A special JCC issue on The Positive Psychology of Sustainable Enterprise
Editors:
David Cooperrider and Ronald Fry
Fowler Center for Sustainable Value,
Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University, USA
We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit
(Aristotle)
In a world where just about every corporation is going greener and more socially responsible, and where many have found that building a better world and building a stronger business indeed go hand in hand, it is time for scholars and managers alike to explore the impact of sustainability actions on the workforce and people; that is, to study exactly how the quest for sustainable value affects the human side of enterprise. If most of our waking lives is spent in the context of organizations-then what happens to us when we are engaged in organizations that are leading and breaking the sustainability barrier?
The ten papers in this important issue explore the proposition that the quest for sustainability is the most significant human development opportunity of the 21st century-and that when people learn about and work toward building a sustainable world they too are poised to flourish in ways that elevate innovation, personal excellence and workplace well-being. Put another way, corporate citizenship is not only about serving or satisfying external stakeholders, it is also core to individual flourishing inside the firm.
The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) focuses explicitly on integrating theory about corporate citizenship with management practice. The journal provides a forum in which the tensions and practical realities of making corporate citizenship real are addressed in a reader-friendly, yet conceptually and empirically rigorous format. For more information on JCC, including how to submit a paper, please visit our website: www.greenleaf-publishing.com/jcc
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