Title :
Ethical responses of large organizations to the challenge of substainable development
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State Univ.
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;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0351-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650032