Sustainability: Essentials for Business

Young, Scott T.; Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy

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“…Although beyond the scope of this particular research, anecdotal examples of negative perceptions of agricultural water use in the media are readily available (e.g. Kim et al, 2015;Kobylt, 2015) whereas positive media examples are less common (Young & Dhanda, 2013). The exposure to more media, and the nature of the news within the media surrounding agricultural water use, may serve as a likely condition for the differences being observed between these two groups.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…According to Young and Dhanda (2013), water concerns must be understood by both the general public and decision makers to avoid future water conflicts. The results of this study indicated that decision makers might be representing views and subsequently supporting policies that their constituents do not back.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to avoid future water conflicts, water concerns need to be understood and recognized by all interest groups including the general public and decision makers (Warner, Rumble, Martin, Lamm, & Cantrell, 2015;Young & Dhanda, 2013). These groups must understand one another and work together if society wants to develop and implement sustainable solutions to the widespread water problems that are increasing over time (Huang & Lamm, 2015a;Odera et al, 2013).…”

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Using Perceived Differences in Views of Agricultural Water Use to Inform Practice

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“…These branches recognize the extreme difficulty of comprehending the complex systems in a fine-grained, enduring fashion compared to a more holistic, situated one (Bramwell, 1989;Evernden, 1985Evernden, , 1992. While human ecology and human settlement branches of environmental studies have made progress in convincing other eco-scientists to recognize their claims (Young and Dhanda, 2013), their ideas have not become mainstream nor is human "flourishing" deeply embraced by those advancing ecological sustainability in environmental studies (Ehrenfeld and Hoffman, 2013).…”

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Institutional Theory and the Natural Environment: Building Research Through Tensions and Paradoxes

Jennings¹,

Hoffman²

2016

SSRN Journal

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Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal? " -Rachel Carson (1962), Silent SpringThe focus of institutional theory is directed towards an understanding of situations such as those depicted in Rachel Carson's quote abovesituations where context is strong andbinding, yet subtly experienced; where agency is often diffuse, embodied in an arrangement or system of actors rather than in an individual; and where action and inaction both matter, if in often unpredictable ways. One area in which these phenomena are notably pronounced is research in the area of the interaction between institutional systems and the workings of the natural environment; the ways in which human societies both understand their interface with that environment, and the ways in which the actions of one impact the other. In this chapter, we offer an overview of that domain of research, tracing the evolution of efforts at combining the two since its beginnings in the early 1990s, when the Greening of Industry Network initiated its environmental management research collection (1989), the Organizations and the Natural Environment special interest group of the Academy of Management was formed (1994), and the seminal Special Issue on environmental management was published in the Academy of Management Review (1995).As in our other recent work (Hoffman and Jennings, 2011;, we use prior reviews, a literature search, and our knowledge of the field to consider past and current work in Institutional Theory and the Natural Environment (ITNE). In this chapter, we structure that inquiry around the notion that fruitful research has come from tensionsindeed, at times, Advanced Learner Dictionary, 2012).It is just such tensions and paradoxes that expose issues around what constitutes a field and the nature of agency. More specifically, they expose questions around the degree to which an organizational field will be indexed and aligned with the natural ecosystems in which the organizations are embedded. This is a central element that has animated ITNE studies for decades, if not centuries. In fact, some of the key paradoxes in ITNE stretch back to the Naturwissenschaften versus Geisteswissenschaften debates of 19 th century German philosophy (Ermarth, 1981;Weber, 1919). These debates explored the extent to which humans apprehend the natural environment and generate scientific knowledge. In particular, one issue that has animated this line of inquiry is whether Verstehen (putting oneself in the other shoes), which is so fundamental for social science, has any equivalent in the natural sciences. This debate emerges in multiple forms, not least of which was Catton and Dunlap's (1980) New Ecological Paradigm, which called for a shift away from anthropocentric (human-centered) thinking to ecocentric (environment centered) thinking, where humans are one...

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“…Merli et al 27 examined the benefits of EMAS holders in Italy. The authors examined the strategic, environmental, and economic benefits of certification.…”

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Voluntary Instruments of Environmental Care as a Global Trend – Example of the Sitaution in the Czech Republic

Krause¹

2016

MMR

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The presented paper discusses the importance of voluntary environmental activities to business activity. In recent decades, a number of trends have been underway that have increased the importance of a friendly approach to the environment for the successful functioning of enterprises. A certain level of environmental care is given by the legislative requirements of the country. At the same time, enterprises can develop activities beyond those mandatory obligations. The aim of the presented article is to provide a list of the basic voluntary instruments that businesses use to take a friendly approach to the environment and, using selected instruments, describe their use in the Czech Republic. A further aim is to briefly map the opinions of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic concerning the status and protection of the environment in the Czech Republic. Businesses can use several voluntary environmental tools. EMAS and ecolabelling are considered the main voluntary environmental instruments. The potential benefits of both tools include possible cost savings as well as a possible increase in revenues. In the Czech Republic, both voluntary instruments mentioned above are used. Research focused on the impact of voluntary environmental tools on business performance has shown that their use mostly increases environmental performance. Greater economic performance is not always achieved. A survey conducted among the citizens of the Czech Republic indicated that they are quite satisfied with the state of the environment. Furthermore, it is possible to identify potential demand for environmentally friendly products.

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Sustainability: Essentials for Business

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Using Perceived Differences in Views of Agricultural Water Use to Inform Practice

Using Perceived Differences in Views of Agricultural Water Use to Inform Practice

Institutional Theory and the Natural Environment: Building Research Through Tensions and Paradoxes

Voluntary Instruments of Environmental Care as a Global Trend – Example of the Sitaution in the Czech Republic

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