From the Editor-in-Chief’s Desk: Continuing the Discussion on Sustainability and Work

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Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal broke new ground in the previous issue when attention was drawn to the plight of marginalized groups of workers, especially through discussions about sustainability and organizational social responsibility.¹ However, determinations as to who is responsible, for what, and to whom remain obscure, especially when it comes to improved employment outcomes and especially for disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Sustainability and organizational social responsibility doctrines have yet to articulate approaches to classifying, prioritizing, and understanding the diverse needs of an organization’s multiple stakeholders (Fenwick and Bierema 2008) and, despite growing business use of the term “sustainability,” some are claiming that, so far, little has been achieved in changing organizational practices to effect real change (Fenwick and Bierema 2008). …