Society and Sustainability

Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility

Series Editor: David Crowther

Recent Volumes:

Volume 1:NGOs and Social Responsibility
Volume 2:Governance in the Business Environment
Volume 3:Business Strategy and Sustainability
Volume 4:Education and Corporate Social Responsibility: International Perspectives
Volume 5:The Governance of Risk
Volume 6:Ethics, Governance and Corporate Crime: Challenges and Consequences
Volume 7:Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Age
Volume 8:Sustainability After Rio
Volume 9:Accountability and Social Responsibility: International Perspectives
Volume 10:Corporate Responsibility and Stakeholding
Volume 11:Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Governance: Concepts, Perspectives and Emerging Trends in Ibero-America
Volume 12:Modern Organisational Governance
Volume 13:Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility
Volume 14:Stakeholders, Governance and Responsibility
Volume 15:Governance and Sustainability
Volume 16:CSR in an Age of Isolationism
Volume 17:The Equal Pillars of Sustainability
Volume 18:Social Entrepreneurs: Mobilisers of Social Change
Volume 19:Socially Responsible Plastic: Is This Possible?
Volume 20:Achieving Net Zero: Challenges and Opportunities
Volume 21:Corporate Resilience: Risk, Sustainability and Future Crises
Volume 22:Innovation, Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Volume 23:Social Responsibility, Technology and AI

Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility Volume 24

Society and Sustainability

Edited by

David Crowther

Social Responsibility Research Network, UK

And

Shahla Seifi

Social Responsibility Research Network, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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