Business Ethics and the Natural Environment

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1662-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Foundations of Business Ethics

Business Ethics and the Natural Environment examines the present status of relations between corporate enterprise and the natural environment in the world today.
- Discusses such questions as: What obligations does a corporation have toward the environment? To respect entities unprotected by law? To care about future generations?

- Argues that environmentally-friendly business practices yield dividends exceeding expectations, and that the competitive firm of the 21st century will follow "green" standards

- Provides a background in ethics, a survey of business ethics, an account of environmental philosophy, an overview of environmental legal issues, and an account of the problems associated with globalization

Contents

1. Ethics: Terms and Forms of Reasoning

Case 1: New England Fisheries

2. From Ethics to Business Ethics

Case 2: Hooker Chemical and Love Canal

3. From Ethics to Environmental Ethics

Case 3: Great Apes as Bushmeat

4. The Law and the Natural Environment

Case 4: Pacific Lumber

5. Green Strategies and New Opportunities

Case 5: Ben & Jerry's

6. Globalizing: Environmental Problems Abroad

Case 6: Shell Oil in Nigeria

7. The Role of Civil Society Organizations

Case 7: Monsanto and the GMOs

8. Sustainability: The New Directions for Business

Case 8: The Bronx Community Paper Company

Bibliography

Index

Zielgruppe

intermediate and advanced undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and general readers interested in business ethics and the environment

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newton, Lisa H.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Umweltethik, Umweltphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa H. Newton is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Program in Applied Ethics, and Director of the Program in Environmental Studies at Fairfield University; she is also an Associate in Medicine at Yale Medical School. Her work includes Ethics and Sustainability: Sustainable Development and the Moral Life (2003), Wake Up Calls: Classic Cases in Business Ethics (2nd edn., 2003), and Taking Sides: Controversial Issues in Business Ethics and Society (8th edn., 2004).