Public Goods, Sustainable Development and the Contribution of Business

Roland Bardy · Arthur Rubens · Raymond Saner · Lichia Yiu

Feb 2021 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing

About this ebook

This book provides an expansive review of the public goods theme and highlights the inherent linkage between sustainable development and corporate responsibility for improving the current and future welfare of communities both at home and abroad. The main proposition here is that sustainable development is focused on preserving and maintaining public goods. Consequently, whoever uses public goods is liable for their preservation, their maintenance, and, where they are underdeveloped, for their expansion. Successful delivery, both now and in the future, depends on a positive relationship of the public sector with the private sector. This book will serve to stimulate discussions of scholars and policy makers in the field of sustainable development with business leaders, and will close the gap between the public and the private sectors by building a common understanding and common methodologies for implementing and measuring sustainable development in the macro- and the micro-spheres.

About the author

Roland Bardy of BardyConsult in Mannheim, Germany, is a former executive with BASF. He took up teaching after retiring from business in 1999.

Arthur Rubens is Professor Emeritus at Florida Gulf Coast University. He presently teaches at Audencia Business School in Nantes, France.

Raymond Saner is Titular Professor at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He also teaches at Leuphana, Lüneburg, and Sciences Po, Paris and consults at OECD and the United Nations.

Lichia Yiu co-founded the Centre for Socio-Economic Development in Geneva in 1993, an independent research and development NGO. She teaches organizational development, leadership, and stakeholder management.