Preparing for a Sustainable Future

Crowther, David, Seifi, Shahla

Preparing for a Sustainable Future
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-08-15
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 249
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819924588
  • ISBN-13: 9789819924585

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The term sustainability has become one of the most significant in the current era. It seems to be ubiquitous amongst academics, politicians, business leaders, media personnel and even the general public. It is no exaggeration to state that it is considered all over the world to be the most pressing issue to be addressed for the long-term future of the planet and its inhabitants. The topic is of course complex, and the issue of sustainability is under much debate as to what it actually is and how it can be achieved, but it is completely certain that the resources of the planet are fixed in quantity and, once used, cannot be reused except through being reused in one form or another. At present, much of the discourse of sustainability has focused upon the environment and in particular upon climate change and the effects that this is having. Thus, the discourse has tended to be about mitigation.

Sustainability of course requires all three pillars of the triple bottom line--economic, environmental and social--to be addressed. Indeed, it might be considered that the effects upon the social, and how we choose to live our lives, might well be the most profound effect of achieving sustainability. This book therefore focuses upon some of the many aspects of the social and how we can adapt our lives to accommodate the requirements of sustainability. it therefore takes a very different approach to addressing the issues of sustainability, while of course not ignoring the other pillars.

This book therefore sets out to examine various aspects of the changes to personal, corporate and institutional behaviour which may have to come about in our search for sustainability. It is tended to address some of the issues and how they are being dealt with in various parts of the world. As always, our concept is to share best practice and thereby enrich both the discourse and our progress towards sustainability. Thus, we focus upon the current situation while also considering the extent to which the focus is changing so much that we need to think about new approaches to our understanding of behaviour and differing effects in practice. The international origins of the contributors to this book make this an original contribution taking some of the best ideas from around the world.

This book therefore addresses these issues from a perspective not generally addressed by researchers, or even by politicians and the press. It therefore provides fresh perspectives upon the important issue of our common future. As always, this approach is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network srrnet.org (a worldwide body of scholars with membership of several thousand), which in its 20-year history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and relevant to business. This tradition has always been to explore the subject widely and to seek relevant solutions, while also sharing best practice. This book is based primarily upon some of the contributions from the network at our recent conference and shows both commonality and diversity in approaches and effects.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

可持續性這個詞在當今時代已成為最重要的術語之一。它似乎在學術界、政治界、商界、媒體人員甚至一般公眾中無處不在。毫不誇張地說，這被認為是全球最迫切需要解決的問題，關乎地球及其居民的長期未來。這個主題當然是複雜的，關於可持續性的問題也在激烈辯論中，究竟它是什麼以及如何實現，但毫無疑問，地球的資源是固定的，一旦使用後，除了以某種形式重新使用外，無法再次利用。目前，關於可持續性的討論大多集中在環境上，特別是氣候變化及其影響。因此，這些討論往往圍繞著減緩措施。

可持續性當然需要同時考慮三個底線支柱——經濟、環境和社會。事實上，可以認為對社會的影響，以及我們選擇如何生活，可能是實現可持續性最深遠的影響。因此，本書專注於社會的多個方面，以及我們如何調整生活以適應可持續性的要求。因此，它採取了一種非常不同的方式來處理可持續性問題，同時當然不忽視其他支柱。

本書旨在檢視在追求可持續性過程中，個人、企業和機構行為可能需要發生的各種變化。它將探討一些問題以及這些問題在世界各地是如何被處理的。與往常一樣，我們的理念是分享最佳實踐，從而豐富討論並推進我們朝向可持續性的進程。因此，我們專注於當前的情況，同時考慮到焦點的變化程度，以至於我們需要思考對行為及其不同實踐效果的新理解方法。本書的貢獻者來自國際背景，使其成為一項原創貢獻，吸取了來自世界各地的一些最佳想法。

因此，本書從一個通常未被研究者、甚至政治家和媒體所關注的角度來探討這些問題。它因此提供了對我們共同未來這一重要議題的新視角。與往常一樣，這一方法基於社會責任研究網絡（srrnet.org）的傳統，這是一個擁有數千名成員的全球學者組織，在其20年的歷史中，旨在擴大討論並將所有研究視為相互關聯且與商業相關。這一傳統始終是廣泛探索主題並尋求相關解決方案，同時分享最佳實踐。本書主要基於我們最近會議上來自該網絡的一些貢獻，顯示了方法和效果的共通性與多樣性。

作者簡介

David Crowther is an expert in various fields: he is a specialist in business administration, a games theoretician and a psychologist while also a qualified accountant who had worked as an accountant, systems specialist and general manager in local government, industry and commerce for over 20 years. After a number of years in the financial services sector, including a spell as a divisional managing director during which he set up and ran a credit card scheme, he decided to leave the business world and become an academic. In 1994, he joined Aston University and there obtained a Ph.D. in 1999 for research into corporate social performance. In 2001, he became the first professor of Corporate Social Responsibility in the world. He now holds various positions as a professor as well as being visiting professor in various institutions. He gives advice as a chief research fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics and has consulted extensively around the world. At Ansted University, he is also a member of the Board and President of the Sustainability Research Institute. He has consulted widely including to US Presidential candidates, UN, EU and governments.

