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From Csr To Sustainability — Learning From Nature

In: The Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda The Case for Sustainable and Responsible Business

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  • Olivier Delbard

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As we have observed, the concept of CSR is complex, given the various interpretations behind it. If I were to ask millenials what CSR is, they would certainly cite the environment first. Yet, for several decades CSR did not explicitly focus on the environment, even though Bowen did have some visionary insights into environmental issues. In the same way, CSR for most of the world today is associated with community-related actions, i.e. human-centered priorities… which seems meaningful for developing countries whose governments lack the means or the will to provide their people with decent living and working conditions…

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  • Olivier Delbard, 2020. "From Csr To Sustainability — Learning From Nature," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: The Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda The Case for Sustainable and Responsible Business, chapter 5, pages 111-136, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Sustainability; Ecology; Stakeholders; Business ethics; Management;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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