In a world facing multiple crises, our foundational institutions are failing to offer effective solutions. Drawing on the emerging consilience of knowledge, Michael Pirson debunks the fundamental yet outdated assumptions of human nature that guide twentieth-century management theory and practice...

This paper provides decision-makers with a framework for prioritising different economic, social and environmental goals and analysing the options available to achieve them. To this end, it develops three stylised COVID-19 recovery pathways (“Rebound”, “Decoupling” and “Wider...

This book challenges the roots and elements of the existing dominant paradigm of management, which can legitimize artless practices and result in dysfunction, and proposes an alternative based on a different understanding of human nature and social and economic life. This paradigm is designed to...

This text brings together the core business and management topics impacting on the strategy and operation of social enterprise organisations, and is therefore required knowledge for social entrepreneurs

In this age of global economic crises, the need to renew our commitment to social issues becomes even more urgent. Reduction in public and private spending on social programmes throws up further challenges for the sustenance of development efforts. This book advocates countering this trend...

part PART I Socially Responsible Capitalism in Society -- chapter 1 Financial Capitalism Versus Entrepreneurial Capitalism -- chapter 2 Forerunners of the Socially Responsible Capitalism Concept -- part PART II Socially Responsible Enterprises and Organizations -- chapter 3 Socioeconomic...

This book is a comprehensive, road-tested framework for managing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) based on years of award winning performance in senior management roles in a multinational business. The author shows why non-financial performance indicators are just as important as financial...

Abstract AbstractDas Buch wirft einen Blick hinter die Kulisse privatwirtschaftlicher Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien und analysiert wie und warum multinationale Unternehmen den Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs gestalten. Für die Beantwortung der Fragen wird ein Forschungsdesign ausgearbeitet, das auf die...