Ecocentric management has grown in interest in business sustainability research, driven by recent debates on sustainability-as-flourishing and novel nature-based business approaches. While relevant and promising, examination and explanations remain anchored in conventional dualistic thinking and piecemeal logics. In this article, we seek to understand what conditions or combination of conditions enable the formation of ecocentrism in business management. Drawing on deep ecology and ecocentric philosophy, we develop a conceptual framework for ecocentric management, comprising ecological sensing, envisioning, and enacting. Leveraging this framework and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, we map the responses of 160 small business owners and managers in Chile. Our analyses reveal three configurations of conditions, forming a typology of ecocentric management: Market Reformist, Legitimated Decouplist, and Self-Centered Activist. The article offers a new conceptual apparatus and systemic characterization of ecocentrism in business sustainability. It shows what matters and when for the formation of ecocentric thinking and decision-making in management.

在最近关于蓬勃发展的可持续性和基于自然的新型业务方法的辩论的推动下，以生态为中心的管理对业务可持续性研究的兴趣日益增长。尽管相关且有希望，但检查和解释仍停留在常规的二元思维和零碎逻辑中。在本文中，我们试图了解哪些条件或条件组合可以在企业管理中形成生态中心主义。利用深层生态学和以生态为中心的哲学，我们开发了以生态为中心的管理的概念框架，其中包括生态感知，设想和制定。利用此框架和模糊集的定性比较分析，我们绘制了智利160家小企业主和管理者的反应图。我们的分析揭示了三种条件配置，形成了以生态为中心的管理的类型：市场改良主义者，合法的脱党人士和自我中心活动家。本文提供了一种新的概念性方法和企业可持续发展中生态中心主义的系统表征。它显示了在管理中形成生态中心思想和决策的重要因素和时间。