Standard or Smokescreen?: Implementation of a Voluntary Environmental Code Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Standard or Smokescreen?: Implementation of a Voluntary Environmental Code Case Solution

Some businesses have developed their own non-regulatory codes of environment, health, and security (EHS) practice. Have these codes created substantial change in members' activities, or do they merely reinforce existing understandings and practices? This post analyzes the result of chemical firms that are sixteen to the first sector-created EHS code, Responsible Care.

Sometimes, firms have embraced practices that were uniform, while in other instances essential variation remains. Implementation and the adoption by firms of non-regulatory environmental codes is a lousy index that any specific conventional practices will be followed.

This is just an excerpt. This case is about GLOBAL BUSINESS

PUBLICATION DATE: January 01, 2000 PRODUCT #: CMR167-PDF-ENG

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