TY - BOOK AU - Kassel,Kerul TI - The thinking executive's guide to sustainability T2 - Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection SN - 9781606494196 AV - HC 79.E5K37.2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Business Expert Press KW - Sustentabilidad KW - Social responsibility of business KW - Responsabilidad social de la empresa N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice N2 - We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of concepts such as the triple bottom line and sustainability have become mandatory. Systems thinking, foundational for grasping these concepts, is based on transdisciplinary theories, deriving in part from biology, physics, economics, philosophy, computer science, engineering, geography, and other sciences. Specifically it is the study of systems, including all life-forms, climate phenomena, and even in human learning and organizational processes, that regulate themselves through feedback ER -