Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
List of tables......Page 10
List of appendixes......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1 Greening the firm: an introduction......Page 17
Beyond-compliance: an overview......Page 19
“Unpacking” the firm......Page 22
Research designs and methods......Page 25
Toxic Release Inventory and EPA’s 33/50 program......Page 27
International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 14000......Page 28
Case selection......Page 29
Organization of the book......Page 30
2 Environmental policymaking within firms......Page 32
New institutionalism......Page 33
Methodological individualism......Page 34
Bounded rationality......Page 35
Nature of goods and services......Page 36
Substantive and procedural efficiency......Page 39
Capital budgeting......Page 40
Firms as composite actors......Page 43
Power-based theories......Page 44
Leadership-based theories......Page 46
Baxter: an overview......Page 50
Evolution of environmental programs......Page 51
Organizational structure......Page 58
Eli Lilly: an overview......Page 60
Evolution of environmental programs......Page 61
Organizational structure......Page 67
Baxter and Lilly: a comparison of environmental organization......Page 69
Appendix 3.1......Page 70
Appendix 3.2 Baxter’s environmental financial statement......Page 71
Environmental guidelines......Page 72
4 Baxter and Lilly: case studies......Page 74
1 Underground storage tanks......Page 75
Baxter and Lilly: policy dynamics......Page 78
Analysis......Page 82
2 The Toxic Release Inventory and the 33/50 programs......Page 86
Baxter and Lilly: response to TRI and 33/50 programs......Page 89
Analysis......Page 94
3 Responsible Care......Page 99
Lilly: policy dynamics......Page 102
Analysis......Page 103
4 “Green products”......Page 108
Baxter and Lilly: response......Page 112
Baxter’s intra-firm dynamics......Page 114
5 Environmental audits......Page 119
Baxter and Lilly: policy dynamics......Page 123
Analysis......Page 125
6 ISO 14000 environmental management standards......Page 129
Baxter and Lilly: response......Page 131
Policy dynamics and analysis......Page 132
Code 4. Distribution......Page 140
1994......Page 141
1995......Page 144
1996......Page 146
1997......Page 148
5 Beyond-compliance: findings and conclusions......Page 150
Theoretical implications......Page 155
Composite actors......Page 156
Multiple theories and common framework......Page 158
Leaders matter......Page 161
The role of external factors......Page 163
Demythologizing beyond-compliance......Page 168
Organizational change......Page 169
Limitations and future research......Page 172
References......Page 178
Name index......Page 191
Subject index......Page 195