Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century

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This study explores two of the major challenges faced by organizations in the 21st century: the successful management of human resources in a time of increasing staff turnorver; and the growing pressure for environmentally friendly operations. It offers a framework of principles and practices which should contribute to a renewable, sustainable workforce and environment.

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"A comprehensive guidebook for corporations that are really serious about shifting to more equitable, ecologically-sustainable operations. Hazel Henderson, leading futurist and author of Reyond Globalization. The sustainability paradigm requires a new way of thinking for managers--those not attuned will find that they risk losing competitive commercial advantage... Dr Barbara Penson, Vice-President, Human Resources, Placer Dome Asia Pacific."

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Dexter Dunphy is Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. Formerly Professor of Management and Foundation Director of the Centre for Corporate Change at the Australian Graduate School of Management, he is a leading theorist and consultant on the management of change. Jodie Benveniste is an organisational psychologist, a social researcher and a writer. Andrew Griffiths is a researcher and lecturer in the School of Management, Faculty of Business at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Philip Sutton is the founder and Director of Policy and Strategy of Green Innovations, a non profit environmental policy think tank and consultancy organisation.