Corporate Environmentalism

Corporate Environmental Citizenship Variation In Developing Countries: An Institutional Framework

by Sukru Ozen

Co-Authored with Fatma Küskü, published in Journal of Business Ethics, 2009, 89 (2): 297-313.

ABSTRACT. This study focuses on why some companies
in developing countries go beyond environmental regulationsmore ABSTRACT. This study focuses on why some companies
in developing countries go beyond environmental regulations
when implementing their corporate environmental
social responsibilities or citizenship behavior. Drawing
mainly upon the new institutional theory, this study
develops a conceptual framework to explain three institutional
factors: companies’ market orientations, industrial
characteristics, and corporate identities. Accordingly, we
suggest that companies from developing countries that are
oriented to markets in developed countries, operate in
highly concentrated industries, and have missionary identities
adopt corporate environmental citizenship behavior
by going beyond environmental regulations. The study
also discusses the theoretical, policy, and managerial
implications of the conceptual framework.
KEY WORDS: corporate environmental citizenship,
corporate environmental social responsibility, new institutionalism,
institutional diversity, market orientation,
industry concentration, organizational identity, developing
countries

Values, attitudes and perceptions of managers as predictors of corporate environmental responsiveness

by Giorgos Papagiannakis

Papagiannakis, G., & Lioukas, S. (2012). Values, attitudes and perceptions of managers as predictors of corporate environmental responsiveness. Journal of Environmental Management, 100, 41-51.

We examine whether managers’ values, attitudes, and perceptions influence the greening of organizations. To that... more We examine whether managers’ values, attitudes, and perceptions influence the greening of organizations. To that purpose, we specify and test a model of corporate environmental responsiveness (CER), drawing upon a modified version of the theory of planned behavior and the value-belief-norm theory. Based on survey data from 142 Greek companies, we find that top managers’ personal values influence responses indirectly, through shaping their environmental attitudes, while direct relationship is not significant. Subjective norms, expressing stakeholder expectations, do affect CER, with their effect being stronger than that of attitudes. Managers’ perceived ability to handle environmental issues also appears to influence responses. Results have theoretical implications, indicating the significant role of managers’ values, attitudes and perceptions in a firm’s environmental response. Practical implications are discussed in relation to selection of managers and training.

The Multiple Pathways to Industrial Energy Efficiency: A Systems and Value Chain Approach

by Lukas Brun

Knowledge for Corporate Energy Management-Structural Contradictions and Hope for Change?

by Ingmar Lippert

Damian White A Green Industrial Revolution Sustainable Technological Innovation in a Global Age

by Damian White

Sympathetic critique of Natural Capitalism and Factor Four literatures......some initial attempts to formulate questions that a critical sociology of design should be asking......

The Power of Positive Energy

by Poppy Valentine

This thought paper is about the importance of positivity and mindfulness in our lives and for society and what we can... more This thought paper is about the importance of positivity and mindfulness in our lives and for society and what we can do to increase our energy and make this world a better place together. Love and Peace to All! :)

Corporate Sustainability Survey 2011

by Dhiman Chowdhury

Sustainability paradox has become a debate of our time; adding to this predicament is sometimes the questionable... more Sustainability paradox has become a debate of our time; adding to this predicament is sometimes the questionable behaviors of the corporations. This detrimental demeanor is counterproductive, as it for the entity so do for our common goods. The issue of sustainability is a dilemma of our which many scholars pondered over last decades, yet despite their efforts, the message is somewhat convoluted through a plethora of conflicting strategies, definitions, mandates and regulatory measures. The obfuscation has created deviation in the discourse of “sustainability” measures without addressing systemic discord with sustainability challenges at organizational and societal level, and societal and ecological level. This survey examines presence and absence of a particular behavioral dimension in global corporations and corollary effect of it. In addition, this global survey unveils previously unknown data depicting correlation between certain behavioral dimension at workplace and other corporate level factors including profitability, innovation and market leadership. This global survey serves as the basis for further research to find a common ground that brings institutional integration to sustainability conjectures.

Structured Approach to Improve Passive Aggressive Organizational Behavior: An Empirical Research

by Dhiman Chowdhury