Sustainability in the Decision Making Process: A Systematic …
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have related Business Sustainability to Decision Making, being: Sustainability Measurement; Sustainability Dimensions; Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision
Theory; and Business Management.
It is observed that these categories summarize the main perspectives addressed in
the investigated publications. In this way, the Sustainability Measurement seeks to
translate aspects such as sustainability indicators, environmental impact evaluations
and product life cycles under the influence of decision making.
Sustainability Dimensions include issues such as TBL, stakeholders and environmental services, elements that make up the different approaches to sustainability
proposed by Elkington (2011), treated from the perspective of business decisions.
The categories Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision Theory; and Business Management, represent studies with more administrative bias, in which business
decisions were treated as parameters for the achievement of corporate sustainability. These categories are based on the items: decision complexity, decision theory,
business growth, administrative tools and techniques.
5 Final Considerations
This study sought to find ways in which national and international publications related
Business Sustainability to Decision Making.
It was verified that the two subjects are widely investigated separately, given the
number of productions initially returned from the searches performed in the selected
databases.
The situation is different when we talk about the joint approach of the two themes,
with only 17 articles being identified, with such a characteristic, in a temporal universe
of 10 years.
Nevertheless, the research proved to be fruitful, since it made it possible to verify the existence of studies that correlate the subjects in question, demonstrating a
tendency of growth in this field of research.
Five categories were identified for which the subjects were related, and two of
them—Sustainability Measurement and Sustainability Dimensions—place greater
emphasis on sustainability issues, using decision making as a way to achieve it.
The other categories—Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision Theory; and
Business Management—on the contrary, have in decision making their central point,
treating sustainability as administrative demand or management strategy.
It is suggested, finally, carrying out further studies to broaden and deepen the
understanding of the subject investigated, such as the mapping of the decision flows
and processes known sustainable businesses, and how the corporate sustainability
can be inserted in these processes.
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have related Business Sustainability to Decision Making, being: Sustainability Measurement; Sustainability Dimensions; Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision
Theory; and Business Management.
It is observed that these categories summarize the main perspectives addressed in
the investigated publications. In this way, the Sustainability Measurement seeks to
translate aspects such as sustainability indicators, environmental impact evaluations
and product life cycles under the influence of decision making.
Sustainability Dimensions include issues such as TBL, stakeholders and environmental services, elements that make up the different approaches to sustainability
proposed by Elkington (2011), treated from the perspective of business decisions.
The categories Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision Theory; and Business Management, represent studies with more administrative bias, in which business
decisions were treated as parameters for the achievement of corporate sustainability. These categories are based on the items: decision complexity, decision theory,
business growth, administrative tools and techniques.
5 Final Considerations
This study sought to find ways in which national and international publications related
Business Sustainability to Decision Making.
It was verified that the two subjects are widely investigated separately, given the
number of productions initially returned from the searches performed in the selected
databases.
The situation is different when we talk about the joint approach of the two themes,
with only 17 articles being identified, with such a characteristic, in a temporal universe
of 10 years.
Nevertheless, the research proved to be fruitful, since it made it possible to verify the existence of studies that correlate the subjects in question, demonstrating a
tendency of growth in this field of research.
Five categories were identified for which the subjects were related, and two of
them—Sustainability Measurement and Sustainability Dimensions—place greater
emphasis on sustainability issues, using decision making as a way to achieve it.
The other categories—Flows and Administrative Processes; Decision Theory; and
Business Management—on the contrary, have in decision making their central point,
treating sustainability as administrative demand or management strategy.
It is suggested, finally, carrying out further studies to broaden and deepen the
understanding of the subject investigated, such as the mapping of the decision flows
and processes known sustainable businesses, and how the corporate sustainability
can be inserted in these processes.