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  • 8 - Multinationals, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Sustainability

  • from Part II - Corporate Sustainability: Actors
  • Edited by Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School, Mette Morsing, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), UN GlobalCompact, United Nations, Jeremy Moon, Copenhagen Business School, Arno Kourula, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
  • Book:
    Corporate Sustainability
    Published online:
    09 March 2023
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023, pp 155-169

  • Summary

    Multinational corporations (MNCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all over the world engage vividly in sustainable development and responsible management. It is important to know the very different ways in which they do so, as this will allow you to best support their progress for contributing to sustainability and societal improvement. We present five key features where MNCs and SMEs differ in their sustainability approach: motivation, communication, operations, organising and stakeholder scope. For many people, the default position when we talk about business and sustainability is to think of the large, MNCs which dominate media, stock exchanges and business school curricula. However, it is often under-acknowledged how the SME or ‘small business’ in fact is the dominant way of organising business. SMEs constitute over 90 per cent of private sector business and are perhaps even more important in developing economies than developed ones, where reliance on the economic benefits generated for individuals and communities is a fundamental part of poverty alleviation. This chapter aims to encourage you to consider how to support carefully the development and maintenance of sustainability and responsibility in the different contexts of MNCs and SMEs.

  • 1 - Corporate Sustainability – What It Is and Why It Matters

  • Edited by Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School, Mette Morsing, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), UN GlobalCompact, United Nations, Jeremy Moon, Copenhagen Business School, Arno Kourula, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
  • Book:
    Corporate Sustainability
    Published online:
    09 March 2023
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023, pp 1-26

  • Summary

    This chapter starts by discussing the changing overall context in which business, nature and society operate. It is important to understand this context, because it shapes the problems that corporate sustainability aims to address, and it influences how firms can cope with these problems. We then introduce the concept of corporate sustainability. We discuss similarities and differences to related concepts such as corporate social responsibility and business ethics. Next, we review some of the main environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that firms are asked to address as part of their corporate sustainability commitments. Finally, the chapter reviews four key motivations (instrumental, ethical, stakeholder-based and political) that underpin firms’ corporate sustainability commitments.

  • 26 - Corporate Sustainability: Where Are We Going?

  • from Part IV - Corporate Sustainability: Issues
  • Edited by Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School, Mette Morsing, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), UN GlobalCompact, United Nations, Jeremy Moon, Copenhagen Business School, Arno Kourula, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
  • Book:
    Corporate Sustainability
    Published online:
    09 March 2023
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023, pp 550-557

  • Summary

    In the concluding chapter of the book, we reflect on the future of corporate sustainability. We summarise the key topics covered in each of the four sections – approaches, actors, processes and issues. We present past and future developments for each of these sections. We also reflect on how some of the tensions as presented in the introduction remain and become core to corporate sustainability debates. Finally, we end on a reflection of our personal roles in advancing sustainability.

Corporate Sustainability
  • Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited by Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing, Jeremy Moon, Arno Kourula
  • Published online:
    09 March 2023
    Print publication:
    30 March 2023
  • This introductory textbook explores key issues and recent discussions within the field of corporate sustainability and social responsibility, through theoretical and practical perspectives. Written by an international team of experts, the chapters introduce the actors and corporate processes that shape firms' management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Spanning strategy, communication, changing regulation and governance, the book grapples with critical issues such as anti-corruption, labour rights and climate change, balancing incisive critique with suggestions for meaningful change. This analysis, supported by study questions and further learning resources in each chapter, equips students to tackle sustainability challenges effectively in their future work. A regularly updated companion website provides adaptable lecture slides and case studies with discussion questions for instructors. This is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on corporate sustainability, CSR and business ethics, and is also relevant to political science, international relations and communications.

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