Corporate Environmental Responsibility
April 23, 2008 by BAKHTIYAR IBRAYEV and NEIL MILLER | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-The Goal of the Environmental Manager
Assuming the goal of environmental manager working in private sector is environmental sustainability, I thought this article would be interesting to read.
The author, Joe DesJardins, in his article ”Corporate Environmental Responsibility” explains his vision of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility model from Economics and business perspective.
“ABSTRACT. This paper offers directions for the continuing dialogue between business ethicists and environmental philosophers. I argue that a theory of corporate social responsibility must be consistent with, if not derived from, a model of sustainable economics rather than the prevailing neoclassical model of market economics. I use environmental examples to critique both classical and neoclassical models of corporate social responsibility and sketch the alternative model of sustainable development. After describing some implications of this model at the level of individual firms and industries, I offer an ethical justification of the sustainability alternative that is derived from the same values that underlie traditional market economics.”
Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Joe DesJardins. “Corporate environmental responsibility. ” Journal of Business Ethics 17.8 (1998): 825-838. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. RIT Lib., Rochester, NY.. 23 Apr. 2008 <http://www.proquest.com.ezproxy.rit.edu/>
Thanks for the article, I liked how it was using economics of a company throughout the article. It goes well with a lot of discussions that were touched upon in the CSR section of the collaboratory as well as the posts in the Sustainable Future section.