Thinking systems , sustainability and corporate responsibility
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Understanding the systemic nature of the economic, social and environmental challenges we face today is an integral part of developing solutions for progressing towards sustainability. Yet there remains much confusion around how to define and understand systems, and much more around the notion of ‘systems thinking’. In recognition of this, the Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (APCSE) at Griffith Business School held an open public forum, entitled Thinking systems, sustainability and corporate responsibility on 18 November 2010 at Griffith University’s South Bank campus. The forum was facilitated by Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Director, APCSE, with discussion led by Neil Davidson, Collaborative Innovation Systems; Dr Graeme Taylor, Coordinator of Best Futures and Adjunct Reader at the School of Integrative Systems, University of Queensland; Professor Martin Blake, APCSE; and, Associate Professor Jem Bendell, APCSE.
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