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==Description:==
==Description:==
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Corporate Social Responsibilities become more and more important. This is becoming one of biggest new service offerings of consuting firms <br>  
Corporate Social Responsibilities become more and more important. This is becoming one of biggest new service offerings of consuting firms <br>  


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==Web Resources:==
==Web Resources:==
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility <br>
[1]  United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development." (http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/42/ares42-187.htm) General Assembly Resolution 42/187, 11 December 1987. Retrieved: 2010-08-19 <br>
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility <br>
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development

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Description:

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

Corporate Social Responsibilities become more and more important. This is becoming one of biggest new service offerings of consuting firms

Enablers:

1. Global warming and Increase of natural disasters
2. Increase of governments' demand
3.

Inhibitors:

1. Milton Friedman and his followers 2.

Paradigms:

Experts:

d

Timing:

Kyoto Protocol in 1997

Web Resources:

[1] United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development." (http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/42/ares42-187.htm) General Assembly Resolution 42/187, 11 December 1987. Retrieved: 2010-08-19
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development