes this an original contribution, sharing some of the best ideas from around the world

Author : Luise Li Langergaard
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030817435

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New Economies for Sustainability by Luise Li Langergaard Pdf

The edited volume New Economies for Sustainability: Limits and Potentials for Possible Futures brings together a range of alternative views on economy and organization to illustrate different perspectives on how to work towards more sustainable solutions to production, consumptions and economic organization more generally. The book brings chapters from the most renowned scholars in the field, who bring their perspectives on how alternative schools theorize politics, society, organization, nature and ethics in their attempts to develop theories with a strong focus on sustainability. The book aims to contribute with a platform for gathering and collecting these theories in a pluralist economic framework, which can provide a strong alternative voice to mainstream economic theories in sustainability debates.

Author : Robert Vale,Brenda Vale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136456060

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Living within a Fair Share Ecological Footprint by Robert Vale,Brenda Vale Pdf

According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth’s capacity to supply humanity’s needs. This is an unsustainable position. This book does not focus on the problem but on the solution, by showing what it is like to live within a fair earth share ecological footprint. The authors describe numerical methods used to calculate this, concentrating on low or no cost behaviour change, rather than on potentially expensive technological innovation. They show what people need to do now in regions where their current lifestyle means they are living beyond their ecological means, such as in Europe, North America and Australasia. The calculations focus on outcomes rather than on detailed discussion of the methods used. The main objective is to show that living with a reduced ecological footprint is both possible and not so very different from the way most people currently live in the west. The book clearly demonstrates that change in behaviour now will avoid some very challenging problems in the future. The emphasis is on workable, practical and sustainable solutions based on quantified research, rather than on generalities about overall problems facing humanity.