Voluntary Environmental Management-The Inevitable Future

Chapter One: Introduction, Organization, The Point of Balance, Overview, Voluntary Environmental Management and the ISO 14000, Section I The History and Definition of Environmental Management, Chapter Two: The History and Evolution of Environmental Management in the U.S., Environmental Management: Circa 1970, A Call for National Standards, A New Type of Professional, Investment in Pollution Control R&D, The Environmental Movement, Regarding Allocation of Responsibility, A New Agency, Environmental Management: Circa 1980, Assuming Responsibility, Changing Consumer Profiles, Concerns About Waste Disposal, The Dark Ages, A Tragic Reawakening: Bhopal and a Paradigm Shift, Environmental Management: Circa 1990, Socially Responsible Investing, Citizen Suits, Voluntary and Self-Imposed, Environmental Policies, Environmental Management as a Strategic, Management Function in Industry, Industrial Environmentalism, Chapter Three: Defining Management, Dimensions and Elements of Management, Techniques at the Operations Level: Observe, Measure, and Compare, Functions at the Organizational Level, Behaviors of Individuals in Organizations, Expectations of Employee Performance, Views of the Organization, The Behavioral Science Approach to Management, The Systems Approach to Management, Philosophies of Management, Functions and Philosophies, Variation and Consistency, Total Quality Management, The Philosophy, Management Influences, Chapter Four: Defining Environmental Management, Environmental Management System Model, Environmental Protection, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Program Management, Contractor Operations, Product Stewardship, Voluntary Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems, Section II A Case for Voluntary Environmental Management, Chapter Five: The National System of, Environmental Standards, A Non-Uniform System, A Focus on Compliance, Not Protection, Interpreting Guidelines as Gospel, Lousy Science and Not Enough of It, A Faulty Vision, Adequacy of the Nation’s Environmental Standards for Use as Private-Sector Environmental, Management Targets, Command-and-Control Inefficiencies, Chapter Six: A Quarter Century of Progress, Pendulum of Change, Painful Metamorphosis, No Longer an Incidental Cost or Insignificant Benefit, Awareness, Knowledge, Procedures and Protocols, Cultural Changes in Industry and Government, Chapter Seven: Reinventing Environmental Regulation in the U.S, A Call for Change, EPA’s Response to the Call for Change, Privatizing Environmental Protection, EPA’s Voluntary Environmental Programs, EPA’s Voluntary Program Problems, A Floundering Flagship, Chapter Eight: The Potential of Voluntary Environmental Management, How Do You Spell Regulatory Relief?, Which Comes First?, A Call For Leadership, Less Paperwork, Permitting Issues, Streamlined Permitting, Flexible Permitting, Limited Permitting, Enforcement Relief, Commitment to Compliance and Performance Beyond, Compliance, Drawing the Box, Concerns Over the ISO 14001, Preferential Treatment, Rites of Passage, Fewer Inspections, Chapter Nine: The Promise of ISO 14000, Inadequacies of EPA’s Regulation of the Private-Sector, The Promise and Potential of ISO 14000, Process Not Project, Good-bye Charlie, Accepted Worldwide and It’s Working, ISO 14001 as the ‘Sanctioned’ Environmental, Management System, A Fait Accompli?, The Inevitability of Change, ISO 14000: A Catalyst for Reinventing EPA, Section III: Preparing for the 21st Century, Chapter Ten: A Model for Change, A Model for Regulatory Change, Elements of Disparity, A Precautionary Approach to Alternate Systems, Chapter Eleven: Factors Influencing Movement Toward a More Optimal Balance, The Pace of Change, NGO Involvement and Influence, A Lesson Learned from Superfund, Developing Components, Economic Influences, Europe: Influencing Expectations, Citizen Lawsuits, A Political Issue, Understanding What Regulatory Relief Is Not, Reinventing EPA, ISO 14000 and EPA, Beans and the Paradox of Success, Standardizing Standardization, If It Works, It Works, Chapter Twelve: Environmental Responsibility in a Sustainable Society, Some Things to Think About, Partnerships for Pollution Prevention, A Step-Wise Process, Possible Futures, Appendix: Journal of Private-Sector Environmental Management: 1970-1990, References, Index