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Chapter 3
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7888-8.ch003
ABSTRACT
In fragile environments, such as the Western Amazon, there is a latent concern related to solid waste,
deserving emphasis from the conceptual point of view, where the origin of sustainability becomes the
emergency that forces the behavior through recycling seeking the reduction and absence of residues.
Epistemology has as its function, among others, to defne what provides conditions for examining rela-
tions between facts and theories. The question is, What does conceptual aspect contribute to awareness
and improvement to the relation of capital, labor, and society? Apply the Theory U as argumentation in
this relation. The general and main objective of this chapter is to deal with the epistemological aspect of
sustainability against the capital, labor, and society based on the Theory U. As a result, the conceptual
aspect contributes to awareness and improvement of the relation of capital, labor, and society consider-
ing the discourses treated in fragile environments in the Western Amazon.
Epistemological Character
of Sustainability and
Value Creation:
Study in the Western Amazon
Jacira Lima da Graça
Federal University of Rondônia (GEITEC-UNIR), Brazil
Flavio de São Pedro Filho
Federal University of Rondônia (GEITEC-UNIR), Brazil
Maria José Aguilar Madeira
University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal
Antonio Vicente da Graça Filho
Pontifcal Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC), Brazil
Marcelo Augusto Mendes Barbosa
University Center São Lucas (UNISL), Brazil
Izabel Cristina da Silva
Federal University of Rondônia (GEITEC-UNIR), Brazil