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Abstract
We argue that the majority of the current approaches in research on corporate sustainability are inconsistent with the notion
of sustainable development. By defining the notion of instrumentality in the context of corporate sustainability through three
conceptual principles we show that current approaches are rooted in a bounded notion of instrumentality which establishes
a systematic a priori predominance of economic organizational outcomes over environmental and social aspects. We propose an
inclusive notion of profitability that reflects the return on all forms of environmental, social, and economic capital used
by a firm. This inclusive notion of corporate profitability helps to redefine corporate profitability as if sustainability
matters in that it overcomes the bounded instrumentality that impairs current research on corporate sustainability. We apply
this notion to different car manufacturers and develop conceptual implications for future research on corporate sustainability.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-21
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-0911-0
- Authors
- Tobias Hahn, Euromed Management School, Domaine de Luminy-BP 921, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
- Frank Figge, Euromed Management School, Domaine de Luminy-BP 921, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544