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The Greening of Corporate America: Is it Profitable or Just the Right Thing to Do? by Anne Fiedler, Ph.D. Bibliography Byrnes, N. and Aston, A (May 7, 2007) Coal? Yes, coal. BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com This article discussed how Peabody Energy Corp. is pushing ahead with its plans to increase coal production despite the threats that coal poses to global warming. Casey, S. (April 5, 2007) Patagonia: Blueprint for green business. Fortune magazine. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403423/index.htm This article tells the story of how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard took his passion for the outdoors and turned it into an amazing business. Fortune Small Business, (March 26, 2007) Green Resources: If you're interested in going green, check out these sites. http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/26/magazines/fsb/green.links.fsb/index.htm This article gives links and suggestions to help small firms to take advantage of resources that will make them more eco-friendly. Kamieniecki, Sheldon (2006) Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?, Stanford University Press: Stanford, CA. This book adds to the environmental politics and policy literature by conducting a comprehensive investigation of business influence environmental policymaking in the United States over time. The author presents an analysis of six cases in which private firms were involved in disputes concerning pollution control and natural resource management. Seligman, Dan (Oct. 28, 2002) Oxymoron 101. Forbes: New York, 170:9, p. 164. This article discusses whether ethics can really be taught in business schools. Willis, Clint and Hardcastle, Nate (Eds.) (2004) The I Hate Corporate America Reader: How Big Companies from McDonald's to Microsoft Are Destroying Our Way of Life, Thunder's Mouth Press: New York, NY. Americans are beginning to take note that large corporations are at the heart of what ails our country-from job losses to mad cow disease to pollution to rising cancer rates to obesity to empire building. Every week brings new headlines of some new outrage by companies ranging from the former Enron and Halliburton to McDonald's and Wal-Mart; meanwhile, other crimes are hidden from public view. www.epa.gov/history/topics/rha/01.htm This website gives a history of various suits filed by the Environmental Protection Agency against American companies. http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html#media/2006ecoreport This website describes the commitment of GE to the environment, and initiatives that it is taking not only to act as an environmentally friendly organization, but to help other companies achieve similar goals. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxins/polyvinyl-chloride This greenpeace website discusses the dangerous impact of PVC on the environment. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2007/index.html This site describes the organizations designated by Fortune magazine as the Most Admired Companies.

The Greening of Corporate America: Is it Profitable or Just the Right Thing to Do?

by Anne Fiedler, Ph.D.

Bibliography

Byrnes, N. and Aston, A (May 7, 2007) Coal? Yes, coal. BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com

This article discussed how Peabody Energy Corp. is pushing ahead with its plans to increase coal production despite the threats that coal poses to global warming.

Casey, S. (April 5, 2007) Patagonia: Blueprint for green business. Fortune magazine.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403423/index.htm

This article tells the story of how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard took his passion for the outdoors and turned it into an amazing business.

Fortune Small Business, (March 26, 2007) Green Resources: If you're interested in going green, check out these sites. http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/26/magazines/fsb/green.links.fsb/index.htm

This article gives links and suggestions to help small firms to take advantage of resources that will make them more eco-friendly.

Kamieniecki, Sheldon (2006) Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?, Stanford University Press: Stanford, CA.

This book adds to the environmental politics and policy literature by conducting a comprehensive investigation of business influence environmental policymaking in the United States over time. The author presents an analysis of six cases in which private firms were involved in disputes concerning pollution control and natural resource management.

Seligman, Dan (Oct. 28, 2002) Oxymoron 101. Forbes: New York, 170:9, p. 164.
This article discusses whether ethics can really be taught in business schools.
Willis, Clint and Hardcastle, Nate (Eds.) (2004) The I Hate Corporate America Reader: How Big Companies from McDonald's to Microsoft Are Destroying Our Way of Life, Thunder's Mouth Press: New York, NY.
Americans are beginning to take note that large corporations are at the heart of what ails our country-from job losses to mad cow disease to pollution to rising cancer rates to obesity to empire building. Every week brings new headlines of some new outrage by companies ranging from the former Enron and Halliburton to McDonald's and Wal-Mart; meanwhile, other crimes are hidden from public view.

www.epa.gov/history/topics/rha/01.htm

This website gives a history of various suits filed by the Environmental Protection Agency against American companies.

http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/index.html#media/2006ecoreport

This website describes the commitment of GE to the environment, and initiatives that it is taking not only to act as an environmentally friendly organization, but to help other companies achieve similar goals.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxins/polyvinyl-chloride

This greenpeace website discusses the dangerous impact of PVC on the environment.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2007/index.html

This site describes the organizations designated by Fortune magazine as the Most Admired Companies.