This article describes the European Corporate Sustainability Framework (ECSF). This framework addresses complex issues such as Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Change. It is a conceptual framework based on the tradition of the quality management approach and the concept of phase-wise development. The framework is based on several theories and models, all proven individually over several decades. These theories are the Emergent Cyclical Levels of Existence Theory (ECLET) of Professor Graves, The Four Phase Model

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Hardjono, T., & de Klein, P. (2004). Introduction on the European Corporate Sustainability Framework (ECSF). Journal of Business Ethics (Vol. 55, pp. 99–113). doi:10.1007/s10551-004-1894-x