Sustainability at Work: Readings, Cases and Policy

by Suzanne Benn (Editor)

In the words of leading ecologist Tim Flannery, we have become the ‘future eaters’, living beyond the earth’s ability to replace the resources we consume. An ecological crisis – i.e. climate change – is slowly building. It is now gaining momentum as we witness the melting of the world’s glaciers and a range of related issues including widespread weather volatility, desertification and food shortages. As many now agree, we need a fundamental transformation of how we live and work. The aim of this book is to familiarise students with the theory and practice of sustainability and environmental sustainability at work. Table of contents Part A Readings Chapter 1: Current research in sustainability Chapter 2: HRM for Creating a new paradigm Chapter 3: Eco careers Chapter 4: Setting people up for Sustainable performance management Chapter 5: Sustainability in strategic human resource management Part B Cases Chapter 6: Fuji Xerox Australia Eco Manufacturing A case study in strategic sustainability Chapter 7: Hewlett Packard’s supply chain Chapter 8: A company’s progression to a strategic approach Chapter 9: Leighton Becoming a sustainable organisation Chapter 10: Yarra Valley Learning and change for sustainability Part C Writing Policy Chapter 11: Policy needs identification Chapter 12: Policy development Chapter 13: Policy implementation Chapter 14: Policy review Chapter 15: Managing policy issues Contributing Editors Suzanne Benn, Dexter Dunphy and Bruce Perrott · Mike Fazey · Marilyn Clarke · Grant Jones Julia Connell and Stephen Teo Contributors Tamsin Angus-Leppan · Suzanne Benn · John Chelliah · Patrick Crittenden · Peter Daniels · Dexter Dunphy · Murali Duran · Mike Fazey · Kerr Inkson · Grant Jones · Christina Kirsch Robyn Kramar · Polly Parker · Robert Perey · Bruce Perrott Peter Saul · Vivek Sood · Kaushuk Sridhar · Tony Stapledon Sam Wells

242 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2013