Running in nonconcentric circles: Why environmental management isn't being integrated into business management

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 69-75

  Apsan, Howard N ^a,b  

^a BUREAU VERITAS   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 18844455560     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6483(200022)9:4<69::AID-TQEM7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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1. Adams, S. (1996). Dogbert's management handbook. New York: Harper Collins.
2. These abbreviations refer to three types of asbestos sampling methods: polarized light microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, respectively.
3. The core standard, Environmental Management Systems—Specification With Guidance for Use, is referred to as ISO 14001: 1996. Its supporting document, Environmental Management Systems—General Guidelines on Principles, Systems and Supporting Techniques, is ISO 14004: 1996. The other three documents are Guidelines for Environmental Auditing— General Principles, ISO 14010: 1996; Guidelines for Environmental Auditing—Audit Procedures—Auditing of Environmental Management Systems, ISO 14011: 1996; and Guidelines for Environmental Auditing—Qualification Criteria for Environmental Auditors, ISO 14012: 1996. For a collection of articles on various components of ISO 14000, see Marcus, P.A., & Willig, J.T.(Eds.). (1997). Moving ahead with ISO 14000: Improving environmental management and advancing sustainable development. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
4. See, for example, Useem, M. (1998). The leadership moment: Nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for us all. New York: Random House.
5. Simon, Smithburg, & Thompson, note 2, pp. 229-243.
6. The author gratefully acknowledges the research assistance provided by Mary Jennifer Cantrell of Columbia University.
7. American Society for Testing and Materials. (1993, June). Phase I environmental site assessment standard practice E-1527.
8. For an overview of the latest revisions, see the lead article, Final ballot going out on ASTM E-1527 Phase I revisions. (2000, January). Environmental site assessment report.
9. This term is commonly associated with the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1992. For a fuller development of the concept, see Schmidheiny, S. (1992). Changing course: A global business perspective on development and the environment. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
10. This abbreviation refers to the Global Environmental Management Initiative.
11. This program was initiated through the Chemical Manufacturers Association.
12. This abbreviation refers to the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies.