1st Edition

Animals and Business An Interspecies Approach to Responsible Management

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the role, impact and experiences of animals within organisations and the wider socioeconomic contexts in which they participate. Animals are vital to business. From agriculture to tourism, logistics to digital media, animals work, reproduce, create value and support livelihoods. Yet business and management theory still largely treats organisations as purely human domains.... Read more

Introduction  Part I: The Starting Point for an Interspecies Approach  1.     Animals and Sustainable Development   2.               Animals and Welfare  3.    Animals and Religion   Part II: Animals as Social and Economic Actors   4.  Animals and Consumption   5.  Animals and Work  6.  Animals and Social Media  Part III: Learning with/from Animals about Innovation, Creativity and Diversity   7.  Animals and Innovation   8. Animals and Creativity   9.   Animals and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion   Part IV: Animals, Governance and Institutional Frames   10.   Animals and Accounting and Value   11. Animals and Policy and Planning   12.            Animals and Company Activism   Part V: Reflections and Implications for the Future  13.  Pedagogical Implications   14.            Conclusion

Biography

Helen Wadham is a Reader in Sustainability and Head of Doctoral College in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

José-Carlos García-Rosell is a Professor of Business Ethics in Oulu Business School at the University of Oulu, Finland.

John Lever is a Reader in Sustainable and Resilient Communities in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.