Burning up and burning out. Human Sustainability in a Time of Emotional Climate Change

• Authors: Bahia El Oddi , Carin-Isabel Knoop

Abstracts

EN

The world is focused on countering climate change to guarantee our survival. But as our planet burns up, we are burning out. The costs of mental health disorders dwarf those of climate change and yet do not get commensurate attention from global leaders. Health care providers and organizations have acted first but need support of the financial markets and public decision-makers. In this paper, we argue that the economic and social toll of mental health and wellbeing issues deserve equal attention from business and public leaders because Human Sustainability is as important as Environmental Sustainability for our ability to endure and thrive as a species in harmony with others

Keywords

EN

emotional climate; mental health; compassionate management; corporate responsibility; personal responsibility; health policy; normative accounting; inflection points

• Publisher: Academicus. International Scientific Journal publishing house
• Journal: Academicus. International Scientific Journal
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 56-74

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Bahia El Oddi

• Harvard Business School, USA
• Human Sustainability Inside Out, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000000207135552

author

Carin-Isabel Knoop

• Harvard Business School Case Research & Writing Group – Harvard University, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000000217323151

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7336/academicus.2022.25.04

Biblioteka Nauki

1967452