Multiple Levels of Corporate Sustainability

According to Dr. Clare Graves, mankind has developed eight core value systems,1 as responses to prevailing circumstances. Given different contexts and value systems, a one-solution-fits-all concept of corporate sustainability is not reasonable. Therefore, this paper presents various definitions and...

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Authors: van Marrewijk, Marcel (Author) ; Werre, Marco (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2003
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 107-119
Further subjects:B European Corporate Sustainability Framework
B ECSF
B Corporate social responsibility
B sustainability matrix
B Spiral Dynamics
B Corporate Sustainability
B ambition levels
B value systems
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Summary:According to Dr. Clare Graves, mankind has developed eight core value systems,1 as responses to prevailing circumstances. Given different contexts and value systems, a one-solution-fits-all concept of corporate sustainability is not reasonable. Therefore, this paper presents various definitions and forms of sustainability, each linked to specific (societal) circumstances and related value systems. A sustainability matrix– an essential element of the overall European Corporate Sustainability Framework – is described showing six types of organizations at different developmental stages, with different forms of corporate sustainability, each supported by specific institutional arrangements.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1023383229086