Making the business case? Intercultural differences in framing economic rationality related to environmental issues [PDF]
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to challenge the assumptions prominent in the Anglo-American context that the objective of a business is to increase its profits or/and that managers have to make 'the business case' in order to implement ...
Molthan-Hill, P
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Political ecology is the disciplinary and political field regarding the encountering of different rationalities for the social appropriation of nature and the construction of a sustainable future.
Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves +1 more
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A Framework for Stabilizing the Person-Organization Relationship [PDF]
In many organizational interactions,the employee and the organization have different understandings of the obligations of each party and how to fulfill their obligations.Divergence of these perceptions can lead to misunderstandings,conflicts and even ...
Gholam Reza Tavakoli +2 more
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Diversidade cultural e preservação das identidades dos povos são fundamentais para viabilizar o desenvolvimento sustentável em escala local e global. Estilos étnicos organizam as práticas de uso da natureza e das populações indígenas e das sociedades ...
Enrique LEFF
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The moral muteness of managers: an Anglo-American phenomenon? German and British managers and their moral reasoning about environmental sustainability in business [PDF]
Several studies in the Anglo-American context have indicated that managers present themselves as morally neutral employees who act only in the best interest of the company by employing objective skills.
Bryman A +21 more
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Environmental Rationality: The Social Re- Appropriation of Nature
The environmental crisis emerges like a civilizational crisis: a crisis of Western culture; of modern rationality; of the globalized world-economy. It is neither an ecological catastrophe, nor a simple imbalance in the economy.
Enrique Leff +2 more
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A Critique of Rational Choice from the Viewpoint of Competing Approaches: Behavioral and Experimental Economics and Brain Sciences [PDF]
The starting point of economic analyses undoubtedly is homo economicus, whose fundamental characteristic is rationality. In recent decades, the notion of rationality has been the subject of debates in social sciences, particularly economics. Conventional
Ebad Teimouri +2 more
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The ecosocial paradigma and the emergence of a new rationality
In this article, the potential of critical theory of society is articulated through elements that seek to demonstrate the paradigmatic emergence of communication rationality.
Maria Fernanda Segantin Prestupa
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The evolution of forecasting for decision-making in dynamic environments
Climate change and technological advances are reshaping ecosystems and societies. Strategic choices that were best yesterday may be sub-optimal tomorrow; and environmental conditions that were once taken for granted may soon cease to exist.
Andrew R Tilman +3 more
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Rationality of creating mechanisms of state regulation of investment activities in the context of environmental processes [PDF]
The paper discloses the conceptual and theoretical foundations and approaches to the formation of state mechanisms for regulating the development and implementation of eco-economically efficient investment projects.
Abdulkadyrova Madina +3 more
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