RT Article
T1 Stakeholders and Sustainability: An Evolving Theory
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 109
IS 1
SP 15
OP 25
A1 Gibson, Kevin
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178564534X
AB This conceptual article has three parts: In the first, I discuss the shortcomings of treating the environment as a stakeholder and conclude that doing so is theoretically vague and lacks prescriptive force. In the second part, I recommend moving from broad notions of preserving nature and appeals to beauty to a more concrete analytic framework provided by the idea of human sustainability. Using sustainability as the focus of concern is significant as it provides us with a more tenable and quantifiable standard for action, as in the case of carbon offsets and development of measures such as the United Nations Sustainability Indicators. In the final section, I draw on notions of stewardship to suggest that stakeholder management has a positive responsibility to promote sustainability.
K1 Management
K1 Responsibility
K1 Nature
K1 Environment
K1 Sustainability
K1 Stakeholder
DO 10.1007/s10551-012-1376-5