"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is a combination of economic, environmental, and social elements, in that it not only focuses on alleviating pollution and resource...

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is a combination of economic, environmental, and social elements, in that it not only focuses on alleviating pollution and resource...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE OF GEORGE P. NASSOS -- PREFACE OF NIKOS AVLONAS -- ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE -- Part I INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY -- Chapter 1 Urgency to Adopt Sustainability -- Creation of the Environment -- Exceeding the Ecological Footprint -- The...

NIKOS AVLONAS is founder and President of the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), a global advisory and training organization active in more than twenty-five countries. He has been distinguished as one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior" by Trust Across...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider organized crime as various forms of business activity which may or may not have attracted the label of criminality. In particular, how perceptions of legitimacy and the effects of other normative factors will influence strongly whether...

Describes the European Union Savings Tax Directive (EUSTD), the latest initiative in a series since the issue of global taxation within the EU emerged in 1996. Traces the EUSTD’s genesis and the reason for its inception: this was to minimise the loss of tax revenues in some member countries by...