Environmental Policy

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to climate change, a large number of desperate Kenyans have settled illegally in the country's parks and are deforesting large areas to make them suitable for cultivation and cattle-grazing. Sadly cutting down the trees is helpi...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Parklife.pdf

Authors: Murdock, Barbara Scott ; Wiessner, Carol ; Sexton, Ken
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science, Technology & Human Values
Abstract: This article examines stakeholder involvement and influence as part of voluntary environmental agreements between regulatory agencies and companies. Ten pilot projects that were part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pro...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904266104

Authors: Tunick, Richard ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This is a model lesson plan for instructors who are interested in integrating ethics into the middle or high school level science classes. Lesson 12 discusses the complexities of environmental decisions as it relates to land usage....
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Education/precollege/scienceclass/lessonplans/lesson12.aspx

Authors: Derr, Patrick George ; McNamara, Edward M.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume contains over 40 cases looking at issues such as genetic engineering, aesthetics, pollution, animal rights, population, and resource management. Each case presents factual information on a particular topic, followed by a...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Zwart, Sjoerd ; Doorn, Neelke ; Royakkers, Lambèr ; Nihlén Fahlquist, Jessica ; Poel, Ibo
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In some situations in which undesirable collective effects occur, it is very hard, if not impossible, to hold any individual reasonably responsible. Such a situation may be referred to as the problem of many hands. In this paper we ...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9276-0

Authors: Karmosky, Chris ; Haqq-Misra, Jacob D. ; Baum, Seth D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: In a recent editorial, Raymond Spier expresses skepticism over claims that climate change is driven by human actions and that humanity should act to avoid climate change. This paper responds to this skepticism as part of a broader r...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9270-6

Authors: Simon, Alexander
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: This article talks about conservationist ethics as represented by Gifford Pinchot, and ecocenteric ethics as represented by Aldo Leopold, and then discusses a buffalo hunt the author engaged in in 2005 in the Henry Mountains of Utah...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Simon-Leopold%20Pinchot%20Marx%20and%20Ethics.pdf