Business in a strongly sustainable society? [Elektronisk resurs]
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Nesterova, Iana (författare)
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Robra, Ben (författare)
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Umeå universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten (utgivare)
- Publicerad: London : Routledge, 2022
- Engelska.
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Serie: Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business
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Ingår i: The role of business in global sustainability transformations. - 9781003003588 ; 201-216
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- This chapter investigates the relationship between business and a strongly sustainable society by framing it as a question. It argues that even though such a relationship is far from straightforward, in simple yes-and-no terms, the answer to the question of whether business and a strongly sustainable society can co-exist is 'no'. This is because business, as an inherently capitalist mode of production, existing for the purpose of capital accumulation, is not compatible with a truly strongly sustainable society, which opposes material growth and capital accumulation. Not only is ‘business as usual’ impossible in a strongly sustainable society, but so is reformed business (i.e., improved but not fully transformed), which retains at its core the imperative of profit-making and maximisation, while simultaneously attempting to supplement it with consideration of the environment and of people. This chapter argues that only after undergoing a radical, all-encompassing transformation will businesses, as social entities, become suitable for a strongly sustainable society. Such a transformation means going beyond business; each business becoming an alternative economic organisation. Going beyond business requires a significant change in the way we are in and relate to the world, rather than knowledge of concrete organisational forms and practices.
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- Social Sciences (hsv)
- Economics and Business (hsv)
- Business Administration (hsv)
- Samhällsvetenskap (hsv)
- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv)
- Företagsekonomi (hsv)
- sustainability (umu)
- hållbarhet (umu)
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- government publication (marcgt)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- business
- strong sustainability
- business transformation
- beyond business
- post-growth
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