Greening Business: Research, Theory, and Practice
Author:   Ian Worthington (Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199535217


Pages:   300
Publication Date:   22 November 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ian Worthington (Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.772kg
ISBN:  

9780199535217


ISBN 10:   0199535213
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   22 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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SECTION ONE: MAPPING THE TERRITORY 1: Organizations and the Natural Environment: the Two Faces of Business SECTION TWO: GREENING BUSINESS IN CONTEXT 2: The Emergence of Corporate Environmentalism 3: Government, Business, and the Natural Environment: Policy Instruments SECTION THREE: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES 4: Why Firms Go Green: Drivers and Motivations 5: Models of Corporate Greening 6: Examining the Business Case for Corporate Greening 7: SMEs and the Environment SECTION FOUR: GREENING BUSINESS IN PRACTICE 8: Green Strategies 9: Environmental Management Systems 10: Greening Business Functions SECTION FIVE: CONCLUSION 11: Towards the Ecologically Sustainable Business Organization?

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Ian Worthington BA (Hons), PhD is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Sustainability in the Leicester Business School at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. In an academic career spanning over 30 years, Ian has taught on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses on business and management, specialising in the external context of business, greening the firm, and corporate social responsibility. His research has been published in a range of international, peer-reviewed journals including Long Range Planning, the Journal of Business Ethics, Public Administration and Environment and Planning. Ian is co-author (with C. B. Britton) of the UK and Europe's best-selling book on the business environment, The Business Environment, currently in its sixth edition, and he has acted as a consultant to a variety of private and public sector bodies, including the European Commission.

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