BRIDGING ENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS ETHICS - A PRAGMATIC FRAMEWORK

In the last few years, some attempts have been made to overcome the di sparity between environmental ethics and business ethics. However, as the situation now stands the various positions in business ethics have not incorporated any well-developed theoretical foundation for enviro nmental issues, and conversely, environmental ethics is failing to cap ture an audience that could profit greatly from utilizing its theoreti cal insights and research. In this paper, we attempt to provide a unif ied conceptual framework for business ethics and environmental ethics that can further the dialogue that has recently begun, perhaps bringin g it to a deeper theoretical level.