Environmental Management and Decision Making for Business [Paperback]

Many of the environmental impacts made by organisations are created by early strategic planning, marketing and design decisions. This book encourages managers and students of management to explore how and when environmental decisions are made in organisations. It introduces them to the processes and tools they can use to change the environmental direction of their organisation and reduce its environmental impact on the earth. It guides the reader down the track whose destination is ecological sustainability.Acknowledgements Contributing Authors Introduction; R.Staib PART 1: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF MODERN BUSINESS Environmental Trends and Impacts; R.Staib Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour; R.Staib Environmental Ethics and Belief Systems; K.Cussen Politics and the Environment; R.Taplin Government Environmental Decisions; R.Staib Legislation and Institutions; P.Ryan Economics and the Environment; J.White Consumers and Community; M.Pololnsky, F.Court, R.Sullivan & C.Mackenzie Business Management and the Environment; R.Staib PART 2: CORPPORATE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS Corporate Environmental Strategy; R.Staib Environmental Management Systems; R.Staib Green Marketing; M.Polonsky Financial Management and Accounting; L.Cummings Corporate Environment Information; R.Staib Social and Environmental Reporting; J.Guthrie & C.Adams PART 3: CULTURE AND PEOPLE Organizational Structure and Roles; A.Griffiths, S.Benn & D.Dunphy Changing Corporate Culture to an Environmental Ethos; S.Benn, A.Griffiths & D.Dunphy Interaction with External Stakeholders; F.Court PART 4: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS Environmental Decision-making; R.Staib Environmental Risk Assessment; R.Sullivan Cleaner Production; R.Staib Environmental Design Management; R.Staib Life-cycle Assessment; M.Atkinson Environmental Impact Assessment; R.Staib Environmental Auditing; R.Staib References IndexCAROLE ADAMS Professor of Accounting and Head of School of Accounting, Economics and FinalƒŽ