Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory

We provide a framework for examining the trade-offs between socio-environmental, organizational, and managerial goals. Using this framework we examine management choices under agency and stewardship theories. We advance a theory of social stewardship to explain behavior inconsistent with both agency...

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Main Authors: Dutta, Saurav, Lawson, R., Marcinko, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley Interscience 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54540
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description We provide a framework for examining the trade-offs between socio-environmental, organizational, and managerial goals. Using this framework we examine management choices under agency and stewardship theories. We advance a theory of social stewardship to explain behavior inconsistent with both agency and stewardship. We illustrate that social stewardship behavior by managers and principals, while best from a societal perspective, is not a viable management approach under current business and regulatory conditions. This conclusion is vital to public policymakers who seek to foster socially desirable behavior by publicly traded companies. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-545402017-09-13T15:50:26Z Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory Dutta, Saurav Lawson, R. Marcinko, D. We provide a framework for examining the trade-offs between socio-environmental, organizational, and managerial goals. Using this framework we examine management choices under agency and stewardship theories. We advance a theory of social stewardship to explain behavior inconsistent with both agency and stewardship. We illustrate that social stewardship behavior by managers and principals, while best from a societal perspective, is not a viable management approach under current business and regulatory conditions. This conclusion is vital to public policymakers who seek to foster socially desirable behavior by publicly traded companies. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54540 10.1002/csr.259 Wiley Interscience restricted
spellingShingle Dutta, Saurav
Lawson, R.
Marcinko, D.
Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title_full Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title_fullStr Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title_full_unstemmed Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title_short Paradigms for Sustainable Development: Implications of Management Theory
title_sort paradigms for sustainable development: implications of management theory
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54540