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Conclusion
Roles
- We should follow the Environmental Ethical Values for our Welfare of the environment.
- We are only the responsible for Environment damage.
- We should love & respect the human as well as non human beings.
1) Government
- Government has supervisory role in the field of business ethics to protect environment.
- Producing subsidiary groups whose purpose is to facilitates and ensure the health and welfare of the earth
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2) Customer
3) Organization
- Environmental ethics is a branch of philosophy that consider the moral relations between human beings and their natural environment
- Customers have some responsibility to protect our environment
- Ethics are very important in an organization
- An organization formed when individuals with varied interest and different background.
4) Society
- Ethics studies the relations of human beings and the environment and how ethics plays a role in the society
Environmental Legislation
Environmental legislation intends to control environmental degradation which has become a very serious issue in recent years and to improve quality and health of the inhabitants
Need Of Environmental Legislation
- Exploitation of nature and natural resources by man for centuries
- Rapid Industrialization
- Population Explosion
- Uncontrolled Population
- Deteriorating quality of Life
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Environmental Ethics
Precautions
- Creating policies & practices
- Developing people's understanding
- Leadership must walk the talk
- Building culture of transparency
-By Group 3
Responsibilities Under the Act
Environmental acts in India
- Not to exceed the standards of pollution prescribed by the central government
- Safeguards in handling hazardous substances as per prescribed procedures
- Information of accident caused by excess limits of pollution or pollutants or due to unforeseen events causing pollution
- Steps to mitigate the environmental pollution
- The air (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1981, amended in 1988
- The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- The Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974
- The Hazardous Waste Act ,1989
- The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
- The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 amended in 1988
Environmental Ethics Principles
Meaning
- We should have profound respect for nature.
- We must maintain a harmonious relation with other species.
- Everyone should take responsibility for this impact on nature.
- Local & indigenous environmental knowledge should be respected.
- We must plan for the long term.
Environmental ethics is the philosophical discipline that considers the moral and ethical relationship of human beings to the environment.
Effects
- Air Pollution
- Water Pollution
- Global Warming
- Acid Rain
- Land Degradation