tailieunhanh - Lecture note Business Ethics: How to design and manage ethical organizations: Chapter 11 - Denis Collins
Chapter 11 - Environmental management. The main goals of this chapter are to: Understand climate change and government responses to environmental problems, articulate the competitive advantages of being eco-friendly, mange the environmental change process,. | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Chapter Eleven Visit for the latest in business news stories. Chapter 11 Learning Objectives Understand climate change and government responses to environmental problems Articulate the competitive advantages of being eco-friendly Mange the environmental change process Create an Environmental Management System plan Develop measureable environmental goals and objectives Assess environmental performance Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics Environmental Trends and Climate Change Environmental Trends Organizations not only meet the needs of consumers, but also are one of the largest consumers of the Earth’s resources Fossil fuels are used to light and heat buildings, operate machinery, and transport products Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics Organizations can cause tremendous environmental damage through negligent behaviors Chevron has been engaged in a nearly two decade litigation battle for having dumped 18 billion gallons . | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Chapter Eleven Visit for the latest in business news stories. Chapter 11 Learning Objectives Understand climate change and government responses to environmental problems Articulate the competitive advantages of being eco-friendly Mange the environmental change process Create an Environmental Management System plan Develop measureable environmental goals and objectives Assess environmental performance Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics Environmental Trends and Climate Change Environmental Trends Organizations not only meet the needs of consumers, but also are one of the largest consumers of the Earth’s resources Fossil fuels are used to light and heat buildings, operate machinery, and transport products Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics Organizations can cause tremendous environmental damage through negligent behaviors Chevron has been engaged in a nearly two decade litigation battle for having dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater in a region of the Amazon rainforest inhabited by 30,000 people British Petroleum-on April 20th, 2010, an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers. More than 5 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the gulf before BP could cap the oil well three months later The United States, with just 5 percent of the world’s population, accounts for 20 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions Environmental Trends and Climate Change Insert Exhibit Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics Environmental Trends and Climate Change Climate Change According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, “the primary cause of global warming is from human activity, most significantly burning of fossil fuels to drive cars, generate electricity, and operate our hoes and businesses” Chapter 11: Collins, Business Ethics The Earth’s temperature has increased by degrees Fahrenheit since the Industrial Revolution. NASA, which monitors weather patterns, reports that
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