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Triple Bottom Line and Systems Theory
Triple Bottom Line Theory
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Theory is a contemporary approach to modern business organizations that greatly expands the scope of their focus beyond the traditional bottom line of financial profits (George & Jones, 2008; Robins & Judge, 2009). Whereas the traditional corporate business organization was designed to benefit the interests of shareholders, the TBL approach is designed around the effects of corporate activity on stakeholders, a group that includes shareholders along with people, communities, and entities outside of the corporation. More specifically, the TBL concept applies to the so-called "Three Ps" for People, Planet, and Profit (George & Jones, 2008; Robbins & Judge, 2009).
In principle, TBL dictates corporate actions and decisions in light of all of the direct, indirect, short-term, and long-term consequences on all of those who could potentially...
At the level of people, TBL emphasizes fair wages, safe working conditions, and fair returns for all of the remote (i.e. external to the organization) contributors to the supply chain that supports the organization's businesses. At the level of the planet, TBL requires business organizations to consider and make decisions based on the foreseeable consequences of their operations on the local, regional, and global ecological environment. That includes evaluating their products and services from a life-cycle-based perspective that considers the consequences to the external environment of every product from the processing of raw materials, to its use, and through its eventual disposal after its useful life is over. Finally, under TBL, the concept of profit is also much broader because it includes the net profit to the external society as…
References
George, J. And Jones, G. (2008). Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Robbins, S.P. And Judge, T.A. (2009). Organizational Behavior. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall.
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