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A paradox perspective on corporate sustainability: descriptive, instrumental, and normative aspects
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posted on 2023-06-21, 06:02 authored by Tobias Hahn, Frank Figge, Jonatan Pinkse, Lutz PreussThe 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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Journal of Business EthicsISSN
0167-4544Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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2Volume
148Page range
235-248Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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2017-06-15First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2017-06-15Usage metrics
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