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Hijacking Environmentalism: Corporate Responses to Sustainable Development

Paperback

Main Details

Title Hijacking Environmentalism: Corporate Responses to Sustainable Development
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Richard Welford
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreEnvironmental economics
Business and management
Applied ecology
Conservation of the environment
Pollution and threats to the environment
ISBN/Barcode 9781853833991
ClassificationsDewey:658.408
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Earthscan Ltd
Publication Date 1 March 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This text demonstrates how businesses and institutions continue to operate outside the ecological carrying capacity of the environment, and highlights the need for participation and social innovation on their part. It asserts that senior executives and middle management in large corporations have often sought, deliberately or unconsciously, to block the advancement of environmentalism. Industry has reconstructed the more radical environmental agenda to suit its own purposes, in effect hijacking it, by taking it out of its traditional discourse and placing it in a liberal-productivist framework. The book concludes by examining the way forward for more sustainable business, presenting new models that place greater emphasis on issues such as equity and ethics.

Author Biography

Richard Welford is Professor of Business Economics and Director of the Centre for Corporate Environmental Management at the Huddersfield University Business School, and Professor of Sustainable Management at the Norwegian School of Magement.