Business for Sustainable Development. A case study of Swedish business engagement in the Sustainable Development Goals
(2019) MIDM19 20191Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
- Abstract
- This case study examines the reasons for Swedish companies to engage in development issues, such as sustainable development. Taking off in the motivational factors coined by Rettberg (2016) there are three reasons for business to engage in activities outside of their usual business plan. Those are “need”, for instance political stability to be able to enter a new market; “creed”, personal conviction and business culture which seeks to ‘do good’ as well; and “greed”, simply for the reason that business is supposed to make a profit. The assumption made in the beginning of the research was that “greed” would be the most important reason for businesses to engage in development issues. After conducting the qualitative semi-structured... (More)
- This case study examines the reasons for Swedish companies to engage in development issues, such as sustainable development. Taking off in the motivational factors coined by Rettberg (2016) there are three reasons for business to engage in activities outside of their usual business plan. Those are “need”, for instance political stability to be able to enter a new market; “creed”, personal conviction and business culture which seeks to ‘do good’ as well; and “greed”, simply for the reason that business is supposed to make a profit. The assumption made in the beginning of the research was that “greed” would be the most important reason for businesses to engage in development issues. After conducting the qualitative semi-structured interviews, the analysis however showed that “creed”, i.e. personal conviction and a will to engage in development, was more important in this specific case study. Another discovery made was how the environment in which business is active can promote and support business engagement. In summary, the political as well as business climate in Sweden is a fruitful one for business to engage. (Less)
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- Sjöblom, Sanna LU
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- organization
- course
- MIDM19 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- business, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sweden, need, creed, greed
- language
- English
- id
- 8976571
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abstract = {{This case study examines the reasons for Swedish companies to engage in development issues, such as sustainable development. Taking off in the motivational factors coined by Rettberg (2016) there are three reasons for business to engage in activities outside of their usual business plan. Those are “need”, for instance political stability to be able to enter a new market; “creed”, personal conviction and business culture which seeks to ‘do good’ as well; and “greed”, simply for the reason that business is supposed to make a profit. The assumption made in the beginning of the research was that “greed” would be the most important reason for businesses to engage in development issues. After conducting the qualitative semi-structured interviews, the analysis however showed that “creed”, i.e. personal conviction and a will to engage in development, was more important in this specific case study. Another discovery made was how the environment in which business is active can promote and support business engagement. In summary, the political as well as business climate in Sweden is a fruitful one for business to engage.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Business for Sustainable Development. A case study of Swedish business engagement in the Sustainable Development Goals}},
year = {{2019}},
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