Environmental responsibility: theoretical perspective

Lammertjan Dam; Tommy Lundgren; Bert Scholtens

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198802280.013.10

Environmental responsibility: theoretical perspective

Lammertjan Dam, Tommy Lundgren, Bert Scholtens

Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance

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This chapter reviews and offers a taxonomy of the theoretical literature on environmental responsibility. A substantial part of the review is devoted to the theory behind environmentally responsible investing and its connection to corporate environmental responsibility (CER), which have not, to our knowledge, been provided elsewhere. It is concluded that a theory about CER needs to balance between personal taste and values, social norms, and market imperfections. An essential ingredient of advancing academic research about CER is improving environmental accounting frameworks and insights in the impact of the interaction between the economy and the environment. Otherwise, any theory about CER runs the risk of remaining sterile as it would be impossible to put it to the test.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility
Subtitle of host publication	psychological and organizational perspectives
Editors	Abagail McWilliams, Deborah E. Rupp, Donald S. Siegel, Günter K. Stahl, David A. Waldman
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	241-260
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9780198802280
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198802280.013.10
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2019

Keywords

CSR
Corporate Environmental Responsibility
environmental economics
firm behavior
taxonomy
theory

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Dam, L., Lundgren, T., & Scholtens, B. (2019). Environmental responsibility: theoretical perspective. In A. McWilliams, D. E. Rupp, D. S. Siegel, G. K. Stahl, & D. A. Waldman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility: psychological and organizational perspectives (pp. 241-260). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198802280.013.10

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Environmental responsibility: theoretical perspective. / Dam, Lammertjan; Lundgren, Tommy; Scholtens, Bert.
The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility: psychological and organizational perspectives. ed. / Abagail McWilliams; Deborah E. Rupp; Donald S. Siegel; Günter K. Stahl; David A. Waldman. Oxford University Press, 2019. p. 241-260.

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