This book provides a platform for discussing the challenges that organizations face in order to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance, all of which are important elements of "standing out" from other companies. Examining the background of the New European Consensus on development with the new guiding motto 'Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future', the authors explore how this new legislation on sustainability issues around the world is forcing companies to deal directly with sustainability issues. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, is the international community's response to global challenges and trends in connection with sustainable development. With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, the 2030 Agenda is a transformative political framework designed to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development globally. It balances the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, including the key issues of governance and peaceful and inclusive societies, and recognizes the essential interlinkages between its goals and targets, i.e., that they must be implemented as a whole and not selectively. The respective chapters in this volume raise a number of questions regarding companies' ability to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance. Simultaneously, they explore how organizations must adapt to sustainability-related developments.

Autorentext
Kymet Tunca Çalyurt graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. She also holds Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Accounting and Finance from the Social Graduate School at Marmara University. She pursued her postdoctoral studies in Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility with Prof. David Crowther at London Metropolitan University in 2003. Her research interests are in accounting, auditing, fraud, social responsibility, corporate governance, finance, business ethics with a special interest in NGOs, and aviation management. She has business experience as a member of the finance staff at Singapore Airlines, and as an auditor at Horwath Auditing. She is currently an external auditor and trainer at Consulta Auditing Company, INAA in Istanbul under the presidency of Prof. Emre Burckin.

Inhalt
Part I OVERVIEWNew Researches from Different Cultures, Different Sectors on CSR, Sustainability Kymet Çalyurt, TURKEY PART II WOMEN AND ACCOUNTABILITY ChapterGender Inclusion in Higher Education and Unemployment Trends in Kosovo - Aliu Luljeta, But Dedaj, Mjellma Carabregu, KOSOVAChapter Property inheritance by women in Kosovo Simeana Beshi, KOSOVAChapterWomen Rights For Sustainable Business And Entrepreneurship: Case From Balkan Area Kymet Çalyurt, TURKEYChapter Cultural Profiles And Assertiveness of Women In Bulgarian Sustainable Business Environment Milen Baltov, Diana Sabotinova, BULGARIANEW APPROACHES IN CSR & ACCOUNTABILITYChapterIndian Banking Scenario and SBI Mega-Merger - Renu Jatana , Mehjabeen Barodawala, INDIA ChapterCSR In Bulgaria: Perspectives And Possibilities - Diana Kopeva, Nikolay Sterev, Dimitar Blagoev, BULGARIAChapterThe Protection Of Human Rights In Kosovo As A Factor In Development Of The Country - Halim Bajraktari, KOSOVAPART III NEW APPROACHES IN SUSTAINABILITYChapterSustainable Development in India: A Case Study Of Vedanta, Renu Jatana , Mehjabeen Barodawala, INDIAChapterImplementation of Lean Management: sustainability in the Construction industry: The case of Brazilian companies, Alberto Eduardo Besser Freitag, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhasa, Sérgio Luiz Braga Françaa, Marcelo Jasmim Meiriñoa, BRASILChapterThe Importance of Sustainability And Sustainability Reporting, Zeynep ahin, Fikret Çankaya, TURKEYChapterSustainable Development And Industry Revolutions Meltem Okur Dinçsoy, TURKEYChapterSustainability Officer In Indonesia's Palm Oil Companies - Elvia Ivada, Hasan Fauzi, INDONESIA