Business Sustainability in Asia : Compliance, Performance and Integrated Reporting and Assurance

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Sustainability -- 1 Executive Summary -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Definition -- 4 Themes of this Book -- 5 Attributes -- 6 Principles -- 7 Dimensions of Sustainability Performance -- 7.1 Economic Sustainability Performance -- 7.2 Governance Sustainability Performance -- 7.3 Social Sustainability Performance -- 7.4 Ethical Sustainability Performance -- 7.5 Environmental Sustainability Performance -- 8 Value Relevance of Sustainability Performance -- 9 Emergence of Business Sustainability in Asia -- 10 Sustainability Reporting and Assurance -- 11 Professional Organizations Influencing Sustainability -- 12 Best Practices of Sustainability Performance, Reporting and Assurance -- 13 Managerial Implications of Sustainability Programs and Activities -- 14 Conclusions -- 15 Chapter Takeaway -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 Sustainability Principles, Theories, Research and Education -- 1 Executive Summary -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Institutional Background -- 4 Sustainability Principles -- 5 Sustainability Theories -- 5.1 Shareholder/Agency Theory -- 5.2 Stakeholder Theory -- 5.3 Legitimacy Theory -- 5.4 Signaling/Disclosure Theory -- 5.5 Institutional Theory -- 5.6 Stewardship Theory -- 6 Sustainability Standards -- 6.1 ISO 9000 -- 6.2 ISO 14000 -- 6.3 ISO 20121 -- 6.4 ISO 26000 -- 6.5 ISO 27001 -- 6.6 ISO 31000 -- 7 Global Implications of Sustainability Principles, Theories and Standards -- 8 Sustainability Research -- 8.1 Some Selected Recent Studies -- 9 Business Sustainability Education -- 10 Conclusions -- 11 Chapter Takeaway -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3 Institutional Settings in Asia Relevant to Business Sustainability -- 1 Executive Summary -- 2 Introduction.