Towards sustainability : major challenges for corporate law, corporate governance and regulation / / C. E. van Basten-Boddin, [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: The Hague, The Netherlands : , : Eleven International Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development; Corporate governance; Corporation law
• Altri autori: Basten-BoddinC. E. van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; HALF TITLE PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND EDITORS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; 1.1 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CHAPTER 2: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE STANDARD FOR 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MVO NEDERLAND: A CSR KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORK ORGANISATION; 2.3 CSR AND THE HUMAN BRAIN; 2.4 CSR: PROFIT OF VALUES; 2.5 CSR WILL AFFECT CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; 2.6 CSR ACCELERATION NEEDS MULTIPLE INNOVATIONS; 2.7 THREE GROUPS OF COMPANIES; 2.8 DRIVERS OF CSR; 2.9 SCARCITY: IMPORTANT DRIVING FORCE; 2.10 TWO VIEWS; 2.11 CORPORATE CSR STRATEGIES ; 2.12 CSR AGENDA FOR THE FUTURECHAPTER 3: TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: FROM GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNANCE; 3.1 ADOPTION OF CLEAN-UP TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1970; 3.2 SELF-REGULATION AND MORE EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION SINCE 1985; 3.3 INCREASING ATTENTION FOR LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SINCE 1990; 3.4 CURRENT SITUATION; 3.5 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4: SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 HOW GLOBAL MEGA-TRENDS AFFECT OUR INDUSTRY?; 4.3 A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STRATEGY OF ACCELERATED SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, VALUE AND FAIR USE ; 4.4 THE STRATEGY TO BE A SUCCESSFUL, SUSTAINABLE, PROFITABLE COMPANY4.5 TARGETS; 4.6 SUSTAINABILITY MAKES A GREAT BUSINESS CASE; CHAPTER 5: CRACKING THE IMPERMEABLE CEILING OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE LEVELS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE NECESSITY OF AN INTEGRAL APPROACH; 5.3 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: FROM TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO FOCUSING ON COMPANY-SPECIFIC CONTENT; 5.4 CRACKING PERSISTENT PERCEPTIONS; 5.5 A PLEA FOR A STRONGER REGULATORY APPROACH; 5.6 CONCLUSIONS ; APPENDIX 1: OVERVIEW OF DIMENSIONS: ASPECTS AND ISSUES IN THE CONTENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BASED ON DOMMERHOLT, 2009)CHAPTER 6: CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, BEYOND VOLUNTARISM: REGULATORY OPTIONS TO REINFORCE THE LICENSE TO OPERATE; PRE-AND POST-SCRIPT; 6.1 FROM PRACTICE TO THEORY, AN INTRODUCTION; 6.2 CSR AND SUBSTANCE: SOCIAL NORMS; 6.3 CSR AND FORM: LEGAL PLURALISM; 6.4 CSR AND LAW, OXYMORON?; 6.5 CSR, CONCEPT, PRACTICE AND FOUNDATIONAL THEORY: THE LICENCE TO OPERATE; 6.6 REINFORCING THE LICENCE TO OPERATE BY CHANGING THE PARADIGMS IN COMPANY LAW ; 6.7 FROM PRACTICE TO THEORY, EPILOGUE
• Sommario/riassunto: Towards Sustainability covers the presentations held at the launching event of the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance, and Innovation Policies (ICGI) at Maastricht University. The thought-provoking presentations were given by the following distinguished speakers: Willem Lageweg (Director of MVO Nederland and a member of the ICGI Advisory Board), Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Cramer (Director of the Utrecht Sustainability Institute and Professor in Sustainable Innovation at Utrecht University), Dr. Andre Veneman (Corporate Director Sustainability/Health Safety and Environment at AkzoNobel), Prof. J
• Titolo autorizzato: Towards sustainability
• ISBN: 94-6094-856-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789019703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dovenschmidt Monographs