Sustainable Development from a Temporal Perspective

Held, Martin

doi:10.1177/0961463x01010002011

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“…Other framesets could relate to the discussion of different motivations to take action on sustainability (e.g. altruism vs. (enlightened) self-interest) (Bansal & Roth, 2000;Jensen, 2001) or address the different time-dimensions that are being discussed in the sustainability literature (present generations vs. future generations) (Held, 2001;Slawinski & Bansal, 2012). Table 2 about here…”

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“…This reference to multidimensional outcomes at the societal level complicates the objective function of the firm (Jensen, 2001), because it comes in addition to financial performance goals at the organizational level. Due to a strong focus on intergenerational fairness (WCED, 1987), sustainability also "emphasizes the long-term nature of the benefit that business is expected to 8 provide to society" (Schwartz & Carroll, 2008: 163), as opposed to the oftentimes short-term focus of managerial decision-making (Held, 2001;Slawinski & Bansal, 2012). Third, sustainability involves the simultaneous recognition of various, often conflicting demands of a wider set of stakeholders (Clarkson, 1995;Maon et al, 2008), who apply decision logics that are different from those of managers and shareholders (Hahn, 2012).…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

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Cognitive Frames in Corporate Sustainability: Managerial Sensemaking with Paradoxical and Business Case Frames

Hahn

Preuss

Pinkse

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(2014) Cognitive frames in corporate sustainability: managerial sensemaking with paradoxical and business case frames. Academy of Management Review (AMR), 39 (4). pp. This version is available from Sussex Research Online: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/63539/ This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies and may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the URL above for details on accessing the published version. Copyright and reuse:Sussex Research Online is a digital repository of the research output of the University.Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable, the material made available in SRO has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. 1 COGNITIVE FRAMES IN CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY: MANAGERIAL SENSEMAKING WITH PARADOXICAL AND BUSINESS CASE FRAMES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe would like to thank Associate Editor Peer Fiss for his strong guidance throughout the review process, as well as three anonymous reviewers for their most constructive feedback and suggestions. 2 ABSTRACTCorporate sustainability confronts managers with complex issues and tensions between economic, environmental and social aspects. Drawing on the literature on managerial cognition, corporate sustainability, and strategic paradoxes, we develop a cognitive framing perspective on corporate sustainability. We propose two cognitive frames -a business case frame and a paradoxical frame -and explore how differences between them in cognitive content and structure influence the three stages of the sensemaking process, i.e. managerial

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Cognitive Frames in Corporate Sustainability: Managerial Sensemaking with Paradoxical and Business Case Frames

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Preuss

Pinkse

et al. 2014

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895

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“…The ambition of sustainability to address these multiple objectives simultaneously results in tensions since progress on one sustainability issue might have detrimental effects for other sustainability issues. Moreover, sustainability is based on a long-term orientation to include the needs of future generations instead of the oftentimes short-term focus of firms (Held 2001;Slawinski and Bansal 2015). It also seeks equitable development opportunities for developed and less developed regions (Zuindeau 2007).…”

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A Paradox Perspective on Corporate Sustainability: Descriptive, Instrumental, and Normative Aspects

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The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a paradox perspective on corporate sustainability. By explicitly acknowledging tensions between different desirable, yet interdependent and conflicting sustainability objectives, a paradox perspective enables decision makers to achieve competing sustainability objectives simultaneously and creates leeway for superior business contributions to sustainable development. In stark contrast to the business case logic, a paradox perspective does not establish emphasize business considerations over concerns for environmental protection and social well-being at the societal level. In order to contribute to the consolidation of this emergent field of research, we offer a definition of the paradox perspective on corporate sustainability and a framework to delineate its descriptive, instrumental, and normative aspects. This framework clarifies the paradox perspective's contents and its implications for research and practice. We use the framework to map the contributions to this thematic symposium on paradoxes in sustainability and to propose questions for future research.

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“…We believe the temporal dimension is pertinent for other issues as well (Gladwin et al, 1995;Held, 2001), including biodiversity or the nitrogen cycle (Rockström et al, 2009), because these have similar temporal dynamics reinforcing each other at different levels. When looking at the public debate, however, these issues do not appear as urgent as climate change, yet.…”

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The Role of Short-Termism and Uncertainty Avoidance in Organizational Inaction on Climate Change

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link THE ROLE OF SHORT-TERMISM AND UNCERTAINTY IN ORGANIZATIONAL INACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE: A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK AbstractDespite increasing pressure to address climate change, firms have been slow to respond with effective action. This paper derives a multi-level framework for a better understanding of why many firms are failing to reduce their absolute greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. To explain the phenomenon of organizational inaction on climate change, we draw on the related concepts of short-termism and uncertainty avoidance from research in psychology, sociology and organization theory. We argue that antecedents related to shorttermism and uncertainty avoidance reinforce each other at three levels -individual, organizational and institutional -and result in organizational inaction on climate change. We discuss the implications of our framework for research on corporate sustainability.

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Sustainable Development from a Temporal Perspective

Cited by 57 publications

References 15 publications

Cognitive Frames in Corporate Sustainability: Managerial Sensemaking with Paradoxical and Business Case Frames

Cognitive Frames in Corporate Sustainability: Managerial Sensemaking with Paradoxical and Business Case Frames

A Paradox Perspective on Corporate Sustainability: Descriptive, Instrumental, and Normative Aspects

The Role of Short-Termism and Uncertainty Avoidance in Organizational Inaction on Climate Change

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