The Challenge of Sustainability

Corporate Governance and Sustainability in a Post-Truth World reviews the evolution of five types of corporate governance and their different sustainability objectives. It discusses the challenges for boards in achieving sustainability from an environmental, economic, employment, and social perspective and introduces the concept of a political tragedy of the commons if boards do what is in the best interests of their profitability only, without considering their responsibilities and the consequences to their employees. This book explores ways of helping prevent such negative outcomes and it does so without political bias.

John Zinkin explores how boards can focus on the three most important assets of the organization: its reputation, its people, and its processes. It is aimed at managers, board members and all those who influence them, including shareholder activists, corporate legal personnel, politicians, activists and general readers interested in applying some of these suggestions in their roles as directors.