Sustaining the Company: Challenges for Businesses in the 21st Century

Author: Deng Fei
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This is a comprehensive guide that truly directs companies toward a more just and ecologically sustainable path of operation. —Hazel Henderson, distinguished futurist and author of Beyond Globalization
The wisdom and experience of the author make it a must-read. —John Elkington, Chairman of Sustainable Companies
The book The Sustainable Corporation provides us with the blueprint we need to move forward toward a sustainable future! —Greg Boune, Regional Manager, PBA Amoco Australia/New Zealand
This is an important work that CEOs around the world should read to give their companies a leap forward. —Ray C. Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Interface
This is a very timely book. Many thoughtful leaders have already recognized that organizational success alone is not enough. We need to build organizations that respect human dignity. We also need to pursue today's economic development in a way that does not harm the reasonable interests of future generations. This book well combines the ideas of innovative scholars in Australia in the field of sustainability. I recommend this book to leaders and managers — Ted Scott, CEO of Ctanwell
This book explores the two major challenges faced by organizations in the 21st century. One is the successful management of human resources in the context of rising employee turnover, declining loyalty, increasing work pressure, and emerging issues such as company-community relations and social responsibility. The other challenge is the growing pressure organizations face from governments, employees, and the public to adapt to environmental protection and operate sustainably. This book provides leaders and managers with a framework for understanding and applying principles and practices to create renewable, sustainable labor and environmental systems. Organizations that can simultaneously achieve human resource management and ecological sustainability will become the drivers of a new, sustainable economy—and will be drivers that cannot face extinction.