Sustainability Flashcards
(19 cards)
Triple bottom line citation?
Elkington, 1999
Stakeholder theory citation?
Developed by R. Edward Freeman in 1984
Citation for governance gaps being referred to as a ‘regulatory vacuum’.
Matten and Crane, 2005
Examples of corporate political activity for state regulations/issues
- Musk’s support to American Pac ($100 million) to financial support to voters signing free speech petitions).
Who applied planetary boundaries to corporate sustainability
Whiteman et al. (2012)
Tragedy of the commons
Garrett Hardin 1968
What is the tragedy of the commons
Individuals with access to limited publicly available resources act in short run interest and deplete resources
Explain one example of tragedy of the commons
overfishing
whos idea is - sustainable development aims to maintain intra generational justice alongside inter generational justice
Hahn 2022
how many customers from (UK US and China) expect businesses to tackle climate change
86%
How many people in north America would pay extra for sustainably sourced goods?
50%
Who created the Stakeholder theory
Freeman 1984
What does stakeholder theory consist of?
considers the dynamic relationships between groups and individuals who affect and are affected by an organization
who referred to governance gaps as a regulatory vaccunm
Matten and crane 2005
what is the spider man principle
when businesses have an increasing role in politics they have a lot more corporate responsibility
evidence on companies trying to influence international politics
- big companies like google, apple and meta have lobby the EU on digital privacy
ecological approaches evidence
1992 over 1700 independent scientists published a warning to humanity - ‘are on a collision course’.
Impacts of human beings on the planet have caused changes in the composition of the atmosphere (agriculture, deforestation, urbanization etc.)…
leading to less than 3% of the world’s land area to be ecologically in tact.
