Intrinsic CSR and Competition

Walter Wehrmeyer is Reader in Environmental Business Management at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability of the University of Surrey, UK. His 25 years of experience in teaching and research cover the organisation of sustainable development within private and public sector organisations, as well as the context in which managerial decisions towards sustainable development come about.Stéphanie Looser is a postgraduate researcher in Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey, UK, focusing on Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and their unconventional but sophisticated approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She is evaluating these heuristic and/or ethics-driven business models for comparison with standard systems in order to hasten them towards policy. Mara Del Baldo is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Financial Accounting and the Economics of Sustainability at 'Carlo Bo' University of Urbino, Italy. She leads several initiatives aimed at raising awareness of CSR, sustainability, entrepreneurship and business ethics among students, business and institutions.