Richard M. Robinson - Böcker

This nexus consists of three overlapping categories of (i) building a virtuous managerial community, (ii) pursuing reasoned managerial discourse, and (iii) diligent and reasoned pursuit of the body of routine managerial duties such as capital budgeting and internal controls.

This book explores the meaning and role of “fair and reasoned discourse” in thecontext of our institutions for environmental decision processes. The bookreviews the roles of our “environmental advocacy organizations”—such as TheSierra Club, The Audubon Society, the Environmental Defense Fund—in providingand ensuring that our discourse and decisions are fair and reasoned according tothe criteria of being (i) inclusive of input from all affected, (ii) informed of relevantscientific and socio-economic information, (iii) uncorrupted by direct conflicts ofinterest, and (iv) logical according robust review by uncorrupted judges. Theseorganizations are described and examined as expressions of “collective imperfectduty,” i.e. the coordinated duties with environmental direction. The current stateof our discourse is examined in light of this fairness criteria, particularly inconsideration of the cross-border problems that threaten tragedies of the globalcommons.

This book explores the meaning and role of “fair and reasoned discourse” in thecontext of our institutions for environmental decision processes. The bookreviews the roles of our “environmental advocacy organizations”—such as TheSierra Club, The Audubon Society, the Environmental Defense Fund—in providingand ensuring that our discourse and decisions are fair and reasoned according tothe criteria of being (i) inclusive of input from all affected, (ii) informed of relevantscientific and socio-economic information, (iii) uncorrupted by direct conflicts ofinterest, and (iv) logical according robust review by uncorrupted judges. Theseorganizations are described and examined as expressions of “collective imperfectduty,” i.e. the coordinated duties with environmental direction. The current stateof our discourse is examined in light of this fairness criteria, particularly inconsideration of the cross-border problems that threaten tragedies of the globalcommons.

This book offers students a philosophical introduction to the ethical foundations of business management. It combines lessons from Kant with virtue ethics and also touches upon additional approaches such as utilitarianism. At the core of the book lies the concept of the nexus of imperfect managerial duty: building and reinforcing the virtuous managerial team, engaging in reasoned discourse among all stakeholders, and diligently pursuing business responsibilities, including the creative efforts necessary for modern organizations.Case illustrations of these applications are presented throughout the book, including chapter appendices. Ancillary videos, test and answer banks and sample syllabi are available online via the author’s website.

This book explores the leadership of state and federal environmental agencies and local environmental groups in restoring the degraded rivers that flow into North America’s Great Lakes and other sites in the northeastern industrial corridor of the US.

This book explores the leadership of state and federal environmental agencies and local environmental groups in restoring the degraded rivers that flow into North America’s Great Lakes and other sites in the northeastern industrial corridor of the US.

This book offers students a philosophical introduction to the ethical foundations of business management.  It combines lessons from Kant with virtue ethics and also touches upon additional approaches such as utilitarianism. At the core of the book lies the concept of the “nexus of imperfect managerial duty.” This consists of the creation and reinforcement of virtuous managerial teams, engagement of discourse among all stakeholders, and pursuit of business responsibilities including the creative efforts necessary for modern organizations. A variety of special problems in managerial ethics are also explored, such as the ethics of managerial paternalism, fairness in stakeholder negotiations, devolution of business into scandalous corruption, and the role of boycotts in society’s shaping of managerial duties. Case illustrations of these applications are presented throughout the book including in chapter appendices. A series of brief-answer questions, essay questions, and discussion questions are presented at the end of each chapter. Links to relevant video presentations of lectures applicable for each chapter are also provided.

This book offers students a philosophical introduction to the ethical foundations of business management.  It combines lessons from Kant with virtue ethics and also touches upon additional approaches such as utilitarianism. At the core of the book lies the concept of the “nexus of imperfect managerial duty.” This consists of the creation and reinforcement of virtuous managerial teams, engagement of discourse among all stakeholders, and pursuit of business responsibilities including the creative efforts necessary for modern organizations. A variety of special problems in managerial ethics are also explored, such as the ethics of managerial paternalism, fairness in stakeholder negotiations, devolution of business into scandalous corruption, and the role of boycotts in society’s shaping of managerial duties. Case illustrations of these applications are presented throughout the book including in chapter appendices. A series of brief-answer questions, essay questions, and discussion questions are presented at the end of each chapter. Links to relevant video presentations of lectures applicable for each chapter are also provided.

The undamming and restoration of rivers is a major component of our broader environmental movement. Robinson reviews the removal of big concrete, big earthen, and low-head dams along North America’s larger and smaller rivers. Chapters highlight issues and contradictions related to dam safety, dam removals, and river restoration.

Our environmental organizations manifest duties of virtue in pursuit of environmental restoration and preservation. As such, they provide the key political-economic institutions that interact with our government agencies to lead and provide the visions that our environmental movement pursues. Understanding these organizations of collective duty are therefore the key to investigating the economics and politics of our environmental movement. This text examines their role, motivations, and accomplishments thereby elucidating various phases of our environmental movement such asthe positive link between environmental restoration and economic development,the movement for environmental justice,the refinement of the aims and methods of environmental regulation,the political difficulties posed by the tragedy of the global commons.Using the conceptions of collective duties of virtue, this text effectively explains the functioning of our environmental advocacy organizations in ways and extents not accomplished elsewhere. Featuring suggested reading lists, review questions, and class discussion/essay questions in each chapter, this book is useful for students and professors in environmental business ethics and sustainability.