TY - CHAP

T1 - The Case of Corporate Sustainability in the United States of America

AU - Morelli, John

AU - Harms, Dorli

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Being the third largest country by population and the largest economy today, the United States of America (US) impacts changes and developments on a global scale while US companies also face national and international challenges such as resource consumption, emissions control, as well as health and safety concerns. The findings on the current state and progress of sustainability management and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the US reveal that social issues are closely managed and that the stakeholders demand according engagement by the companies. The US companies surveyed that are engaged in sustainability are also quite society-oriented. Striving for legitimacy, risk-orientation and compliance therefore can be seen as predominant motives for dealing with sustainability issues. At the same time the companies have the potential to seize market opportunities by being more innovative with respect to their business models, products and services.

AB - Being the third largest country by population and the largest economy today, the United States of America (US) impacts changes and developments on a global scale while US companies also face national and international challenges such as resource consumption, emissions control, as well as health and safety concerns. The findings on the current state and progress of sustainability management and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the US reveal that social issues are closely managed and that the stakeholders demand according engagement by the companies. The US companies surveyed that are engaged in sustainability are also quite society-oriented. Striving for legitimacy, risk-orientation and compliance therefore can be seen as predominant motives for dealing with sustainability issues. At the same time the companies have the potential to seize market opportunities by being more innovative with respect to their business models, products and services.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - Corporate Social Responsibility

KW - International Average

KW - Business Case

KW - Corporate Reputation

KW - Corporate Citizenship

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-06227-3_14

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-06227-3_14

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-319-06226-6

T3 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science

SP - 223

EP - 237

BT - Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison

A2 - Schaltegger, Stefan

A2 - Windolph, Sarah Elena

A2 - Harms, Dorli

A2 - Hörisch, Jacob

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

CY - Cham

ER -