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Compliance, commitment, and competition: Improving environmental performance
Author(s) -
McLearn Mary E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310040203
Subject(s) - excellence , business , environmental compliance , compliance (psychology) , balance (ability) , environmental management system , competition (biology) , environmental scanning , environmental economics , environmental resource management , economics , environmental science , environmental protection , ecology , political science , psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , irrigation , law , biology
A series of terms has been used to describe corporate environmental activities: waste management/waste minimization, pollution prevention, environmental excellence. Each has a different definition and comprises different activities, yet they represent a continuum of environmental response and improvement. This article considers the characteristics of each activity and the necessary balance among internal and external concerns that corporations seek as they progress toward environmental excellence in a competitive business climate.