Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

Differentiate between ethics and morals.

Define personal ethics.

Explain the connection between material wealth and resource exploitation.

Describe how industry exploits resources and consumes energy to produce goods.

Explain how corporate behavior is determined.

Describe the influential power that corporations wield because of their size.

Explain why governmental action was necessary to force all companies to meet environmental standards.

Describe the factors associated with environmental justice.

Describe what has been the general attitude of consumers and business toward the environment.

Explain the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation.

List three conflicting attitudes toward nature.

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