Should Business Influence the Science and Politics of Global Environmental Change?
[You must be logged in as faculty to rate this document]Abstract: Case (A) presents three strategic options considered by a fictitious international oil and gas corporation to address the issue of climate change: ‘fight against action’, ‘wait and see’, and ‘dynamic proactive’. Case (B) presents the climate change strategies of three multinational corporations – ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, and TotalFinaElf. Teaching objectives include: (1) assess critical business strategies on global environmental risks and underlying ethical dilemmas; (2) acknowledge influence of business on scientific and political dimensions of society, and ethical responsibility as an inherent dimension of business global strategy; and (3) reflect on ethical management of this influence.