Title
Social paradigms and attitudes toward environmental accountability
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Journal of Business Ethics
Publication Date
5-1-2006
Volume
65
Issue
2
First Page
121
Last Page
147
Keywords
Corporate environmental accountability, Dominant Social Paradigm, New Ecological Paradigm
Abstract
This paper argues that commitment to the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) in Western societies, which includes support for such ideologies as free enterprise, private property rights, economic individualism, and unlimited economic growth, poses a threat to progress in imposing greater standards of corporate environmental accountability. It is hypothesized that commitment to the DSP will be negatively correlated with support for the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) and support for corporate environmental accountability, and that belief in the NEP will be positively correlated with support for corporate environmental accountability. The findings, based on a survey of MBA students, are generally consistent with the hypotheses.
DOI
10.1007/s10551-005-4606-2
Print ISSN
01674544
E-ISSN
15730697
Publisher Statement
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Shafer, W. E. (2006). Social paradigms and attitudes toward environmental accountability. Journal of Business Ethics, 65(2), 121-147. doi: 10.1007/s10551-005-4606-2
