The Learning Organization: Volume 18 Issue 1

Elements of organizational sustainability

Peter A.C. Smith

While the adoption of corporate social responsibility reporting has been growing, less interest has been evoked in how organizations are in fact responding to organizational…

The dynamics of climate change: a case study in organisational learning

David Wasdell

Based in the discipline of applied consultancy‐research, this paper seeks to present a synthesis‐review of the social dynamics underlying the stalled negotiations of the United…

A conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations: Structures, processes and performance

Göran Svensson, Greg Wood

The objective of this paper is to introduce and describe a conceptual framework of corporate and business ethics across organizations in terms of ethical structures, ethical…

Sustainable learning organizations

Luis E. Velazquez, Javier Esquer, Nora E. Munguía, Rafael Moure‐Eraso

The purpose of this paper is to debate how companies may better become a sustainable learning organization by offering the most used and insightful concepts of sustainability.

A complexity theory approach to sustainability: A longitudinal study in two London NHS hospitals

Eve Mitleton‐Kelly

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that organisational sustainability is not a continuation of the status quo but, seen from a complexity theory perspective, is a…

Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches

A. Espinosa, T. Porter

The purpose of this research is to explore core contributions from two different approaches to complexity management in organisations aiming to improve their sustainability,: the…

The shift needed for sustainability

Peter A.C. Smith, Carol Sharicz

The purpose of this action research is to begin to assess to what extent organizations have in practice begun to make the shift towards triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability.

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh