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Environment: Who is Responsible and How to Govern it?

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Abstract

Human beings often believe they occupy a particular position in the hierarchy of nature, at the top of the scale. This held belief has a critical implication for the way humans perceive their surroundings. Actually, we often tend to believe that the world we are living in is extensively global and borderless and is our sole and apparent property. The world we are living in is referred to as ‘the environment’ or the natural world, as affected by human activity.

The authors are indebted to Linda Lee-Davies at Northampton Business School for reviewing this manuscript and for her editorial skills.

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  2. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

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Kakabadse, N.K., Rozuel, C., Kakabadse, A. (2006). Environment: Who is Responsible and How to Govern it?. In: Kakabadse, A., Morsing, M. (eds) Corporate Social Responsibility. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230599574_5

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