Synopses & Reviews
Expanded account of how the environmental movement has influenced large corporations.
Review
"A timely review of the sea change that has taken place in American corporations in the past thirty-five years. Hoffman's history offers an intriquing perspective of the external drivers and the internal workings of a firm as it wrestles with ever-increasing demands for environmental protection. It gives the reader a rich history, engaging analyses, and provocative conclusions."William D. Ruckelshaus, former administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Review
"You've got a winner here, one that will be of broad appeal to multiple audiences. . . . Hoffman's book fills a huge void in the literature of environmentalism."Thomas N. Gladwin, professor and director, Global Environmental Program, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
Review
"In this readable volume, Hoffman accomplishes his objectives of reaching out to practitioners and social science scholars and environmentalists. . . . Recommended for general readers and academic audiences, lower-division undergraduate through professional."Choice
Synopsis
This is a pathbreaking account of how the environmental movement has led to profound changes in the perceptions and practices of large-scale corporations, as shown here in the chemical and petroleum industries.
Synopsis
This is an expanded edition of a pathbreaking account of how the environmental movement has led to profound changes in the practices of large-scale corporations, as shown here in the chemical and petroleum industries. This edition updates, expands and modifies the model and data used in the original edition.
About the Author
Andrew J. Hoffman is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Boston University School of Management. He is the author of Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape, the editor of Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue, and co-editor of Organizations, Policy, and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives (Stanford, 2002).