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Abstract
This conceptual article has three parts: In the first, I discuss the shortcomings of treating the environment as a stakeholder
and conclude that doing so is theoretically vague and lacks prescriptive force. In the second part, I recommend moving from
broad notions of preserving nature and appeals to beauty to a more concrete analytic framework provided by the idea of human
sustainability. Using sustainability as the focus of concern is significant as it provides us with a more tenable and quantifiable
standard for action, as in the case of carbon offsets and development of measures such as the United Nations Sustainability
Indicators. In the final section, I draw on notions of stewardship to suggest that stakeholder management has a positive responsibility
to promote sustainability.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-11
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-012-1376-5
- Authors
- Kevin Gibson, Departments of Philosophy and Management, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544