My Books
Despite dire warnings about global warming, carbon emissions by the world’s largest companies are increasing and only a few companies have strategies for managing carbon emissions and water resources.
So what separates the best from the rest? In one word, the answer is ownership: companies that are winning at sustainability have created the conditions for their stakeholders to own sustainability and reap the benefits that come with deeper experience with and ownership of social and environmental issues: a happier, more productive workforce, increased customer loyalty, higher stock valuations, and greater long-term profits.
Based on interviews with 25 global multinational corporations as well as employees, middle managers, and senior leaders across multiple sectors, this is the first book to connect sustainability to the theory and principles of psychological ownership and to propose a succinct, easy-to-digest model for managerial use.
Research shows that few stakeholders are aware of what companies are doing to be socially and environmentally responsible. A new book lays out a framework for understanding how stakeholders think and feel about social or corporate responsibility initiatives. The authors also discuss how to build a communications strategy that raises awareness and a corporate strategy that maximizes the triple bottom line.
Increasingly it is argued that business must play a constructive role in addressing massive global challenges. Business is not responsible for causing most of the problems associated with poverty and hunger, child mortality and HIV/AIDS. Global Challenges in Responsible Business addresses the implications for business of corporate responsibility.
My Articles
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Google Scholar
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Sustainability Progress is Stalled at Most Companies
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Corporate Purpose and Employee Sustainability Behaviors
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Why Do Boycotts Sometimes Increase Sales? Consumer Activism in the Age of Political Polarization
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In Business, Sustainability Starts With Purpose