It is the responsibility of government not businesses to protect the environment, Discuss.
ESSAY
It is the responsibility of government not businesses to protect the environment, Discuss.
By, Asfand yar hameed
ESSAY PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Thesis statement:
Protecting the environment is not only a social responsibility of all businesses, but government 's duty as well.
BODY
Paragraph 1 environment affected by businesses.
Business being a greater danger to the environment than any other domestic activity (Fieser, J. 2010)
Corporate sector being resistant to environmental responsibilities.
The environment being disregarded, as the tragedy of the commons (Fieser, J. 2010)
Examples of irresponsibility by some leading industries.
1- 1960 's Union Carbide incident.
2- 1980 's Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
Paragraph 2 What the commercial sector is doing.
The environment being crucial to human life, should be the main priority.
Preservation of natural resources.
Arguments from the enterprises.
Environmental degradation.
Third world countries competing with industrialized states (ignoring environmental damages)
Businesses to work with proposed philosophical theories.
Paragraph 3
Main business motive.
Social responsibilities.
Moral ethics of business.
Consumers response towards environmental policies.
Paragraph 4
Issues such as global warming and the loss of biodiversity require much more government intervention (Jason, D. 2007)
Responsibility for the commons rests with government (James, W. N.d.)
The environment being common.
What government can do about it.
Conclusion
That government practice holds a major part in protecting our environment, even if businesses do try to be socially responsible they cannot make out a great deal compared to what government bodies
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Time has changed and where we live today is what may be called as a "global consumer society". People are
It is the responsibility of government not businesses to protect the environment, Discuss.
By, Asfand yar hameed
ESSAY PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Thesis statement:
Protecting the environment is not only a social responsibility of all businesses, but government 's duty as well.
BODY
Paragraph 1 environment affected by businesses.
Business being a greater danger to the environment than any other domestic activity (Fieser, J. 2010)
Corporate sector being resistant to environmental responsibilities.
The environment being disregarded, as the tragedy of the commons (Fieser, J. 2010)
Examples of irresponsibility by some leading industries.
1- 1960 's Union Carbide incident.
2- 1980 's Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
Paragraph 2 What the commercial sector is doing.
The environment being crucial to human life, should be the main priority.
Preservation of natural resources.
Arguments from the enterprises.
Environmental degradation.
Third world countries competing with industrialized states (ignoring environmental damages)
Businesses to work with proposed philosophical theories.
Paragraph 3
Main business motive.
Social responsibilities.
Moral ethics of business.
Consumers response towards environmental policies.
Paragraph 4
Issues such as global warming and the loss of biodiversity require much more government intervention (Jason, D. 2007)
Responsibility for the commons rests with government (James, W. N.d.)
The environment being common.
What government can do about it.
Conclusion
That government practice holds a major part in protecting our environment, even if businesses do try to be socially responsible they cannot make out a great deal compared to what government bodies
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Time has changed and where we live today is what may be called as a "global consumer society". People are
References: James, W. (2007), Conserving the environment:Guideline #10 for government and Citizenship. Online available from URL http://www.cpjustice.org/PJR2007Q2/EnvironmentGuideline10 [Accessed 11 April 2014] (Why protecting our environment is so important?, 2011)