Reinventing Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Project XL (Excellence & Leadership) - Softcover

Marcus, Alfred A. Professor; Geffen, Donald A. Professor; Sexton, Ken Professor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891853090 ISBN 13: 9781891853098

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) was the flagship effort by the Clinton administration for 'cleaner, cheaper, and smarter' regulation. Under Project XL, business promised better performance in exchange for a regulatory approach focused more on results than means, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measuring pollution reduction across rather than at individual sources within a facility. Reinventing Environmental Regulation is a compelling account of the breakdown in negotiations to implement Project XL at a tape manufacturing plant of 3M, a company widely recognized as environmentally progressive. Marcus, Geffen, and Sexton discuss the conflicting goals of participants, the influences of personality and organizational culture, and complications caused by changes in 3M‘s external business environment. They compare the 3M case with EPA negotiations involving Intel, Merck, and Weyerhaeuser, finding similarly contentious, though less fatal disagreements about the meaning of 'superior environmental performance.' In common with other recent proposals, Project XL emphasized cooperative, flexible regulatory approaches. Reinventing Environmental Regulation demonstrates the difficulty of putting these appealing ideas into practice, while offering encouragement for continued innovations.

About this title

About the Author

Alfred A. Marcus is a professor in the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Donald A. Geffen is research associate at the Strategic Management Research Center at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Ken Sexton is Bond Professor of Environmental Health Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Review

'Reinventing Environmental Regulation affords a rare, in-depth look at efforts to implement an innovative environmental policy. Case descriptions along with thoughtful analysis produce important lessons for both public policymakers and corporate environmental managers.' Stuart Hart, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 'Excellent treatment of the barriers to regulatory negotiation . . . a realistic account of what happens when government seeks to set policy based on consensus.' Cary Coglianese, Harvard University

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1891853090
• ISBN 13: 9781891853098
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256