Relationship between sustainability, purpose, and resilience in the context of corporations: a conceptual framework

Recent literature about sustainability, resilience, and purpose in the corporate context (SRP) is abundant. Further, it seems reasonable that an organization with an implemented purpose enhances its resilience to be more sustainable. However, there is a lack of a component structured framework that presents how these three concepts are related and effectively merged for long-term corporate survival. To close this gap, we must first propose conceptualizations for each construct and their associated concepts since there is no univocal conception of them. Afterward, we propose a component structured framework that relates SRP. The framework shows that the relationship between SRP is cyclical rather than linear, i.e., pairs of concepts have a two-way relationship. This contribution will help professionals, researchers, consultants, and business leaders to understand better how these three concepts are related, prioritize initiatives and design operative methodologies to help organizations develop their SRP.