Stewardship

Stewardship is a practice committed to ethical value that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. The concepts of stewardship can be applied to the environment and nature,^[1]^[2]^[3] economics,^[4]^[5] health,^[6] places,^[7] property,^[8] information,^[9] theology,^[10] and cultural resources.

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Etymology

Stewardship was originally made up of the tasks of a domestic steward, from stiġ (house, hall) and weard, (ward, guard, guardian, keeper).^[11]^[12] In the beginning, it referred to the household servant's duties for bringing food and drink to the castle's dining hall. Stewardship responsibilities were eventually expanded to include the domestic, service and management needs of the entire household.

Notable councils

Forest Stewardship Council, since 1993
Marine Stewardship Council, since 1996
Aquaculture Stewardship Council, since 2010

References

[1]
Chapin, F. Stuart; Kofinas, Gary P.; Folke, Carl, eds. (2009). Principles of ecosystem stewardship: resilience-based natural resource management in a changing world (1st ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-73032-5.
[2]
Rozzi, Ricardo; Armesto, Juan J.; Gutiérrez, Julio R.; Massardo, Francisca; Likens, Gene E.; Anderson, Christopher B.; Poole, Alexandria; Moses, Kelli P.; Hargrove, Eugene; Mansilla, Andres O.; Kennedy, James H.; Willson, Mary; Jax, Kurt; Jones, Clive G.; Callicott, J. Baird (March 2012). "Integrating Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Earth Stewardship in the Southern End of the Americas". BioScience. 62 (3): 226–236. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.3.4. hdl:10533/138680. ISSN 1525-3244.
[3]
Hendee, John C.; Dawson, Chad P. (2002). Wilderness management: stewardship and protection of resources and values (3rd ed.). Golden, Colo: WILD Foundation and Fulcrum Pub. ISBN 978-1-55591-855-2.
[4]
Block, Peter (2013). Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest. BK Business (2nd ed.). Oakland: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-60994-822-1.
[5]
Curtis, Gregory (2013). The stewardship of wealth: successful private wealth management for investors and their advisors. Wiley finance. Hoboken, N.J: J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-32186-7.
[6]
Barth, Aaron C. M.; Robinson, Joe Sam; Walid, M. Sami, eds. (2012). Toward healthcare resource stewardship. Health care issues, costs and access. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62100-182-9.
[7]
Town and Country Planning Association, The Heart of the Matter: Emerging Lessons in Long-Term Stewardship, published March 2022, accessed 29 May 2023
[8]
Knight, Richard L.; Landres, Peter B., eds. (1998). Stewardship across boundaries. Washington, D.C: Island Press. ISBN 978-1-55963-515-8.
[9]
National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ensuring the Utility and Integrity of Research Data in a Digital Age. 2009. Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309147828.
[10]
Dyke, Fred, ed. (2008). Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications. SpringerLink Bücher. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 39–48. ISBN 978-1-4020-6890-4.
[11]
American Heritage Dictionary Archived 2014-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
[12]
"steward - Definition of steward in English by Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.

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