ABSTRACT
Efforts to establish the measurement and control of sustainability have produced notable tools, but those instruments lack applicability in practice. Increasing the level of standardization of such tools also seems difficult to achieve, because the contexts surrounding the focal organizations differ considerably. Therefore, what we need is a systematic, interdisciplinary assessment of how to measure and control sustainability, so that we can establish an essential definition and up-to-date picture of the field.
Measuring and Controlling Sustainability attempts to provide such an assessment in 17 chapters, organized into four main topic sections: (a) organizations and social value creation: concepts, responsibilities, and barriers; (b) accounting, measurement, performance, and diffusion of social value; (c) practical and managerial insights from real-life cases; and (d) choices, incentives, guidance, and ethics.
This research anthology provides a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge theories and research that will further the development and advancement of measuring and controlling sustainable efforts in theory and managerial practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|30 pages
Organizations and social value creation
chapter 1.2|13 pages
Mind the gap!
part 2|108 pages
Accounting, measurement, performance, and diffusion of social value
chapter 2.1|21 pages
The sustainability balanced scorecard
chapter 2.2|17 pages
Sustainability accounting standards in the USA – procedural legitimacy
chapter 2.3|18 pages
Adapting the measuring rod for social returns in advanced welfare states
chapter 2.4|13 pages
Measuring the impact of strategic corporate social responsibility (S-CSR)
chapter 2.5|20 pages
A performance tool for policy-makers to monitor the dual objective of social enterprises
chapter 2.6|17 pages
Diffusion of sustainability
part 3|84 pages
Practical and managerial insights from real-life cases
chapter 3.1|25 pages
The impact of environmental and social practices on the triple bottom line
chapter 3.2|13 pages
Disclosing the invisible
chapter 3.4|17 pages
Mechanisms and tools for measuring and reporting sustainability in the hotel industry
part 4|61 pages
Choices, incentives, guidance, and ethics