Corporate social responsibility and requisite holism—supported by tradable permits

In: Systems research and behavioral science: the official journal of the International Federation for Systems Research, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 23-35

Abstract

Abstract(Corporate) social responsibility (SR) is a way towards requisite holism by creation of ethics. By SR the contemporary world might create a new economy with (informal) systems thinking, including a sustainable model of dynamic management of CO2 emissions. The existing CO2 tradable permits concept does not provide it. Based of systemic thinking (by Mulej's Dialectical Systems Theory) we drafted a worldwide model of CO2 (hot‐bed‐gases) emissions management. One must limit all emissions on the Planet‐Earth‐level in equilibrium with the carrying capacity of Earth. Neither governments nor market forces alone can handle the problem, but they can handle it in inter‐disciplinary international creative cooperation, possibly guided by United Nations Organization. Our model offers a requisitely holistic basis for it: it offers a synergy of tradable emission permits and international agreement on emission cap. Then, more SR may be attainable and lead to more holism/success in sustainable‐future management. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.