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The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management
This book discloses the spiritual dimension in business ethics and sustainability management. Spirituality is understood as a multiform search for meaning which connects people with all living beings and God or Ultimate Reality. In this sense, spirituality is a vital source in social and economic life. The volume examines the spiritual orientations to nature and business in different cultural t…
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- 978-3-319-11677-8
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The Sustainable Provision of Environmental Services from Regulation to Inno…
This book addresses the ability of market-based instruments to improve the sustainable provision of environmental services. The author combines field research and insights from the multi-stakeholder dialogue at the FAO to analyze the gap between the predictions provided by theory and the corresponding outcomes in practice. In particular, the author challenges the theory behind Payments for Envi…
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- 978-3-319-19345-8
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Recycling class :the contradictions of inclusion in urban sustainability
"An ethnographic and community-engaged study of the contradictions of cross-class environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru's discards"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Design for resilience :making the future we leave behind
"Designing for resilience is a critical issue of the 21st century. This is the first book-length work that shows us how to design for a future that lasts, and why we should want to"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Invention and innovation :a brief history of hype and failure
"Smil presents the long history and modern infatuation with invention and innovation. Meticulous as always, these vast realms of human ingenuity are organized into sensible categories: inventions that went from welcome to undesirable, inventions that dominate and missed the mark, inventions we still dream about, and lastly, the exaggerations, myths, and wise expectations for innovations we need…
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- 9780262374262
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Fulfilling the pledge :securing industrial democracy for American workers in …
"A review of labor law exploring the decline of union power and demonstrating how collective bargaining can continue to support worker power and improve economic outcomes for workers and communities despite macro shifts in the US economy over the past 40 years"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Cracking the bro code
"Cracking the Bro-Code is an ethnography that engages women navigating male-dominated cultures of computing. It provides evidence of women's experiences to reveal the values and practices of U.S.-based high-tech institutions and how they reproduce discrimination and harassment not only in their workplaces, but also in the broader political economy"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262377157
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The entangled brain :how perception, cognition, and emotion are woven together
"A general overview of the systems neuroscience approach written by a leading figure in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262372107
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Insolvent :how to reorient computing for just sustainability
"This book proposes a framework for the design of systems that will advance social and environmental justice along with technical and economic objectives"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262374668
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Crowded out :the true costs of crowdfunding healthcare
"Crowded Out examines how charitable crowdfunding so quickly overtook public life, where it is taking us, and who gets left behind by this new platformed economy. While crowdfunding has become ubiquitous in our lives, it is largely misunderstood by the public: rather than a friendly free market "powered by the kindness" of strangers, crowdfunding is powerfully reinforcing inequalities and chang…
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