Seeing the issue differently (or not at all): how bounded ethicality complicates coordination towards sustainability goals

Sustainability problems often seem intractable. One reason for this is due to difficulties coordinating actors’ efforts to address socially responsible outcomes. Drawing on theories of bounded ethicality and incorporating work on communicating shared values in coordinating action this paper outlines...

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Authors: Wakeman, S. Wiley (Author) ; Tsalis, George (Author) ; Jensen, Birger Boutrup (Author) ; Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica 1976- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2022
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 178, Issue: 2, Pages: 325-338
Further subjects:B Food waste
B Matching
B Bounded ethicality
B Coordination
B Sustainability
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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