The semiconducting principle of monetary and environmental values exchange
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https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.10.3.2021.284-290Keywords:
net environmental value (NEV), environment-healing element, cultural values, mindspongeAbstract
This short article represents the first attempt to define a new core cultural value that will enable engaging the business sector in humankind’s mission to heal nature. First, I start with defining the problem of the current business culture and the extant thinking on how to solve environmental problems, which I called “the eco-deficit culture.” Then, I present a solution to this problem by formulating the “semiconducting principle” of monetary and environmental values exchange, which I believe can generate “an eco-surplus business culture.” This work adds one new element, the eleventh cultural value, to the ten core values of progressive cultures postulated by Harrison (2000).References
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