RT Article
T1 Sustainability-Driven Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility: Application of the Integrative Sustainability Triangle
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 85
IS 3
SP 517
OP 517
A1 Kleine, Alexandro
A1 von Hauff, Michael
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785633767
AB Current corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches attempt to implement the vision of sustainable development at the corporate level. In fact, the term “corporate sustainability” may be a more accurate descriptive label for these attempts. Ambitious governmental, business and academic goals, and corresponding efforts have been established. Nonetheless, a truly satisfactory implementation of the broad CSR concept as well as the more specific challenges of corporate sustainability continue to be an elusive goal at the corporate management level. This article presents a description of a new management tool, a systematic method for implementing CSR successfully on the basis of a triple bottom line approach to sustainability. It fills in many of the still missing gap on the corporate level. The method presented here offers a multi-purpose approach for the collection, systematization, quantification, and evaluation of all the relevant issues found within a corporate environment. It allows for specifying and systematizing appropriate areas of action, taking into account the continuum of economic, ecologic,1 and social dimensions. Accordingly, the article is best characterized as a treatment of complex CSR issues, developed against the normative anchor of sustainability as the conceptual background.
K1 Triple Bottom Line
K1 Sustainable Development
K1 sustainability triangle
K1 Indicators
K1 Corporate Sustainability
K1 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
K1 Business Strategy
DO 10.1007/s10551-009-0212-z