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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734836403321

Autore

Korngold Alice

Titolo

A Better World, Inc : Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future / / by Alice Korngold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031315534

3031315537

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages)

Disciplina

658.408

Soggetti

Business ethics

Management

Industrial organization

Diversity in the workplace

Industrial management - Environmental aspects

Business Ethics

Organization

Diversity Management and Women in Business

Corporate Environmental Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Climate and Environment -- Chapter 3: Economic Development -- Chapter 4: Education -- Chapter 5: Health -- Chapter 6: Human Rights -- Chapter 7: Corporate Governance for an Inclusive, Sustainable, and Prosperous Future.

Sommario/riassunto

The first edition of A Better World, Inc. showed how companies can profit by solving global problems. Increasingly, companies and investors are capitalizing on these opportunities. The three factors necessary for success were revealed to be effective corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration. Racial equity and justice, and gender equity, were also themes in the original edition. By drawing on new research and case studies, this updated edition shows that inclusion and sustainability are in fact fundamental



prerequisites for prosperity for companies and society. Specifically, racial inequity and injustice, and gender inequity, are systemic problems that impede businesses from achieving their greater potential in the global marketplace; in the meantime, society suffers as well. The second edition of A Better World, Inc. builds on the first by showing that companies have the power and incentives – and their boards of directors have the responsibility and the authority – to drive solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Readers will learn how companies and their boards, together with nonprofits and governments, can drive prosperity by centering equity and sustainability. This edition is organized to address environmental, social, and governance practices, which are priority interests for investors, media, the public, government, and others to assess company practices and profitability. Alice Korngold leads a global advisory services firm. She has been a ground breaker for over thirty years, working at the forefront of board governance; sustainability; ESG; diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); and measurement and ratings. She has been an advisor to the executives of scores of multinational corporations and the boards of directors and CEOs of hundreds of global, national, and regional nonprofit organizations. She speaks at conferences, and guest lectures at universities, worldwide. Korngold is the author of A Better World, Inc.: How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems…Where Governments Cannot (2014) and Leveraging Good Will: Strengthening Nonprofits by Engaging Businesses (2005), as well as numerous chapters and articles in professional and academic publications.