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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.
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Abbreviations
- CCRES:
-
Canadian Coalition for Responsible Environmental Solutions
- Ceres:
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Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies;
- CSR:
-
Corporate Social Responsibility
- EU:
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European Union
- GE:
-
General Electric
- GHG:
-
Greenhouse Gases
- MNC:
-
Multinational Corporations
- WTO:
-
World Trade Organization
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We wish to express our gratitude to the guest editor, Justin Tan, for his very helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. Research assistance by Norman Tasevski is gratefully acknowledged.
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Eberlein, B., Matten, D. Business Responses to Climate Change Regulation in Canada and Germany: Lessons for MNCs from Emerging Economies. J Bus Ethics 86 (Suppl 2), 241–255 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0194-x
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