Business responses to climate change regulation in Canada and Germany: Lessons for MNCs from emerging economies

Burkard Eberlein, Dirk Matten

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    Abstract

    This article proposes a novel mapping of the complex relationship between business ethics and regulation, by suggesting five distinct ways in which business ethics and regulation may intersect. The framework is applied to a comparative case study of business responses to climate change regulation in Canada and Germany, both signatories to the Kyoto Protocol. Both countries represent distinctly different approaches which yield significant lessons for emerging economies. We also analyze the specific role of large multinational corporations in this process.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)241-255
    Number of pages15
    JournalJournal of Business Ethics
    Volume86
    Issue numberSUPPL.2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 2009

    Keywords

    • Canada
    • Climate change
    • Germany
    • Multinational corporations
    • Regulation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Business and International Management
    • General Business, Management and Accounting
    • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
    • Economics and Econometrics
    • Law

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