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Business Styles and Sustainable Development, edited by L. Mariani, M. Mascia, D. Signorini, Fondazione Lanza - Gregoriana Libreria Editrice, Padova 2008, pp. 258, ISBN 88-7706-229-0, Euro 20,00.

PRESENTATION
The book is a collection of some studies and contributions fostered by the Fondazione Lanza in occasion of the V International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policies. It offers a reflection on the sensitive relationship between the enterprise world and the environment.
The necessity to actively involve enterprises in the achievement of real sustainable development, at the local as well as global scale, represents an objective that, by now, is shared at the political, economic, cultural, and social levels. In particular, the entrepreneurial world is aware of the fact that the challenge to keep creating long-term development and profit, in an increasingly complex and often hostile global economy, is represented by the ability to respond in a dynamic and pro-active way to the current social and environmental issues by undertaking new responsibilities and developing innovative planning expertise.
Moving from this consideration, thwe book, a more-voice text, wants, trough the presentation of good practices, to emphasize the effort to integrate theoretical investigation and concrete action and the positive contributions the economic world could offer in protecting the environment. To sum up positions and convictions highlighted during the Conference, some conclusions and recommendations have been gathered in a Final Document.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ( free in PDF )
Business and Sustainability: between Freedom Economy and Responsibility
MATTEO MASCIA, DANIELA SIGNORINI, Fondazione Lanza - Italy

SECTION I - Ethics and Responsibility

Environmental Responsibility and Business Styles: Ethical and Theological Perspectives
EMMANUEL AGIUS, University of Malta - Malta

The State of Ethics and Responsibility in Some Traditional Societies of Middle East Countries
EBRAHIM MONAJEMI, Payam Noor University - Iran

Business Ethics - Idealism or Necessity?
BARBARA MAZUR, University of Finance and Management - Poland

SECTION II - Institutions and Rules for Sustainability

Sustainable Development, the Struggle Against Poverty and the New Structures of Governance in the Era of Globalization
STEFANO ZAMAGNI, University of Bologna - Italy

Poverty Alleviation and the Road to Sustainability in Economies in Transition
ANIL MARKANDYA, World Bank - USA

Economic Evaluation of Environmental Goods
SERGEY N. BOBILEV, Moscow State University - Russia

Strategic Environmental Assessment Policy as an Instrument for Sustainable Development Achievement: Issues and Perspectives for Ukraine
YAROSHCHUK YEVGENIYA, Kharkiv Karazin National University - Ukraine

SECTION III - Business Styles and Sustainable Development

Decoupling Well-being from GDP - Towards a New Kind of Technological Progress
PETER HENNICKE, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy - Germany

The Efficiency Revolution: Ideas and Proposals for Business Sustainability
EMILIO DI CRISTOFARO, Galgano Group - Italy

Transfer of Ecological Technologies to Ukraine
YURIY FEDORIV, Institute for Economic Forecasting, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - Ukraine

SECTION IV - Case Studies

Reflections, experiences and memories of a life spent in a quality and environment-oriented company
FABIO BORRI, Environment Committee of Italian Association for Quality Culture - Italy

Policies and Strategies for a Sustainable Ecotoutism: a Case Study of Southeastern Anatolia Region in Turkey
ACMA BULENT, Anadolu University, Department of Economics Unit of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) - Turkey

The Strategic Implementation of Eco Management System in Tourist Sites
ANNA MAZZI, ANTONIO SCIPIONI, FRANCESCA ARENA, University of Padova - Italy

Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability: a Business Approach
GIAMPAOLO OLIVIERO, Farm S. Basilio - Italy

ATTACHED - Final Document on Business Styles and Sustainable Development 

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