N.P.GRIGORYEV

VIEMS, Moscow, Russia

 

 

 

CORPORATION'S global geoethics –

morals and profits

 

 

 

     Economical, ethical and environmental is united in humanity's moral attitude to natural resources, pollution sinks, and common natural goods and to inanimate nature as a whole. Global geoethics synthesize these three “E”. Global geoethical analysis is checking environment by both ethics, and economics. Profit rules economic relations but the society corrects the situation with the aid of morals and law. For example private ownership restricts free access to natural objects. The owner is responsible morally and by law for their integrity. This means costs - for guarding property, rational exhaustion or exploitation and for observing common interests. Who must pay? Owner? But the people deprived of using this part of nature also "pay" for their abstinence. So owner's expenses are justified. But it is possible to diminish the costs.

 

     In economics the state, corporations (enterprises) and householders (families) form an interrelating partnership. Any of them integrates himself in the geoethical system in his own way. Economics in contemporary world gradually turns to be environment-friendly, because "three E" behavior compensates expenses. To use resources sparingly, to reduce pollution and wastes means to apply modern technologies. That means to make profit and to spare on environmental taxes. Good publicity will make goods you produce more marketable because they are "green". So the geoethical corporation will make profit. Speaking broadly that means "protestant's ethics": God will help to honest, hard working, industrious, sparing and diligent people. He will reward them not only ideally (in Heaven) but he will also make them rich and happy on Earth. Thus geoethical behavior is a reward in itself. But to control one's behavior mans to act according to rules. It is of use to formulate them.

 

      Humanity as a whole, corporations and individuals must have a geoethical code for each of the said levels. Corporations should realize that their aim is not only profit and rent but also safety, health, environment and numerous social tasks. Their slogan must sound: "Be environmental in economics and economic in environment and check your behavior by ethic codes."

 

 

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     The "three E" principles and rules for corporations are as follows:

1.   Morality: "never harm!"

2.   Environment friendliness: nature, ecosystems, health and safety - first!

3.   Economic soundness:

      a) All resources in economy are limited - so spare and use rationally natural resources, materials, ecosystems,

      b) Do not squander - use less economically and environmentally valuable things instead of more valuable ones, try to make wastes marketable,

      c) Reduce pollution and wastes - their elimination, fees, taxes and fines will cost more.

4.   System:

      a) Think globally, act locally

      b) Keep environmental image along the whole production chain (resources, processing, product, packing, and consumption),

      c) Popularize, explain and demonstrate (in publicity, education etc.) to the public and to the own personnel that you act geoethically,

      d) Support social and environmental projects (good publicity),

      e) Prevent social, environmental and other conflicts, amalgamate production and social, environmental, local and aboriginal problems - "conflict means losses".