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This chapter discusses the roles of people in achieving corporate sustainability. First of all, it deals with globalisation and its effects on the economies of both developing and developed countries. It appears that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported the expansion of trade globalisation for a long time. As such, they followed strict neoliberal policies supported by the G7, including the USA, that strongly influenced those policies. This chapter examines the implications of these policies for employment and income distribution.
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See https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sdgs-2030-agenda (accessed on 30 February 2023).
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See https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/SDG (accessed on 30 February 2023).
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Wolters, T. (2023). Human Resources and Roles in Achieving Corporate Sustainability. In: Sustainable Value Creation. Sustainable Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35351-2_6
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