Business Ethics and the Natural Environment (Foundations ... (ISBN 1405116633)

Book Description:
Business Ethics and the Natural Environment examines the relationship between corporate enterprise and the natural environment in the world today. What obligations does the corporation bear to protect the natural environment, to respect entities that are not human and not protected by law, to be concerned with humans that will not exist for decades into the future, and to seek more environmentally friendly ways to do business? This book argues that the search for "green" innovations in business practice yields dividends beyond expectation, and that the competitive firm in this century will be the firm whose practices protect and enhance the natural environment. The book provides a full background in ethics, a brief survey of business ethics, an account of environmental philosophy, an overview of environmental legal issues, and an account of the problems associated with globalization and a response to the CSOs, also known as Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs.