Global investors demand, regulators require, and companies disclose their sustainability performance information, and scholars have started to conduct research on sustainability performance, reporting and assurance. The goal of firm value creation can be achieved when management considers the interests of all stakeholders and integrates all five economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) dimensions of sustainability performance into managerial strategies, actions and reporting. This paper provides a synthesis of research on sustainability and presents a theoretical framework consisting of theories and standards relevant to all five EGSEE dimensions of sustainability performance and risks and their integration into corporate culture, business models and reporting in creating stakeholder value.
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30 June 2016
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June 07 2016
Business sustainability research: A theoretical and integrated perspective Available to Purchase
Zabihollah Rezaee
Zabihollah Rezaee
*
Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence & Professor of Accountancy
, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, 300 Fogelman College Administration Building, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-3120
, United States
* E-mail address: zrezaee@memphis.edu (Z. Rezaee).
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* E-mail address: zrezaee@memphis.edu (Z. Rezaee).
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
January 14 2016
Revision Received:
May 05 2016
Accepted:
May 05 2016
Online ISSN: 2452-1469
Print ISSN: 0737-4607
Emerald Publishing Limited
2016
Journal of Accounting Literature (2016) 36 (1): 48–64.
Article history
Received:
January 14 2016
Revision Received:
May 05 2016
Accepted:
May 05 2016
Citation
Rezaee Z (2016), "Business sustainability research: A theoretical and integrated perspective". Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. 36 No. 1 pp. 48–64, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acclit.2016.05.003
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