Chapter Questions
What are some of the life-threatening environmental issues connected with business and industry?
What are the four reasons why businesses have such a negative impact on the environment?
Why do many businesses in third world countries pose big environmental problems?
What is wrong with businesses saying that their environmental responsibility is confined to what the law requires?
What is wrong with businesses saying that their environmental responsibility is linked with what will generate a profit?
What is "environmental blackmail"?
What are some of the environmental problems associated with nuclear power plants?
What reasons do some people give in defense of nuclear power plants?
What were some of the negative consequences for Exxon resulting from the Valdez accident?
What is the basis of our environmental responsibility according to anthropocentrism?
What is speciesism? Discuss critically.
What is the basis of our environmental responsibility according to ecocentrism? Implications for Businesses
On what environmental issues do anthropocentrism, animal rights, and ecocentrism overlap?
Why should businesses be sensitive to environmental concerns from the anthropocentric and animal rights perspectives?