Case Studies in Sustainability Management: The oikos collection Vol. 3

by Jordi Vives Gabriel (Editor)

Overview

With the rapidly growing importance of sustainability and corporate responsibility in a globalised world, management schools are increasingly integrating long-term economic, environmental and social issues into their teaching and research. Climate change, poverty, labour standards and human rights are among the many topics that future decision-makers will need to face in their careers. Business education needs to reflect this new reality and provide a broadened understanding of value creation in order to create economic capital while developing social and preserving natural capital.

Case studies can be important tools for creating learning processes on different levels - students are forced to struggle with exactly the kinds of decisions and dilemmas managers confront every day. In this reflection of reality, the values and goals of the student are systematically challenged. This can be especially valuable in the context of sustainability management - organisations are now continually forced to value the different aspects of sustainability and their interrelations: How do social issues impact the economic bottom line? How can an environmentally sound strategy create a positive impact on employee motivation and thus have measurable impact on economic performance? What comes first and why?

This third collection of oikos case studies is based on the winning cases from the 2010 to 2013 annual case competition. So what makes an excellent case in sustainability management? These cases have been highly praised because they provide excellent learning opportunities, tell engaging stories, deal with recent situations, include quotations from key actors, are thought-provoking and controversial, require decision-making and provide clear take-aways.

These cases are clustered in three different sections: "Large Corporations and Corporate Sustainability Dilemmas", "Managing Stakeholder Relations" and "Sustainability as a Source of Differentiation Strategies".

Case Studies in Sustainability Management will be an essential purchase for educators and is likely to be a widely used as a course textbook at all levels of management education.

Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783530687
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/2014
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jordi Vives Gabriel is an oikos PhD fellow pursuing his PhD studies at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) where he is also associate researcher at the Institute for Business Ethics. He regularly collaborates with the social science department at ESADE Business School as visiting lecturer. Jordi received a Msc in Research in Political Science by Pompeu Fabra University, a master in Business Administration and a BBA from ESADE Business School. At oikos Jordi is responsible for the oikos Cases Programme, which involves the management of the oikos Case Writing Competition as well as the edition of the oikos Case Quarterly. In his PhD research, Jordi focuses on the responsibilities businesses face in connection with human rights. More specifically, he attempts to analyse these responsibilities from the perspective of global democracy theories. Jordi has published his work at the Journal of Business Ethics as well as in several practitioner-oriented publications. Prior to entering academia Jordi worked for Hewlett-Packard and Deloitte.

Table of Contents

Aknowledgements

List of contributors

Foreword. Case Studies and Experiential Learning Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick

Introduction

Part I: Large Corporations and Corporate Sustainability Dilemmas

1. Embedding Sustainability At Novo Nordisk: The Compassion Vs Competitiveness Dilemma Debapratim Purkayastha and Adapa Srinivasa Rao

2. Walmart: Love, Earth Craig Smith and Robert J. Crawford

3. Sustainable Development at PepsiCo Debapratim Purkayastha and Adapa Srinivasa Rao

4. Florida Ice & Farm: Sustainability Champion from an Emerging Economy Andrea Prado, John Ickis, and Ximena Garcia

5. Protecting Our Oceans: Sustainability at Holland America Line Murray Silverman

Part II: Managing Stakeholder Relationships

6. Hunghom Peninsula in Hong Kong (A), (B) & (C): A Realistic Call for Corporate Social Responsibilities Terence Tsai and Shubo Philip Liu

7. Modernizing Dharavi: If you build, will they come? Abhijit Roy and Mousumi Roy8. Lululemon‘s commitment to the environment: A tangle of seaweed, suppliers, and social responsibility Andrea Erin Bass and Rebecca J. Morris

Part III: Sustainability as a Source of Differentiation StrategiesBurgerville: Sustainability and Sourcing in a QSR Supply Chain Darrell Brown, Phil Berko, Patrick Dedrick, Brie Hilliard and Joshua PfleegerPortland Roasting Company: Farm Friendly Direct Madeleine Pullman, Greg Stokes, Gregory Price, Mark Langston and Brandon ArendsChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.: “Food With Integrity” Ram Subramanian

About the oikos Case Writing Competition

Concept

List of the Award Committee MembersShort Biography of the Award Committee Members.

About oikos

About the editor