DocumentCode :
2425053
Title :
A crooked stool: The rhetoric of the triple bottom line
Author :
House, Richard ; Taylor, Corey ; Livingston, Jessica ; Watt, Anneliese ; Minster, Mark
Author_Institution :
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
fYear :
2011
fDate :
17-19 Oct. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
The triple bottom line (TBL) is a popular model used to introduce the basic sustainability concept that social and environmental concerns deserve consideration alongside economic concerns, especially for businesses. Despite its best intentions, however, the TBL fails to resolve central tensions between the economic bottom line and environmental and social priorities, resulting in a fatally flawed model. The TBL inherently privileges economic accounting, which is reliably measurable, over social and environmental accounting, which are more complicated and contestable.
Keywords :
Business; Economics; Green products; Pollution measurement; Rhetoric; sustainability; triple bottom line; true-cost accounting;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Cincinnati, OH, USA
ISSN :
2158-091X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-780-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2011.6087201
Filename :
6087201
Link To Document :
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