Sustainability in the Decision Making
Process: A Systematic Review
of Literature
Rafael Felix da Silva and Edelvino Razzolini Filho
Abstract The concept of corporate sustainability, based on three essential pillars—
economic, social and environmental—represents the evolution of a continuous process of paradigms break. In this evolution, the focus of the business management
changes from a one-dimensional view—ruled, exclusively, by profit-driven—to a
perspective that also considers social and ecological aspects, in the decision-making
processes. This conception was established as a strategic approach and an innovative way to promote the sustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this article
consists of investigating how the publications in national and international journals approach the relationship between sustainability and decision-making process
between 2008 and 2017. For this purpose, an exploratory study is held, supported
by Systematic Literature Review (SLR), for which the search and analysis procedure will take place in four database (Capes Journals Portal, Scopus, Science Direct
and Scielo), using the SLR Roadmap as reference. Thus, this study seeks to clarify
aspects related to the way the issue has been researched, as well as providing analyses
that can contribute to the goals achievement proposed by United Nations (UN) in
the document “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. It is possible to conclude that there are academic studies that relate corporate
sustainability to decision making. This subject matter gained greater prominence in
the academic field in the last few years. The concept of sustainable development proposed by the United Nations advocates three dimensions of sustainability although,
in the studies investigated the environmental dimension was predominant.
Keywords Sustainable development · Business management · Academic
production
R. F. da Silva (B) · E. R. Filho
Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
e-mail: rafaelfelix@ufpr.br
E. R. Filho
e-mail: razzolini@ufpr.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_17
291
Process: A Systematic Review
of Literature
Rafael Felix da Silva and Edelvino Razzolini Filho
Abstract The concept of corporate sustainability, based on three essential pillars—
economic, social and environmental—represents the evolution of a continuous process of paradigms break. In this evolution, the focus of the business management
changes from a one-dimensional view—ruled, exclusively, by profit-driven—to a
perspective that also considers social and ecological aspects, in the decision-making
processes. This conception was established as a strategic approach and an innovative way to promote the sustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this article
consists of investigating how the publications in national and international journals approach the relationship between sustainability and decision-making process
between 2008 and 2017. For this purpose, an exploratory study is held, supported
by Systematic Literature Review (SLR), for which the search and analysis procedure will take place in four database (Capes Journals Portal, Scopus, Science Direct
and Scielo), using the SLR Roadmap as reference. Thus, this study seeks to clarify
aspects related to the way the issue has been researched, as well as providing analyses
that can contribute to the goals achievement proposed by United Nations (UN) in
the document “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. It is possible to conclude that there are academic studies that relate corporate
sustainability to decision making. This subject matter gained greater prominence in
the academic field in the last few years. The concept of sustainable development proposed by the United Nations advocates three dimensions of sustainability although,
in the studies investigated the environmental dimension was predominant.
Keywords Sustainable development · Business management · Academic
production
R. F. da Silva (B) · E. R. Filho
Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
e-mail: rafaelfelix@ufpr.br
E. R. Filho
e-mail: razzolini@ufpr.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_17
291