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The voluntary environmentalists : green clubs, ISO 14001, and voluntary regulations / Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prakash, Aseem, author.
- Potoski, Matthew, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial management--Environmental aspects.
- Industrial management.
- Business enterprises--Environmental aspects.
- Business enterprises.
- Environmental management--Economic aspects.
- Environmental management.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Environmental policy.
- Green movement.
- ISO 14001 Standard.
- Environmental law.
- Voluntarism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can businesses voluntarily adopt progressive environmental policies? Most environmental regulations are based on the assumption that the pursuit of profit leads firms to pollute the environment, and therefore governments must impose mandatory regulations. However, new instruments such as voluntary programs are increasingly important. Drawing on the economic theory of club goods, this book offers a theoretical account of voluntary environmental programs by identifying the institutional features that influence conditions under which programs can be effective. By linking program efficacy to club design, it focuses attention on collective action challenges faced by green clubs. Several analytic techniques are used to investigate the adoption and efficacy of ISO 14001, the most widely recognized voluntary environmental program in the world. These analyses show that, while the value of ISO 14001's brand reputation varies across policy and economic contexts, on average ISO 14001 members pollute less and comply better with governmental regulations.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Green clubs : an institutionalist perspective
- ISO 14001 and voluntary programs
- Adopting ISO 14001
- ISO 14001 and firms' environmental and regulatory performance
- Conclusions and future directions.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-81050-2
- 1-107-16762-0
- 0-511-28092-0
- 0-511-28134-X
- 0-511-61768-2
- 0-511-28210-9
- 1-299-31867-3
- 0-511-28172-2
- OCLC:
- 776972128
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