Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business (2nd Edition)

New edition of a text devoted to environmental issues and business management. Fourteen chapters discuss basic concepts and issues, major environmental problems, and responses by corporations to those problems. Includes a new chapter on recent developments in management theory that take into account the natural environment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of environmental issues important to business. This volume provides both theory and practice, a discussion of specific environmental issues, and strategic approaches to these problems. Written from a management perspective, the book addresses the development of the environment as a business concern. Discussing specific environmental issues, it presents management theory and practice as related to the environment and demonstrates how business is affected by the environment, including regulations and public pressure. It also provides examples of responses that businesses have made to these environmental problems. The second edition of Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business has been updated to provide the latest information, new material, and a new chapter on management theory and the environment. New topics include the "greening" of strategy, communications, manufacturing, and marketing. It also presents an historical overview of societal consumption and production and discusses the responsibility of business to create a sustainable society. An essential environmental resource for every manager, business professional, and business owner.