09 Jul Managing Organisational Sustainability

Choose two (2) questions from the following four (4) options:

QUESTION 1

Green business guru Andrew Winston has argued sustainability can provide a win-win for both business and the environment. To what extent can this be considered a compromise as outlined by Boltanski and Thvenot (2006)? In your answer identify specific features of corporate environmentalism and the orders of worth to which they appeal.

QUESTION 2

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has argued a gas-led recovery is the best way of responding to the economic threat of the COVID pandemic. Through reference to recent political arguments for the expansion of gas extraction, to what extent can this focus on new fossil fuel extraction be considered a form of hegemonic discourse?

QUESTION 3

Extinction Rebellion is an example of a global grass-roots social movement. What do you believe are the dominant emotionologies that this movement promotes and what other emotionologies have emerged in response to this movement? Illustrate your answer with indicative examples of key discourses, debates and proposals from key actors and institutions.

QUESTION 4

Australian government and business responses to the 2016/7 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef have emphasized discourses of resilience and adaptation. Outline the ways in which these terms might form a political myth as outlined in Chapter 8 of the textbook (Wright & Nyberg, 2015).

Choose two from the above 4 questions

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