A number of definitions of organizational culture have been offered; however, if managers and employees are consulted they may simply respond that culture is “how we do things around here”. There is obviously truth to such a statement but it would be a mistake to...
It is clear that over the last several decades organizations have continuously expanded the application of the principles of sustainable development to the business world and that companies have increasingly focused efforts on introducing or changing policies, products and/or processes to address pollution, minimize resource...
Eccles et al. observed that even though there was empirical support for the view that adoption of sustainability-related strategies was necessary in order for companies to be competitive and that “high sustainability” companies significantly outperformed counterparts that had not adopted environmental and social policies, relatively...
When the discussion turns to “organizational culture”, or “corporate culture”, most people have some sense or recognition of what the concept means, at least to them. A fairly simply definition, or explanation, is “the way we do things around here”. However, not surprisingly, there is...
“… findings suggest that the successful implementation of culture change for corporate sustainability might be largely dependent on the values and ideological underpinnings of an organization’s culture, and that these in turn affect how corporate sustainability is implemented and the types of outcomes that can...