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Comprehending the Thoroughfare to Sustainable Development:The Role of Corporate Leaders


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It has been quite a time that CSR gained attention of the corporate leaders, who became inclined towards governance and transparency issues pertinently. Amidst this attentiveness, further gained attention the theme of sustainability, which made the corporate brigade redesign their ways of managing business.

This paper offers a short but nevertheless, a deep portrayal of the growing concern for sustainability and outlines how the MNE leaders can make a move on contributing towards a better world observing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as guiding principles. Also, instances of some corporate giants have been discussed, to give a picture of how the cream of the crop enterprises are all set for the attainment of sustainable development. It is an attempt to help the academia and corporate arena gain novel perspectives, on cultivating their approach towards the flaming issue of sustainability and developing such business models that help them manage their responsibility towards the greater concerns in accord with colossal revenues.


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Corporate Leaders, Sustainability, SDGs.
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Hemaprabha Purohit
Department of Management Studies, Jai Narain University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


It has been quite a time that CSR gained attention of the corporate leaders, who became inclined towards governance and transparency issues pertinently. Amidst this attentiveness, further gained attention the theme of sustainability, which made the corporate brigade redesign their ways of managing business.

This paper offers a short but nevertheless, a deep portrayal of the growing concern for sustainability and outlines how the MNE leaders can make a move on contributing towards a better world observing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as guiding principles. Also, instances of some corporate giants have been discussed, to give a picture of how the cream of the crop enterprises are all set for the attainment of sustainable development. It is an attempt to help the academia and corporate arena gain novel perspectives, on cultivating their approach towards the flaming issue of sustainability and developing such business models that help them manage their responsibility towards the greater concerns in accord with colossal revenues.


Keywords


Corporate Leaders, Sustainability, SDGs.

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