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1011 Systems Perspective Flashcards

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Brundtland and Pyllick definition of sustainability

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Development needs of present without compromising future

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4 Normative Principles of Equity

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  1. Inter-generational Equity
  2. Intra-generational Equity
  3. Environment
  4. Participation
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2 Sustainability consensus approach

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  1. Metafix (Dialectical)

2. Fuzziness

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Shades of green perspective Continuum

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Techno-centrism

Eco-centrism

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2 Sustainability of capital depends on

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Substitutionality

Irreversibility

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3 Types of capital

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  1. Environmental
  2. Social
  3. Economical
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3 Conditions needed for sustainability

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  1. Integrate 3 type of capital
  2. Integrate short and long term aspects (issue discount rates)
  3. Consume income not capital
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Sustainability is a dynamic concepts

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No fixed state, needs changing

  • Needs of current generation changing
  • future needs changing
  • needs of ecology changing
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Destructive Locusts

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Business operating in self-interest

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4 A vast opportunity exists for the private sector to

provide sustainability solutions through

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  1. Sustainability Strategies
  2. Sustainability Oriented Innovation
  3. Sustainable Business Models
  4. Social Entrepreneurship
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3 Intertwined concept combines

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  1. Environment
  2. Profit
  3. Community
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8 UN millennium goals

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  1. Poverty/Hunger
  2. Primary education
  3. Gender Equality
  4. Child Mortality
  5. Maternal health
  6. Sustainable environment
  7. Global partnership
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Sustainability paradox

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Corporate practices, Management studies ^

Earth system resilience (down)

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3 Disconnected targets, ->

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  1. Baseline year
  2. Other companies
  3. short-term goals
    - > Future-fit gap
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3 Embedded view

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  1. Economy
  2. Society
  3. Biosphere
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3 Systems concept (Embedded view) you need to understand

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  1. Carrying capacity
  2. Interconnections
  3. Feedback
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3 Boundaries past safe thresholds

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  1. Climate Change
  2. Biodiversity loss
  3. Nitrogen cycle
18
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3 scales - Whiteman, Walker, Perego

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  1. Planetary Scale
  2. Continental Scale/Regional scale
  3. Local scale
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4 Failures of management studies because

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  1. Diverse and highly debated
  2. failed to inform managing practices
  3. doesn’t resonate management practice
  4. Over-focus on business case
20
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A few ideas for use from Whiteman Walker and Perego on sustainability

(takeaways)

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  1. Overcome feeling that sustainability is too complex
  2. Use to assess impact and focus action
  3. Construct CSR target
  4. Platform for cross-section collab

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