A Sensemaking Approach to Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Human and Ecological Elements of Corporate Sustainability

Angus-Leppan, T; Benn, S; Young, L

A Sensemaking Approach to Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Human and Ecological Elements of Corporate Sustainability

Angus-Leppan, T Benn, S

Young, L

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Citation:: Business Strategy and the Environment, 2010, 19 (4), pp. 230 - 244
Issue Date:: 2010-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Angus-Leppan, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Benn, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5282-2255	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Young, L	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Business Strategy and the Environment, 2010, 19 (4), pp. 230 - 244	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0964-4733	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15881
dc.description.abstract	This paper considers the complex relationships between the human and ecological elements of sustainability that exist in the minds of stakeholders and argues that a sensemaking approach allows these to be better understood and compared. This is supported by the results of a study, set in a financial institution, exploring the relationships between these non-financial elements of corporate sustainability. The viewpoints of middle management, branch and contact centre employees, executives, a community consultative council, suppliers and a community partner of a large Australian bank obtained in in-depth interviews are analysed and compared utilizing an innovative methodology of semantic analysis. We find that these stakeholders' perceptions of the human-ecological relationship differ by group, containing different mixes of trade-offs and synergies between the non-financial elements of corporate sustainability. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Business Strategy and the Environment	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/bse.675	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	A Sensemaking Approach to Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Human and Ecological Elements of Corporate Sustainability	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

This paper considers the complex relationships between the human and ecological elements of sustainability that exist in the minds of stakeholders and argues that a sensemaking approach allows these to be better understood and compared. This is supported by the results of a study, set in a financial institution, exploring the relationships between these non-financial elements of corporate sustainability. The viewpoints of middle management, branch and contact centre employees, executives, a community consultative council, suppliers and a community partner of a large Australian bank obtained in in-depth interviews are analysed and compared utilizing an innovative methodology of semantic analysis. We find that these stakeholders' perceptions of the human-ecological relationship differ by group, containing different mixes of trade-offs and synergies between the non-financial elements of corporate sustainability. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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