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| Midas, Cassandra and the Buddha: Curing Delusional Growth Myopia by Focusing on Thriving | ||
| 作者 | Sulkowski, Adam (著) ; Waddock, Sandra (著) |
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| 出處題名 | The Journal of Corporate Citizenship |
| 卷期 | n.61 |
| 出版日期 | 2016.03 |
| 頁次 | 15 - 43 |
| 出版者 | Taylor & Francis |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| 出版地 | Oxfordshire, UK [牛津郡, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Adam Sulkowski Babson College, USA. 2. Sandra Waddock Carroll School of Management, USA. |
| 關鍵詞 | Sustainability; Thriving; Wellbeing; Key performance metrics; Buddhism; Mind-set; Metanoia |
| 摘要 | This article discusses the problems of current measures of business and economic success and suggests an alternative approach. The mythological memes of Midas, Cassandra, and the Buddha are offered as a means to frame mind-sets and to articulate a necessary shift in focus and reprioritization of key performance indicators. Indicators of wellbeing and technologies for eliminating negative environmental impacts exist. The key problem is that humanity—at every level—has its attention focused on delusional measures of success. A refocus onto measures of ecological and human thriving is a sine qua non for adjusting civilization, including business activity, such that it can survive into the 22nd century and beyond. A key challenge is that financial growth metrics are deeply embedded in current systems and in the mind-sets of people at all levels of current hierarchies. The goal of shifting mind-sets and measures of success requires the engagement of many sectors of society, beginning with educational institutions and including managers in the private and public sectors. At the individual, firm, and societal levels, indicators of ecological health and human thriving must be elevated and treated as key measures of success. The stakes of current ecological and societal problems involve the lives and wellbeing of billions of people. The memes and metaphors discussed here provide a novel way to frame and discuss issues and solutions whose implementation are overdue and desperately needed at the individual, organizational, and collective levels. |
| 目次 | The real problem of growth 18 The growth delusion 19 Midas got his wish: GDP, market myopia, and the growth delusion 20 Channelling Cassandra: unfolding catastrophes and our failure to take them seriously 21 Mass extinction 22 Pervasive toxicity and e-waste 23 Food and water security 24 The youth bulge, civil unrest, climate change, refugees, war 25 Fundamentally: wellbeing and thriving 26 An operating principle: thrivability = survival + wellbeing 26 Examples of thrivability: we have some tools 27 Key performance indicators for tracking progress 29 Alternative KPIs for countries and other political units 30 Alternative KPIs for companies 31 What we lack: right intent, perception and action 33 Implications for company strategies and practices 36 Conclusion 38 References 40 |
| ISSN | 14705001 (P); 20514700 (E) |
| DOI | 10.9774/GLEAF.4700.2016.ma.00004 |
| 點閱次數 | 10 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.11.25 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.11.29 |
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