The Sustainability Effect Rethinking Corporate Reputation in the 21st Century

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Pub. Date: 2006-04-03
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and corporate reputation are without a doubt 'hot topics' for today's business. The Sustainability Effect offers a unique, practical and refreshing perspective on this debate. Drawing on research conducted with some of the world's largest 500 companies, Arlo Kristjan O'Brady takes a detailed look at corporate sustainability and corporate reputation management, focusing on establishing the potential impact (positive and negative) that sustainability issues can have on the reputation of large multinational corporations.

Author Biography

Arlo. Kristjan O. Brady is head of corporate sustainability and CSR services for Mott MacDonald Group in the UK, and is a research associate at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
ix
List of Figures
xi
List of Charts
xii
List of Abbreviations
xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Preface xvi
Introduction
1(3)
Layout
3(1)
The Rise of Corporate Conscientiousness
4(40)
Introduction
4(1)
People, the planet and profits
4(2)
Sustainable Development
6(7)
The Tower of Babel: Corporate contributions
13(12)
Change drivers
25(11)
Demonstrating performance
36(6)
Summary
42(2)
Profiling Corporate Imagery: Seven Competitive Elements
44(24)
Introduction
44(1)
Reputation and its alternate guises
45(2)
The process of image formation
47(7)
The value of positive imagery
54(9)
Seven competitive elements
63(3)
Summary
66(2)
A Global CEO Survey
68(21)
Survey purpose
68(1)
The sample
68(2)
Scenario approach
70(4)
Hypothesis list
74(1)
Design
74(8)
Timeline
82(1)
Choice of statistical analysis
83(1)
Response profile
84(5)
Survey Results and Conclusions
89(21)
Introduction
89(1)
Headline results
89(3)
Hypothesis 5.1
92(2)
Hypothesis 5.2
94(1)
Hypothesis 5.3
94(2)
Hypothesis 5.4
96(1)
Hypothesis 5.5
97(1)
Hypothesis 5.6
98(2)
Hypothesis 5.7
100(1)
Hypothesis 5.8
100(2)
Survey conclusions
102(4)
The other elements
106(4)
Strategic Implications
110(31)
New rules for the new economy
110(11)
Leadership for sustainability
121(6)
Partnerships for sustainability
127(3)
The SME perspective
130(1)
Global variation
131(2)
The role of the financial community
133(1)
List of key propositions
134(1)
The seven transitions
135(4)
Implications for further research
139(2)
Appendices
141(17)
Appendix 1: The survey
142(2)
Appendix 2: The year 2001 Global Fortune 500
144(13)
Appendix 3: Survey confidentiality statement
157(1)
Notes 158(6)
References 164(9)
Index 173

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