Business, Ethics, and the Environment: Imagining a Sustainable Future
ISBN-10: 0-13-189174-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-189174-6
Published by Prentice Hall
© 2007
Pub. Date: Dec 20, 2006
Format: Paper
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Table of Contents
Table of contents
Preface
Chapter One: The Coming Age of Sustainable Business
Introduction
Economics, Ecology, Ethics
Individuals, Government, and Business
Economic Growth: Problem or Solution?
The Sustainability Paradigm
Sustainability as Social Justice
Sustainability: Two Caveats
Chapter Two: The Biosphere: Facts and Values
Introduction
I = PAT
State of the Biosphere
Food
Climate
Energy
Values and the Biosphere: Pragmatism and Diversity
Chapter Three: Economic Growth, Free Markets, and Business Responsibility
Introduction
Economic Growth as the Economic Good
Free Market Environmentalism
Free Market Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Standard Model
Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Chapter Four: The failure of market-based policies
Introduction
Critique of Growth-Base Market Model: Internal Challenges
Critique of Growth-Base Market Model: External Challenges
The Ethics of the Conventional Model
Summary and Conclusions
Chapter Five: Ecological Economics and Sustainable Business Ethics
Introduction
Ecological Economics
Policy Implications of Ecological Economics: Accounting for Natural Capital
Policy Implications of Ecological Economics: Globalized Trade and Finance
Ecological Economics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter Six: The “Business Case” for Sustainability and Sustainable Business Models
Introduction
The Business Case for Sustainability
Models for Sustainable Business: Natural Capitalism and Industrial Ecology
Models for Sustainable Business: The Natural Step and Cradle-to-Cradle
Chapter Seven: Sustainable Production and Sustainable Products
Introduction
Sustainable Products
Sustainable Production: Pollution and Waste
Life-Cycle Responsibility, Dematerialization, and Sustainable Energy Use
Business as Consumers: Supply-Chain Responsibility
Chapter Eight: Sustainable Consumption
Introduction
Sustainable Consumption
Consumption: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Why do we Consume as we do?
Business’ Responsibility for Consumption
Philosophical Reflections on Consumerism
Chapter Nine: Creating Sustainable Professions and Sustainable
Communities
Introduction
Sustainable Marketing
Sustainable Accounting, Auditing, Finance
Sustainable HR and Operations
Sustainable Communities
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