Business, Ethics, and the Environment

Joseph DesJardins is a professor in the philosophy department at the College of Saint Benedict, Sain John's University in Minnesota.

• Table of contents  Preface  Chapter One: The Coming Age of  Sustainable BusinessIntroductionEconomics, Ecology, Ethics  Individuals, Government, and BusinessEconomic Growth: Problem or Solution?The Sustainability ParadigmSustainability as Social JusticeSustainability: Two Caveats             Chapter Two: The Biosphere: Facts and ValuesIntroductionI = PATState of the Biosphere FoodClimateEnergyValues and the Biosphere: Pragmatism and Diversity              Chapter Three: Economic Growth, Free Markets, and Business ResponsibilityIntroductionEconomic Growth as the Economic GoodFree Market EnvironmentalismFree Market EthicsCorporate Social Responsibility and the Standard ModelCorporate Environmental Responsibility              Chapter Four: The failure of market-based policiesIntroductionCritique of Growth-Base Market Model: Internal ChallengesCritique of Growth-Base Market Model: External ChallengesThe Ethics of the Conventional ModelSummary and Conclusions  Chapter Five: Ecological Economics and Sustainable Business EthicsIntroductionEcological EconomicsPolicy Implications of Ecological Economics: Accounting for Natural CapitalPolicy Implications of Ecological Economics: Globalized Trade and FinanceEcological Economics and Corporate Social Responsibility  Chapter Six:  The “Business Case” for Sustainability and Sustainable Business Models          IntroductionThe Business Case for SustainabilityModels for Sustainable Business: Natural Capitalism and Industrial EcologyModels for Sustainable Business: The Natural Step and Cradle-to-Cradle                          Chapter Seven: Sustainable Production and Sustainable ProductsIntroductionSustainable ProductsSustainable Production: Pollution and WasteLife-Cycle Responsibility, Dematerialization, and Sustainable Energy UseBusiness as Consumers: Supply-Chain Responsibility    Chapter Eight:  Sustainable ConsumptionIntroductionSustainable ConsumptionConsumption: Too Much of a Good Thing?Why do we Consume as we do?Business’ Responsibility for ConsumptionPhilosophical Reflections on Consumerism                Chapter Nine: Creating Sustainable Professions and Sustainable CommunitiesIntroductionSustainable MarketingSustainable Accounting, Auditing, FinanceSustainable HR and OperationsSustainable Communities