Hi Beth: There is a huge literature on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) which establish internal routines for firms. This includes the voluminous literature on ISO 14001 but beyond that as well covering other voluntary programs. There are important debates on how different types of EMS correlate with outcomes such as pollution reduction or regulatory compliance (for a review, <http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/AQapDhyjwfIuV6Qhqdda/full/10.1146/annurev-polisci-032211-211224>. There are outstanding review essays by Coglianese and Borck, Tom Lyon, as well as Madhu Khanna. There is 2007 PSJ special issue that also contributes to this debate) To illustrate,there is a debate on the extent to which monitoring and enforcement in EMS are important for firms to take these routines seriously, and work on reducing pollution (see this: http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/ungc_psj.pdf).The Journal of Business Ethics is going to publish a symposium in July on the Global Compact and Institutional Design issues. I'm happy to send additional articles if you or somebody else on the listserv is interested. Aseem ********************************************************************** Aseem Prakash Professor, Department of Political Science Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences Director, Center for Environmental Politics 39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3530 http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/ http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jWEaD9IAAAAJ&hl=en http://www.indianraajneeti.com/ On Tue, 10 Jun 2014, Beth DeSombre wrote:
Hi folks: I'm trying to find a literature on business standard operating procedures, or routine operations, and their effects on the environment (for good or for bad). I'm interested in the idea that routines that were established for one purpose end up having negative environmental effects and/or the idea that changing them could make an environmental difference. Such a literature must exist, but I haven't been able to locate it. (Kind of the business analogy to "habit" as a determinant to individual behavior.) Any suggestions? I'm happy to aggregate the recommendations and report back to the list. Thanks, Beth Elizabeth R. DeSombre Wellesley College -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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