Sustainability ethics and metrics: Strategies for damage control and prevention

Lior, Noam

doi:10.5890/jeam.2012.01.002

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“…However, the final goals and targets that were adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 risk not meeting the expectations, because of what we call "cockpit-ism": the illusion that top-down steering by governments and intergovernmental organizations alone can address global problems [13]. Some researchers argued that sustainable development has a meta-ethical foundation, a definition of right and wrong paths stemming from what one might consider a Universal Truth, that is humanity's desire to survive and economic development [14]. This would imply that there cannot be a close relationship between economic efficiency and ecological sustainability.…”

Section: The Ecology Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the Sustainability Narrative through a Deeper Understanding of Sustainable Development Indicators

2017

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Different sustainability indicators tend to reflect different or even converse outcomes in terms of countries. A careful comparative study is needed to clarify whether these indicators are actually coherent with each other. We analyze and compare five sustainable development indicators. Pearson correlation was used to make a comparative study among them. Within the two groups, the indicators are positively correlated. The Sustainable Development Index (SDI) of the second group also shares a negative correlation with the Human Development Index. On the other side, the Emergy Sustainability Index was negatively correlated with the Environmental Performance Index, and had little or no correlation with the Environmental Sustainability Index. Furthermore, when examining the scores obtained from the different SDIs, the results demonstrate that they might present somewhat conflicting findings, if not considering their complementarity. This, from one side, depends on the fact that Human Development Index (HDI), Environmental Performance Index (EPI), and Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) provide a short-term local perspective on "sustainability", while the Emergy-based Sustainability Index (EmSI) and Surplus Biocapacity are more long-term and global in their perspective. HDI, EPI, and ESI have a more social and economic focus, including indicators whose dynamics are disjoined from the natural one. The emerging differences might be explained through the analysis of the individual sub-indicators for each of the SDIs.

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Section: The Ecology Of Sustainabilitymentioning

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2017

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“…the resources needed to sustain the human population (more than 7 billion in 2014 and still increasing); the social and economic impact; the impact on the environment; the technological constraints. According to N. Lior [8], "sustainable development is of vital importance to humanity's survival" and is based on the "adequate satisfaction of quantitatively defined and interrelated economical, environmental and social criteria". However "it is very difficult to quantify environmental and social metrics".…”

Section: Ethical Aspects Of the Energetic And Environmental Issuesmentioning

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“…He/she may be successful and do great deeds but we do not consider him/her as someone who expresses the profession's internal good. Furthermore we call a "good 8 Aristotle [9], p. 65 (1115a). 9 Aristotle [9], p. 71 (1117a).…”

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Professional Ethics, Engineering and Energetic Issues

Ponchio¹,

Mirandola

2014

AJEE

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Engineering is an interdisciplinary area, where interaction of technical and socioeconomic dimensions continuously occurs in the professional practice. The ethical aspects of the relationships between engineers and society have been particularly emphasized in the recent years. In fact, the main engineering societies set up their own codes of ethics and many engineering departments worldwide introduced engineering ethics in their curricula. After introducing the concept of professional ethics and its connection with the deontological codes of professional orders, this topic will be considered in close relation to the profession of engineering and with particular attention to the energetic and environmental issues. This not only in order to give an account of professional codes, but more over to highlight how professional ethics includes and at the same time goes beyond them. Professional codes derive from two features of the profession: autonomy and self-regulation. One of the main aims of the codes is to regulate the asymmetrical relationship between professional and client in order to maintain the fiduciary nature of this relationship. This is highlighted through the analysis of two professional engineering codes. The ethical dimension helps revitalize and give meaning to professional codes and law: if a good professional life is to be conducted, it is necessary to combine the use of legal and professional guidance with an ethical structure, which brings us back to the human being and his/her personal sense of responsibility.

