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Does external industry context exert an influence on the development of corporate sustainable development? In keeping with the view that environmental responsibility generates new and competitive resources for firms, we posit that three distinct industry contextual characteristics, namely munificence, dynamism, and complexity, can influence corporate environmentally responsible behaviors. Our conceptual framework is supported by empirical evidence that draws on a sample of 746 Chinese listed firms in manufacturing sectors. Our findings suggest that dynamism increases the likelihood of firms behaving in environmentally responsible ways, whereas complexity decreases this likelihood. The relationships between dynamism and environmental responsibility are stronger in firms with low levels of organizational slack. Moreover, we find that resource-abundant firms are more likely to behave responsibly toward the natural environment in a high-munificence industry context.

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Two potassium (K)-bearing minerals, Nanjing feldspar and Suzhou illite, were used to investigate K mobilization by the wild-type strain NBT of Bacillus edaphicus, also labeled MPs+, selected for high activity in mobilizing potassium from minerals, and by four of its UV + LiCl mutants, MPs++, MPs+1, MPs+2, and MPs-. In liquid cultures, the five bacterial strains showed better growth on Suzhou illite than on Nanjing feldspar. Suzhou illite was the better potassium source for the growth of the wild type and the MPs++, MPs+1, and MPs+2 mutants. Solubilization of K from its sources by the wild-type NBT and the MPs++ mutant resulted mostly from the action of organic acids and capsular polysaccharides. Oxalic acid seemed to be a more active agent for the solubilization of Nanjing feldspar. Oxalic and tartaric acids were likely involved in the solubilization of Suzhou illite. The MPs- mutant did not produce any organic acid or capsular polysaccharide when grown on the above two K sources. In a pot experiment, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 'Yangmai-158' was grown in a yellow-brown soil that had low available K. After inoculation with bacterial strains, B. edaphicus NBT and its four mutants, MPs++, MPs+1, MPs+2, and MPs- (in separate tests), the root growth and shoot growth of wheat were significantly increased by B. edaphicus NBT and the mutants MPs++ and MPs+1. Bacterial inoculation also resulted in significantly higher N, P, and K contents of plant components. The bacteria were able to survive in the wheat rhizosphere soils after root inoculation.

Sustainable development has received worldwide attention. Recent studies on corporate environmental behavior have called for research from the specific stakeholder's perspective (i.e., consumer) on the topic of going green. Based on reputation theory, this paper employed a secondary data analysis and three experiments to highlight the influence of environmental irresponsibility on corporate reputation perceived by consumers. Coherent results showed that environmental irresponsibility negatively affected corporate reputation and perceived corporate ethics served as a mediator. Furthermore, corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities could alleviate the harmful consequences of irresponsible behavior by moderating the mediating role of perceived corporate ethics in determining the influence of environmental irresponsibility.

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