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A Collective Sustainability Approach Based on the Bahá’í Principles

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Faith Traditions and Sustainability

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Religion and sustainability initiatives have been at the forefront of academic debates with a number of differing perspectives. This chapter contributes to this emerging body of research and proposes a “collective sustainability framework”, drawn from the Bahá’í Faith. This framework enables an effective integration of various stakeholders, which benefits both the environment and the society at large, based on the scriptures of the Bahá’í Faith and practices of the Bahá’í community. Such a sustainability framework is built on the principles of justice for all, unity in diversity, unity between science and religion, high station of work, and cessation of war expenditure. The chapter concludes by proposing that such a collective sustainability framework can develop through a “value intersubjectivity” approach, to reflect the context and the environment it applies to. It can be employed in sustainability agendas as well as in organizational policy decisions and sustainability initiatives.

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    Legha Momtazian

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  1. Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Nadia Singh

  2. Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Mai Chi Vu

  3. School of Management, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Irene Chu

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    Nicholas Burton

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Momtazian, L. (2023). A Collective Sustainability Approach Based on the Bahá’í Principles. In: Singh, N., Vu, M.C., Chu, I., Burton, N. (eds) Faith Traditions and Sustainability. Management, Change, Strategy and Positive Leadership. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41245-5_10

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