stewardship

(noun)

The act of caring for or improving with time.

Related Terms

Examples of stewardship in the following topics:

  • Early Efforts in Social Responsibility

    • Carnegie's business philosophy was based on two principles: charity (the more fortunate should assist those who are less fortunate) and stewardship (the rich hold their money "in trust" for the rest of society, using it for any purpose society deems appropriate).
    • Recognize Andrew Carnegie's business principles of charity and stewardship as the precursors to modern organizational social responsibility

  • Introduction to Mapping Waste-Elimination

    • Use and disposal methods (a description of how the product is thrown away as well as the current and future costs involved). ( ESSP CLP, ‘Product Stewardship through Life-cycle Analysis', Introduction to SustainableDevelopment for Engineering and Built Environment)

  • Analyzing every stage of production

    • (ESSP CLP, ‘Product Stewardship through Life-cycle Analysis', Introduction to Sustainable Development for Engineering and Built Environment)

  • Servant Leadership

    • Stewardship: Servant leaders are mindful that they hold an organization's resource in trust for the greater good.

  • Sustainability Initiatives

    • Since the 1980s, human sustainability has been related to the integration of environmental, economic, and social dimensions towards global stewardship and responsible management of resources .
    • Sustainability is related to the integration of environmental, economic, and social dimensions towards global stewardship and responsible management of resources.

  • Childless Couples

    • With the advent of environmentalism and concerns for stewardship, those choosing to not have children are also sometimes recognized as helping reduce our impact, such as members of the voluntary human extinction movement .
    • With the advent of environmentalism and concerns for stewardship, those choosing to not have children are also sometimes recognized as helping reduce our impact, such as members of the voluntary human extinction movement.

  • Environmental Interest Groups

    • Today environmental interests groups are extremely varied, and while they all share some concern for conversation or the environment, many hold conflicting views about levels of conservation versus for example stewardship, and about appropriate strategies for pursuing their interests.

  • Separating the wheat from the chaff

    • These include the ‘EPA' label, ‘Energy Star' (for appliances and electronics), the ‘EcoLogo' and ‘Green Seal' (for cleaning products), and the ‘Forest Stewardship Council' (for wood and paper products), and so on.

  • Types of Social Responsibility: Sustainability

    • It also encompasses stewardship for natural resources, such as trees and wildlife.

  • Postcolonial Discourse

    • It was believed among white colonists that imperial stewardship of "less civilized" areas of the world would help lead to intellectual and moral reform of the peoples within these areas (largely people of color), and contribute to natural harmony among the human races of the world.