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I researched how senior managers deal with sustainability issues. I have shown what it is that people do differently in those businesses that are addressing sustainability. My 1991 paper. In brief, they align the social order to deal with the issue.

Broad Implications
I realised that in a business sense, sustainability issues are of a broader family of obligatory and externally imposed (OEI) issues. That is, corporate leaders will not bother to deal with sustainability issues unless they have to. This is because they do not directly contribute to their primary concern - to increase shareholder value. Other issues that fit this OIE category are quality, affirmative action and other subjects that business leaders find they must deal with to satisfy regulation, customer expectation, or public pressure.

Passed 30 July 2003
RMIT confirmed this on page 8 of the July newsletter.

PhD Thesis

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Chapter 2 - Literature Review: Sustainability Discourse
  • Chapter 3 - Theoretical Foundation for Method
  • Chapter 7 - Conclusion: Challenging Old Myths / Creating New Myths
  • Chapter 8 - Reflections on Research
  • Bibliography

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