DocumentCode
2196285
Title
Ethical responses of large organizations to the challenge of substainable development
Author
Herkert, Joseph
Author_Institution
North Carolina State Univ.
fYear
2006
fDate
8-11 May 2006
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
54
Abstract
Professional engineering societies and corporations respond in a variety of ways to the challenges of sustainable development. This paper dissects several prominent organizations and the ethical aspects of their responses, which range from ignoring sustainability concerns, to green washing, to measurement of triple bottom line performance, to altering the strategic objectives of the organization
Keywords
ethical aspects; organisational aspects; sustainable development; ethical aspects; professional engineering; sustainable development; Biological materials; Councils; Environmental economics; Ethical aspects; Ethics; Knowledge engineering; Maintenance engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Sustainable development;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Scottsdale, AZ
ISSN
1095-2020
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0351-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650032
Filename
1650032
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