Sustainable Development? Business Rhetoric of Sustainability in Finnish Corporate Disclosures 1985-2005

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The study analyses how the corporate rhetoric of sustainability has developed in Finland during 1985-2005. The dataset consisting of the disclosures of four leading Finnish companies has been analyzed through discourse analytic methods. The findings question whether the ever-increasing popularity of sustainability-related concepts actually means that society is moving forward on the road towards sustainability.

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Sustainable Development.Wilfred Beckerman & Joanna Pasek - 2001 - In Wilfred Beckerman & Joanna Pasek, Justice, Posterity, and the Environment. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.

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