Constructing the green manager
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Increased public concern about the responsibility of corporations for the damage inflicted on the environment by their processes and products has led to some firms to engage in 'greeing', although in a somewhat fragmented fashion. A study looks at the UK automotive industry in relation to greening and how managers have approached the environmental issue through company newsletters, internal television and publicised energy targets. It seems unlikely that managerial greening will move beyond the formulaic as many managers do not see a significant challenge to the still rewarding ways of doing business.
Publication Name: British Journal of Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1045-3172
Year: 1997
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Green business: technicist kitsch?
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A study of green business literature was carried out to find out whether the evangelical language used in the literature brings about the desired organizational ecochange. Green business literature includes the journals, articles and books published from the late 1980s to the early 1990s which presented prescriptions on the environmental development of organizations. Results of the study revealed that efficiency of the strident evangelism of green business literature in influencing the environmental actions of organizations is questionable, yet it undeniably invites green debates.
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 1997
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More green for green
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A survey conducted by the Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications reveals that although majority of the consumers think that environmental protection is important, only a few are willing to spend more on environmentally-friendly products. The financial constraints brought about by the economic recession has made consumers less concerned with the implications of patronizing environmentally-safety products. Hopefully, a better economy can change such attitude.
Publication Name: Small Business Reports
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0164-5382
Year: 1992
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