Environmental Law and Ecological Responsibility

In the last decade, both lawyers and social scientists have begun to take a rather sceptical view of the potential of direct outside intervention as a means of controlling the environmental impact of commercial organizations. Instead, the encouragement of these organizations to establish processes of internal self-regulation to monitor, control and replace economic activities injurious to the environment has become the favoured route for resolving the conflict between business priorities, legal obligations and environmental management concerns. This volume discusses the achievement and potential of ecological self-organization as a means of managing the environmental challenges confronting business, commerce and industry. Although primarily written from a legal viewpoint, the wider community concerned with the interface between environment and business will also benefit from the book.