David has published more than 60 books and has also contributed several hundred articles to academic, business and professional journals and to edited book collections. He has also spoken widely at conferences and seminars worldwide and acted as a consultant to a wide range of government, professional and commercial organisations. In 2002, he established the Social Responsibility Research Network, an international body which now has several thousand members, together with associated international conference series, journals and books series. In 2010, he established the Organisation Governance Network and conference series. He is listed in Who's Who in the World and various other directories. His research is into sustainability, governance and corporate social responsibility with a particular emphasison the relationship between social, environmental and financial performance. His latest project has been to edit and produce the Palgrave major reference work on CSR.

Shahla is an engineer by background and worked for over 20 years in the National Standards Institute of Iran. There she was responsible for assessing products, developing national standards and international affairs as well as sitting on the National Steering Committee developing ISO 26000. In 2013, she relocated to the UK where she is now based. She is both a British and an Iranian citizen and continues to publish within her area of sustainability. She currently researches, writes and runs the Social Responsibility Research Network while also acting as consultant, editor, guest lecturer and keynote speaker.

Shahla has taught extensively--both to students and to managers--and translated much material into Farsi. As a qualified physical fitness trainer, she led courses in Tehran for a number of years. Sheis a founding editor of the journal Technological Sustainability (published by Emerald) and is a member of the editorial boards of several journals and book series around the world and consults and speaks in various locations. She has published more than 20 books in English and translated several into Farsi; she has published over 50 articles in English as well as numerous articles in Farsi. Her most recent book "The World's Future Crisis: Extractive Resources Depletion" was recently published by Springer. Her latest projects have been to edit and produce the "Palgrave Handbook on CSR" and to edit the Routledge Handbook to the Future of Management Research.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

大衛·克勞瑟（David Crowther）是一位在多個領域的專家：他是商業管理的專家、博弈論學者和心理學家，同時也是一位合格的會計師，擁有超過20年的地方政府、工業和商業的會計、系統專家及總經理的工作經驗。在金融服務行業工作多年後，包括擔任部門總經理期間設立並運營信用卡計劃，他決定離開商業界，成為一名學者。1994年，他加入阿斯頓大學，並於1999年獲得企業社會表現的博士學位。2001年，他成為全球首位企業社會責任教授。現在，他擔任多個教授職位，並在多個機構擔任訪問教授。他作為立陶宛農業經濟研究所的首席研究員提供建議，並在全球範圍內進行廣泛的諮詢。在安斯特德大學，他也是董事會成員及可持續發展研究所的主席。他的諮詢範圍廣泛，包括美國總統候選人、聯合國、歐盟及各國政府。

大衛已出版超過60本書籍，並為學術、商業和專業期刊及編輯書籍系列貢獻了數百篇文章。他在全球各地的會議和研討會上廣泛發言，並擔任各種政府、專業和商業組織的顧問。2002年，他成立了社會責任研究網絡，這是一個國際性機構，目前擁有數千名成員，並舉辦相關的國際會議系列、期刊和書籍系列。2010年，他成立了組織治理網絡及會議系列。他被列入《世界名人錄》（Who's Who in the World）及其他多個名錄中。他的研究領域包括可持續性、治理和企業社會責任，特別強調社會、環境和財務表現之間的關係。他最近的項目是編輯和製作《Palgrave企業社會責任主要參考書》。

沙赫拉（Shahla）是一位工程師，曾在伊朗國家標準研究所工作超過20年。她負責評估產品、制定國家標準和國際事務，並參加制定ISO 26000的國家指導委員會。2013年，她搬到英國，現在定居於此。她同時擁有英國和伊朗國籍，並持續在可持續性領域發表研究。她目前研究、撰寫並運營社會責任研究網絡，同時擔任顧問、編輯、客座講師和主題演講者。

沙赫拉廣泛教授課程，對學生和管理者進行教學，並將大量資料翻譯成波斯語。作為一名合格的體能訓練師，她在德黑蘭主導了多年的課程。她是期刊《技術可持續性》（Technological Sustainability，出版方為Emerald）的創始編輯，並且是多個期刊和書籍系列的編輯委員會成員，並在各地進行諮詢和演講。她已用英語出版超過20本書籍，並將幾本翻譯成波斯語；她用英語發表了超過50篇文章，並在波斯語中發表了多篇文章。她最近的書籍《世界未來危機：資源枯竭》最近由Springer出版。她最新的項目包括編輯和製作《Palgrave企業社會責任手冊》和編輯《Routledge管理研究未來手冊》。

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