After reading The Seven Sins – http://sinsofgreenwashing.com/findings/the-seven-sins/index.html, 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?
Visit the Small Business Administration’s Environmental Regulations page – https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/manage-your-business/stay-legally-compliant and visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Laws & Regulations page – https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations.
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?
Required Resources
Text
Seaquist, G. (2012). Business law for managers [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
Please read the following chapters in: Business law for managers:
· 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 16: Creditors and Debtors
· Chapter 17: Secured (Article 9) Transactions
· Chapter 18: Bankruptcy
· Chapter 19: Real and Personal Property
· Chapter 20: Intellectual Property
The Sins of Greenwashing. (n.d.). The seven sins . Retrieved from http://sinsofgreenwashing.com/findings/the-seven-sins/index.html