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When worlds collide: contested paradigms of corporate social responsibility. Professor Steven Toms University of York. Inconvenient truth. Three stages of social history. Implications and discussion. Discussion and implications Consequentialist ethical approach urgently needed
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When worlds collide: contested paradigms of corporate social responsibility Professor Steven Toms University of York The York Management School
Inconvenient truth The York Management School
Three stages of social history The York Management School
Implications and discussion Discussion and implications • Consequentialist ethical approach urgently needed • Key collaborations: • Science departments and business schools (based on scientific method) • Scientists and accountants in the board rooms • Government and business (eg DECC) • Key questions for accounting and management • What is the rate of growth (g') consistent with: • Scientific limits on emissions? • Development of low carbon technologies? (and their rate of substitution, and difference between g and g') • What is the impact of g' on business value? Eg: • Asset lives/write offs of high carbon tangible and intangible assets • Stock market value of corporations The York Management School