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“…Bibliometric analysis studies examine patterns in the literature in a domain using mathematical and statistical methodologies (Aria and Cuccurullo, 2017; Singh and Dhir, 2019). In the recent past, there has been increasing research on bibliometric analysis on the topic of Greenwashing as non-sustainable practices were reported in studies conducted (Lior, 2011; Martín-de Castro et al , 2017; Baum, 2012; Naderer and Opree, 2021; Firth et al , 2020; Prasad et al , 2017; Zhu and Wang, 2020) on Greenwashing and sustainability ethics. Some researchers worked (Delmas and Gergaud, 2021; Sayogo et al , 2016) on dubious eco certifications and labelling and (Lee, 2019; Westerman et al , 2021; Lu et al , 2021) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Greenwashing practices.…”

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A comprehensive look at Greenwashing from 1996 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis

Pendse

Nerlekar²,

Darda³

2022

JIBR

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Purpose This paper aims to see how scholarly research on Greenwashing practices and behaviour has progressed in the 21st century. There has been a lot of empirical, exploratory and conceptual work done on Green marketing, sustainable marketing and environmental marketing. However, there have been few attempts to produce a comprehensive scientific mapping of Greenwashing as a niche topic. As a result, the study’s goal is to elicit research trends through knowledge structure synthesis. Design/methodology/approach A Bibliometric Analysis on the topic of Greenwashing practices was undertaken on 355 publications. For this, a scientific search strategy was run on the Scopus database for the period 1996–2021. The study was conducted using Biblioshiny, a Web-based application that is part of the Bibliometric package. Important journals, countries, authors, keywords and affiliations were found using the software’s automated workflow and thematic evolution, citations, co-citations and social network analysis were performed. Findings The study indicated a gradual increase in the research related to Greenwashing practices. The findings show a relative concentration of more influential work in the said domain amongst a handful of research scholars. Many influential studies have occurred after 2007, and a rally is seen in the studies on Greenwashing till 2020. The authors can say that the rigour of research has started increasing since then. Geographic dispersion of the work has shown that the USA followed by the UK dominates the scholarly inquiry and these countries have major collaboration with European and Asian researchers. The 10 most productive countries were examined, and it was discovered that the USA contributed the majority of the publications, with the UK and China coming in second and third place, respectively, in terms of publication in the said sector. In addition to the domain’s conceptual structure, the study exposes the domain’s social and Intellectual structure. This brings up new possibilities for Greenwashing studies in the future. Research limitations/implications The present research is a Bibliometric analysis that is restricted to science mapping, and hence, limitations apply to the said studies. Researchers can use systematic literature review to build a robust conceptual foundation in the future. The Scopus database was used for this study because it has a greater number of high-quality journals in structured forms that are compatible with Bibliometrix software. Practical implications Greenwashing practices and behaviour, as well as their links to sustainability, are discussed in this paper. It highlights the most often stated challenges in the discipline and suggests possible research topics. It provides future scholars with information on this discipline’s issues, contexts and collaboration opportunities. Social implications The current study can give further directions to the researchers for conducting rigorous research on Greenwashing behaviour and practices and will guide the policymakers to formulate policies in the field of non-sustainable activities, with Greenwashing being one of them. Originality/value A lot of work is done by the scientific community in Green marketing research, and a lot of literature is available on Green and Sustainable marketing practices. However, there is still a need felt for more extensive and rigorous research on the evolution of Greenwashing methods. This study makes a significant addition in that it brings together the scattered literature in the field, focuses on important sources, authors and documents, and investigates Greenwashing techniques and behaviour, which is the other side of the sustainable practices coin.

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Sustainability ethics and metrics: Strategies for damage control and prevention

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Enhancing the Sustainability Narrative through a Deeper Understanding of Sustainable Development Indicators

Enhancing the Sustainability Narrative through a Deeper Understanding of Sustainable Development Indicators

Professional Ethics, Engineering and Energetic Issues

A comprehensive look at Greenwashing from 1996 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis

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