Business Ethics

The word ‘sustainable’ has been chosen as a second criterion, as the philosophy sets out to be

Abandoned minors are no longer protected from liability on their contracts, merchants are still reluctant to deal with them on a credit basis, fearing that they may still attempt to disaffirm, or

Accordingly, since Clendenin Bros., the policy language has been broadened—seemingly in response to Clendenin Bros. and similar cases—to include not only environmental pollution, but also, substances that are “harmful or toxic to persons [or] property.” The significance of this distinction was recognized in Clipper Mill Fed., LLC v. Cincinnati Ins. Co, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112172 (D.Md. 2010), where a landlord/insured alleged that damages caused by “[t]oxic and dangerous airborne pollutants” attributable to a malfunctioning HVAC unit gave rise to a claim against the insured by a tenant. Id. at 3. In that case, although the pollution at issue was not “environmental,” the District of Maryland observed that:

Sullivan, Thomas F. P, and Thomas Lynch Adams. Environmental Law Handbook. Rockville, MD.: Government Institutes, 1997. Print.

The purpose of laws is to regulate certain vice crimes as illegal to curve the behavior among individuals; however, it proved to be difficult to find a common ground between individualism and immorality. The first time anyone experienced legislative morality during the Colonial period but it quickly changed when American transitioned into the Urban industrialized nation. Law and morality faced many challenges when technological advancements entered the twentieth century.These kinds of technological advancements to provide American citizens with medicine, consumer products, and so on, which led to the exposure of sins.

Supreme Courts however have defended the constitutionality of environmental safeguards. This is due to the fact that the quality of the environment affects the nation’s quality of life from factors such as, the air we breathe and food and water we consume, to economic factors such as protecting the people from lack of resources. If environmental policy did not exist, industry would burn coal and oil without regulation and the nation would face issues such as gray smog and unbreathable air, as well as an eventual shortage or depletion of fossil

These concepts laid the foundation for sustainable development, a philosophy that now permeates conservation, development, and even corporate strategies.

The world of 2015 is centralized on industrialization, and advancements that improve the manner in which a product can be produced to turn the greatest profit. While many of these improvements in speed and quantity benefits society, we cannot turn a blind eye to some of the heavy costs that are associated with this type of mass production. To address some of the issues, like pollution, governments create laws to regulate the amount of negative externalities to its citizens. In the United States, there are multiple federal agencies charged with creating the specific standards and regulations that states and large companies must adhere to. One agency in particular, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), implements and enforces some of these standards “to protect human health and the environment”(US Environmental, 2015).

Instead, he argued, laws and punishments should be as restrictive as necessary to deter those

Regardless of what one thinks about American consumerism or our high levels of production, it is a fact that we live in a throw-away society. What that means is that we produce a lot, throw away a lot, and most things are planned to become obsolete within a few years. Recently, there has been an unprecedented effort to correct these negatives habits of our society, seeing as they can’t last forever. This effort, aptly called sustainability, is one of the most grandiose undertakings in American society today. Universities, corporations, households, and everything in-between, are all striving towards sustainability, but what actually is it? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations” (EPA). With such a broad definition, there are plenty of critics and skeptics that say that such a proposition is too idealistic and therefore impossible. In fact, I agree with that faction and acknowledge that with such a loose definition, it will never be truly possible to be sustainable. However, my rebuttal, as it seems natural to say, is that nearly everything we do or strive for in America is, in a way, too idealistic. From that, I assert that we need to make a deliberate effort, as both consumers and producers, to work towards sustainability to move away from our throw-away tendencies.

(Harris, 2000: 5) This is the kind of development that will advance us and help us live healthy, better, rich lives without posing a threat on the environment or posterity to depend on the environment for life. Furthermore, protecting the environment means that the species residing in the different habitats of the environment are automatically set out of danger and protected as well.

1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer

Those skeptical of such viewpoints can still appreciate the application of legal principles to the recognition of and responses to environment ills and the effects of these on the

1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer

It is widely recognised that the planet is facing serious environmental encounters that can only be addressed through global co-operation. The international legal developments related to the protection of environment took place in the second half of 19th century which was due to political and intellectual movement in west . Because they are unique so that is why they are and they should be treated in a unique manner “sui generis”. Due the fragmentation of environment the accumulation brings out an intensification of uncertainty that tenders environmental laws truly sui generis in nature and this uniqueness is inherent, this hereditary unique prevalence requires unique attention too. “International environmental law” the term is still