Discussion Post I: Claims to Environment Friendliness
After reading 7 Sins of Greenwashing (And 5 Ways to Keep It Out of Your Life), 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?
Discussion Post II: Environmental Statutes
Visit the Small Business Administration's Environmental Regulations webpage and visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Laws & Regulations webpage.
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?
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.