Organisations and the sixth wave: Are ethics transforming our economies in the coming decades?

Futures

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-158

  Kurki, Sofi ^a   Wilenius, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethics; Future sign; Kondratieff waves; Resource efficiency; Sixth wave; Social change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC THEORY; ETHICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84940460694     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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