Business, ethics, and the environment : imagining a sustainable future
 Series Basic ethics in action
 Author: DesJardins, Joseph R.
 Format: Book
 Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007.
 Language: English
 Summary:
This book provides a framework for business ethics in the age of sustainability. The book examines the many ways that business is changing, and should change, to meet the demands of a sustainable future. This book blends philosophical and ethical analysis with real-world practical cases and examples to show what sustainable business can and should become.This book covers... (see more)

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  • xvi, 163 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • ISBN: 9780131891746 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 013189174X (pbk.)
  • OCLC Number: 76073935
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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: 200%" soNormal>
  • 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: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" soTITLE> Critique of Growth-Base Market Model: Internal Challenges: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" soTITLE> 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 ldquo;Business Caserdquo; 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?
  • Businessrsquo; 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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Title Summary
This book provides a framework for business ethics in the age of sustainability. The book examines the many ways that business is changing, and should change, to meet the demands of a sustainable future. This book blends philosophical and ethical analysis with real-world practical cases and examples to show what sustainable business can and should become.This book covers the shift to sustainable business models, environmental sustainability, alternative economic model of sustainable economics, sustainable production, and consumerism. People interested in the stdy of Business, Ethics, and Sustainability.
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