For the past few years, a growing chorus of concern has been
raised over the way humanity is mistreating the earth and its
environment. Animosity has traditionally existed between
environmental advocates and those they perceive as the enemy--the
business community--as evidenced by a recent survey that showed
that 75 percent of Americans believe business has a definite
responsibility to reduce pollution. But business has also not
always been recognized for what it has done for the environment.
This volume seeks to address those issues, as well as the extent of
the corporate world's ethical responsibility for cleaning up the
environment.
The book focuses on the role of corporations and businesses in
protecting the environment, utilizing studies of previous cases and
crises as well as strategies and methods for future corporate
conduct. The work begins with a foreword by Gregory H. Adamian, an
introduction by Robert Frederick, and collected essays in four main
subject groups. The first section provides an overview of the topic
of business, ethics, and the environment, treating such issues as
the ethical dilemmas of hazardous waste, the corporate commitment
to the environment, and the corporation's environmental conscience.
Section two presents a series of cases and analyses, including the
Exxon Valdez crisis and the Union Carbide Bhopal gas incident,
while section three probes corporate strategies such as the
development and implementation of industry-wide codes of practice.
Finally, section four looks to the future of and new approaches to
business and environmental problems, considering the need to move
environmental issues into the business school and to retool
cultures for an ecologically sound future. As a companion to
"Business, Ethics, and the Environment" this volume is an important
resource for courses in business, public policy, and environmental
issues, as well as a useful addition to business, academic, and
public libraries.
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