BUS 670 Week 6 Discussion 1&2

Required Resources

Article

The Sins of Greenwashing. (n.d.).  The seven sins (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://sinsofgreenwashing.com/findings/the-seven-sins/index.html

Websites

Environmental Regulations | SBA.gov (Links to an external site.). (n.d.). The U.S. Small Business Administration | SBA.gov. Retrieved from http://www.sba.gov/content/environmental-regulations 

Laws & Regulations (Links to an external site.). (n.d.). U.S. EPA. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from  www.epa.gov/lawsregs (Links to an external site.)

Recommended Resources

Text

  Business law for managers :

· Chapter 16: Creditors and Debtors

· Chapter 17: Secured (Article 9) Transactions

· Chapter 18: Bankruptcy

· Chapter 12: Introduction to UCC Article 3: Commercial Paper

· Chapter 13: Transfer and Negotiation of Commercial Paper and Rights of Holders

· Chapter 15: Banks, the Banking Process, and Electronic Transfers

· Chapter 19: Real and Personal Property

· Chapter 20: Intellectual Property

Website

Criminal Press Releases - 2012. (Links to an external site.) (n.d.). Criminal Enforcement. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/criminal/highlights/2012/index.html

 

Discussion 1 Claims to Environmental Friendliness

 After reading  The Seven Sins (Links to an external site.) , discuss the tension between business’s interests in maximizing profits and the public’s interest in receiving complete, truthful, and non-misleading information about products that they purchase. From a business perspective, what are the dangers of greenwashing? If you were a marketing executive, would you have a policy against greenwashing? Why or why not?

Discussion 2 Environmental Statutes

Visit the Small Business Administration's " Environmental Regulations (Links to an external site.)" page and visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s “ Laws & Regulations (Links to an external site.)” page.

Identify one environmental law that is relevant to your past, current, or future employer. Apply that law to a business situation created by that employer. How does (or did) that employer maintain compliance with that statute?  Do you believe that environmental regulations help or hinder business? Why, or why not?