Corporate Environmental Citizenship: An Ethical Approach towards Environmental Sustainability

Abstract

Corporate Environmental Citizenship has become a buzz word in today’s competitive world as it redefines the relationship of individuals with the nature and narrates the responsibilities of individuals towards nature. Smarter we use environmental resources and better systems we create for further distribution. One way to contribute more and even distribution of the resources is to be more aware of what we buy and how it is produced. The business houses are dealing a great part with this system of production and distribution. So the corporation need to keep in mind the concept of equitable share and equitable responsibility. This is where the concept of Environmental Ethics arises which relates to our obligations and responsibilities towards nature. Environmental Ethics guides the corporation to bring the appropriate approach of employees towards Environmental Sustainability. Considering the aspects of Environmental Ethics “Environmental Citizenship†has become a new phenomenon and important requirement of 21th century. Corporate Environmental citizenship (CEC) includes the exercise of environmental rights and duties of the corporations as well as the identification of the underlying structural causes of environmental degradation and environmental problems. Thus the paper focuses on how corporations are developing a sense of rightness and wrongness and acting responsibly and positively towards the environment while contributing to a just society.