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New systematic review by NBS on decision-making for sustainability

  • 1.  New systematic review by NBS on decision-making for sustainability

    Posted 03-07-2012 12:30
    Dear colleagues,

    Those of you conducting research in the area of corporate social responsibility or decision-making may be interested in a new systematic review produced by NBS. Researchers Joe Arvai, Victoria Campbell-Arvai and Piers Steel at the University of Calgary reviewed the existing literature on how people make sustainability-related decisions in practice and the decision-support techniques currently available to better incorporate sustainability concerns into group and individual decision-making. 

    The goals of the review were (i) to provide insights to analysts and managers about the nature of human judgment and decision-making, particularly as it pertains to incorporating and addressing social and environmental concerns and (ii) to catalogue the available decision-support tools and techniques to more effectively facilitate decision-making for sustainability.

    In total, 207 studies spanning more than 60 years were reviewed. The systematic review is available for download at: http://nbs.net/wp-content/uploads/NBS-Systematic-Review-Decision-Making.pdf

    NBS systematically reviews prior research on the topics most important to a panel of sustainability officers within leading companies. If you are embarking on new research, I encourage you to use these reviews as a starting place. We have systematically reviewed the following topics: 
    ·      Decision-making for Sustainability – Joseph Arvai, Victoria Campbell-Arvai and Piers Steel
    ·      Measuring and Valuing Enviromental Impacts – Pamela Kaval
    ·      Valuing Business Sustainability – John Peloza and Ron Yachnin
    ·      Socially Conscious Consumerism – June Cotte and Remi Trudel
    ·      Organizational Culture – Stephanie Bertels, Lisa Papania and Daniel Papania
    ·      Cement Manufacturing - Vito Albino, Rosa Maria Dangelico, Angelo Natalicchio and Devrim Miurat Yazan
    ·      Climate Change - David Nitkin, Ryan Foster and Jacqueline Medalye
    ·      Environmental Policy - Graeme Auld, Bozica Burlica, Alexandra Mallett, Francis Nolan-Poupart and Robert Slater
    ·      Stakeholder Engagement – Frances Bowen, Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi and Irene Herremans
    ·      Global Supply Chains - Stephen Brammer, Stefan Hoejmose and Andrew Millington

    I also encourage you to visit recent posting from thought leaders in the space, including Andy Hoffman, Johanna Mair, Mike Barnett, and Stu Hart: http://nbs.net/category/thought-leaders/.  We also post links to recently published articles in corporate social responsibility and sustainability (http://nbs.net/research/). 

    I encourage you to join NBS (http://nbs.net/members/signup/) to receive our newsletter and help bridge research and practice in sustainability. 

    Sincerely,

    ...tima
     

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    Dr. Tima Bansal
    Email: tbansal@ivey.uwo.ca
    Telephone: 519 661 3864

    Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business
    http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/Tima_Bansal.html

    Director, Ivey's Centre for Building Sustainable Value
    http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/centres/sustainability/

    Executive Director, Network for Business Sustainability
    http://www.nbs.net/