Session Title
Session 2-3-F: Lightning Talks
Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Location
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Start Date
29-5-2019 1:45 PM
End Date
29-5-2019 3:10 PM
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Business and Corporate Communications | Environmental Education | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Organization Development | Sustainability
Abstract
A phenomenological study within the gaming industry is currently being conducted to determine influential indicators within business operations. Based on interviews of executive leadership at global companies, participants disclosed the environmental developments at their organization based on industry norms and the ability to develop/execute environmental initiatives. Four themes emerged: the leader’s ideology and the political climate; the company’s founding principles; support from the industry and/or within the company; and the ability to change industry dynamics. Each leader touched on these four points. Regardless of department type, level of leadership, and the desire to be globally conscious, all participants remarked on their own path towards environmental sustainability.
Consideration for environmental sustainability in the gaming industry should be high as casinos offer a wide range of ways humans engage on their properties. To understand the full ability of businesses to help solve our environmental crisis, we must consider what has already been done to curb global climate change as well as, what types of leaders are able to mobilize all stakeholders.
Keywords
Environmental sustainability, business sustainability, leadership, organizational behavior, culture
Funding Sources
No funding sources.
Competing Interests
No competing interests.
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Business and Corporate Communications Commons, Environmental Education Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Organization Development Commons, Sustainability Commons
Leadership’s Influence on Environmental Sustainability
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
A phenomenological study within the gaming industry is currently being conducted to determine influential indicators within business operations. Based on interviews of executive leadership at global companies, participants disclosed the environmental developments at their organization based on industry norms and the ability to develop/execute environmental initiatives. Four themes emerged: the leader’s ideology and the political climate; the company’s founding principles; support from the industry and/or within the company; and the ability to change industry dynamics. Each leader touched on these four points. Regardless of department type, level of leadership, and the desire to be globally conscious, all participants remarked on their own path towards environmental sustainability.
Consideration for environmental sustainability in the gaming industry should be high as casinos offer a wide range of ways humans engage on their properties. To understand the full ability of businesses to help solve our environmental crisis, we must consider what has already been done to curb global climate change as well as, what types of leaders are able to mobilize all stakeholders.