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|Advanced HR Perspective Assignment 2 |
|Annotated Bibliography – Topic 1: Green HRM |
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Annotation 1
Epstein, M. J. 2008. Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate social, Environmental and Economic Impacts. United Kingdom: Greenleaf Publishing Limited.
The author’s main objective is to introduce guiding principle for companies that want to achieve business value through sustainability. This book explains in detail the 9 principals of sustainability that can be incorporated into everyday management processes. It introduces the inputs, outputs, processes, and outcomes of a successful green strategy, and also the possible pitfalls that may occur along the way. Furthermore, the author’s corporate sustainability model offers a comprehensive strategy for designing and implementing green initiatives in any industry.
The author, Epstein is a renowned researched professor at Rice University and is considered one of the global luminaries in the area of sustainability in corporations. In additional, this book is also an award winning book. Therefore, the information inside this book should be very reliable and valuable for my essay. Unlike the next few journals that I have read which mostly only contain the theory about sustainability concepts, this book provides a fair mix between introducing theories and real...