The corporation and the environment

Article Abstract:

A review of the operational and economic mandate of business corporations is necessary to face the current environmental challenges. Every business activity should be evaluated for impact on the environment prior to its implementation. Since nature's complexity makes it impossible to be certain of the effects of any activity, a strict standard of caution should be used. However, businesses view the increasing population of Third-World countries as huge consumer markets, instead of recognizing the adverse effects of the population explosion. There is a need for assessing the physical limitations of the world and for evaluating human needs accordingly.

Social aspects, Analysis, Environmental protection, Resource allocation

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Environmental issues in product development processes: paradigm shift in a Finnish packaging company

Article Abstract:

A study of the organization of Walki-Pack, a Finnish packaging company, shows a shift in the managerial paradigm with higher emphasis on environmental aspects. Environmental preservation has become a central value, alongside traditional economic values like profit and growth, directing strategy making. The paradigm shift is reflected in the concept of the product, as well as attitudes toward the industry, competitive advantage, relationship between the product and the environment, economy and nature, responsibility for the environment, and the relationship between environmental policy and management.

Finland, Environmental aspects, Ethical aspects, Business enterprises, Packaging industry, Product development, Industrial organization, Corporations, Finnish

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Organizational ontology and the moral status of the corporation

Article Abstract:

The issue of the ontological status of companies has significant implications for the interpretation of their moral responsibility. Within this subject, it is important to consider the assumption that social collectives are more variable, complex and loosely linked than their individual members. Research indicates that there is no real evidence to support this assumption. It is therefore possible to question the view that companies are not morally responsible for their actions because they are in some way less real or whole than the people of whom they are made up.

Research, Corporate social responsibility

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