Chapter Twelve
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alyssarun on November 1, 2010
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perspectives of business and society
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Government Regulates Business Activity? | To protect the environment |
| Governments Can Provide? | Economic incentives and assist organizations to adopt improvements |
| Environmental Protection Agency? | Main regulatory agency charged with pollution control |
| Major Areas of Regulation? | Air, Water and Land Pollution |
| Environmental Standards? | Minimum standards for environmental performance, allowable levels of pollution |
| Information Disclosure? | Government encourages companies to pollute less by publishing information about amount of pollutants they emit per year |
| Civil and Criminal Enforcement? | Guidelines for sentencing environmental offenders |
| Market Based Mechanisms? | Tradable permits- buy and sell right to pollute |
| Performance Assessment? | Through environmental audits and sustainability reports that integrate social, economic and environment performance |
| Ecologically Sustainable Organization (ESO)? | Standard that can be used as benchmark for organizations to be compared to |
| Improve Performance In? | Ethical/moral values, reputation, competitive edge |
| Competitive Edge? | Clean technology, product stewardship, pollution prevention |
| Technological Innovation? | Methods for reducing pollution and increasing efficiency |
| Strategic Planning? | Cultivate vision of sustainability |
| Cost Savings? | Reduce pollution/hazardous waste, reuse or recycle materials, operate with energy efficiency |
| Product Differentiation? | Reputation for environmental excellence can attract customers |
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