Environmental Policies and The Reproduction of Business as Usual

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ID3833697
AutoresNora Räthzel (0000-0003-0893-8047, Umeå University, autor de correspondencia), D Uzzell (0000-0001-7590-0079, University of Surrey)
Año2019
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas120-138
Fecha de publicación2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCapitalism Nature Socialism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1045-5752 • E-ISSN: 1548-3290
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10455752.2017.1371200
OpenAlexW2753388212
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas31

This paper aims to advance knowledge about corporate environmentalism by using new concepts and methods. We broaden the concept of the firm as "differentiated composite actor" by including not only managers but workers and unionists as actors. We descend into the "hidden abode of production" using Lefebvre’s concept of "everyday life" to explore the barriers environmental policies experience in this sphere. We base our explorations on life-history interviews to understand how the imaginaries of production are embedded in people's self-conceptions. We identify seven barriers to the implementation of environmental practices: deficient regulations, collusion between controller and controlled, de-prioritisation, hierarchism, compartmentalisation, specialisation, and social unsustainability. A "necessity discourse," legitimating the priority of efficiency and product quality over environmental sustainability, subjugates alternative sustainable practices. The paper concludes with a discussion of the results in the light of previous investigations, suggesting that the concept of the everyday could enrich future research

Business · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Everyday life · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics · Production (economics · Public relations · Reproduction · Sociology · Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Management and Organizational Studies