Terms for endearment : business, NGOs and sustainable development /: business, NGOs and sustainable development. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jem Bendell.
• Other Names: Bendell, Jem
• Contents: Introduction. Working with stakeholder pressure for sustainable development / Jem Brendell -- pt. 1. Driving factors for business-NGO engagement. Globalisation and the new politics of sustainable development / Peter Newell -- Making it legit : new ways of generating corporate legitimacy in a globalising world / Cheryl Rodgers -- Web wars : NGOs, companies and governments in an Internet-connected world / John Bray. pt. 2. Examples from industry sectors. Planting the seeds of change : business-NGO relations on tropical deforestation / Jem Brendell and David F. Murphy -- Shades of green : NGO coalitions, mining companies and the pursuit of negotiating power / Saleem H. Ali -- A no win-win situation? GMOs, NGOs and sustainable development / Jem Brendell -- The listening banks : the development of stakeholder relations with NGOs / Mike Lachowicz. pt. 3. Organisations' experiences. Meeting social and environmental objectives through partnership : the experience of Unilever / Anne Weir -- Working non-"STOP' for sustainable development : case study of a Canadian environmental NGO's relationship with business since 1970 / Marie-France Turcotte -- Bridging troubled waters : the Marine Stewardship Council / Penny Fowler and Simon Heap. pt. 4. Seeking and managing collaboration. Partners for sustainability / John Elkington and Shelly Fennell -- Culture clash and mediation : exploring the cultural dynamics of business-NGO collaboration / Andrew Crane -- The art of collaboration : lessons from emerging environmental business-NGO partnerships in Asia / Christopher S. Plante and Jem Brendell. pt. 5. Concepts. Complementary resources : the win-win rationale for partnership with NGOs / Steve Waddell -- Thinking partners : business, NGOs and the partnership concept / David F. Murphy and Gill Coleman -- Change the rules! Business-NGO partnerships and structuration theory / Uwe Schneidewind and Holger Petersen. pt. 6. New directions. New frontiers : emerging NGO activities to strengthen transparency and accountability in business / Jem Brendell and Rob Lake -- Civil regulation : a new form of democratic governance for the global economy? / Jem Brendell.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 658.408; Industrial management -- Environmental aspects; Social responsibility of business; Corporations -- Public relations; Non-governmental bodies -- Environmental aspects -- Public opinion; Corporations -- Public relations; Industrial management -- Environmental aspects; Social responsibility of business; Niet-gouvernementele organisaties; Bedrijfsleven; Public relations; Ecologische aspecten; Publieke opinie; Duurzame ontwikkeling; Relations publiques; Entreprise; Responsabilité sociale; Développement durable; Organisation non gouvernementale; Aspect environnemental; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Nichtstaatliche Organisation; Unternehmen
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351282710; 1351282719
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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