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The concept of corporate sustainability, based on three essential pillars—economic, social and environmental—represents the evolution of a continuous process of paradigms break. In this evolution, the focus of the business management changes from a one-dimensional view—ruled, exclusively, by profit-driven—to a perspective that also considers social and ecological aspects, in the decision-making processes. This conception was established as a strategic approach and an innovative way to promote the sustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this article consists of investigating how the publications in national and international journals approach the relationship between sustainability and decision-making process between 2008 and 2017. For this purpose, an exploratory study is held, supported by Systematic Literature Review (SLR), for which the search and analysis procedure will take place in four database (Capes Journals Portal, Scopus, Science Direct and Scielo), using the SLR Roadmap as reference. Thus, this study seeks to clarify aspects related to the way the issue has been researched, as well as providing analyses that can contribute to the goals achievement proposed by United Nations (UN) in the document “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. It is possible to conclude that there are academic studies that relate corporate sustainability to decision making. This subject matter gained greater prominence in the academic field in the last few years. The concept of sustainable development proposed by the United Nations advocates three dimensions of sustainability although, in the studies investigated the environmental dimension was predominant.
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da Silva, R.F., Filho, E.R. (2020). Sustainability in the Decision Making Process: A Systematic Review of Literature. In: Leal Filho, W., Tortato, U., Frankenberger, F. (eds) Universities and Sustainable Communities: Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_17
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