Question 1

Explain Bowie's argument in "Money, Morality and Motor Cars" regarding businesses' obligations to the natural environment. Then explain Interface's business model as outlined in the case study, "Interface Corporation and Sustainable Business". What would Bowie say about the actions of Interface

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Question 2

As identified by Denis Arnold and Keith Bustos, recall the demographics of both those who recognize global climate change and the global climate change skeptics.

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Question 3

Alan Holland cites the interests of multinational corporations as a main impediment toward sustainability efforts. What can you recommend to move corporations toward more sustainable development.Would you lean toward a more regulation, market, or morality centered argument.Support your argument by integrating and evaluating other authors in this chapter or in previous chapters.

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Question 4

Hawkens, Lovin, and Lovin proclaim modern day capitalism as a "financially profitable, nonsustainable aberration in human development." Describe both the tenets of their notion of natural capitalism and the strategies designed to work toward such a society.

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Question 5

Differentiate, according to Alan Holland in "Sustainability", the concepts of "natural" and "human-made" capital.

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Question 6

In your own words, define sustainable development Alan Holland does in "Sustainability".

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Question 7

Compare and contrast Bowie's argument in "Money, Morality and Motor Cars" for a "market solution" to global climate change with Arnold and Bustos' main argument in "Business, Ethics, and Global Climate Change" opposing this solution. Explain whose view you agree with more and why.

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Question 8

Hawken, Lovins, and Lovins suggest that an economy needs four types of capital to function. Names these four types of capital and define them.

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Question 9

Briefly interpret what Alan Holland means in "Sustainability" when he suggests we measure sustainable development with economic models.

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Question 10

Evaluate "the Green Leap", the crux of Stuart Hart's argument in "Taking the Green Leap at the Base of the Pyramid". Be sure to include which of his two major types of sustainability efforts is in line with his argument and the steps toward execution of his strategy.

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Quiz 8: Ethical Issues Regarding the Natural Environment