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From heresy to dogma : an institutional history of corporate environmentalism / Andrew J. Hoffman.
Lippincott Library HD30.255 .H64 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffman, Andrew J., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial management--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Industrial management.
- Industrial management--Environmental aspects.
- United States.
- Social responsibility of business--United States.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, [2001]
- Summary:
- This is a pathbreaking account of how the environmental movement has led to profound changes in the perceptions and practices of large-scale corporations, as shown here in the chemical and petroleum industries.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Heresy Becomes Dogma
- 1. A Road Map of Corporate Environmentalism 3
- 2. A Framework for Analyzing Institutional Processes 24
- Part 2 An Institutional History of Corporate Environmentalism
- 3. Industrial Environmentalism (1960-1970) 47
- 4. Regulatory Environmentalism (1970-1982) 64
- 5. Environmentalism as Social Responsibility (1982-1988) 87
- 6. Strategic Environmentalism (1988-1993) 107
- Part 3 The Sum of Institutional Change
- 7. The Progression of Environmentalism and Corporate Change 143
- 8. Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Institutions: A Prognosis 176
- 9. Expanding the Arguments of From Heresy to Dogma 201.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080474503X
- OCLC:
- 47364179
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