Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 2006. / Bibliography: p. 240-276. / Introduction -- "Greening" phenomena of corporate environmental management and reporting -- China's environmental management and reporting -- Research theoretical methodology -- "Evolutionary epic" of China's environmental management institutions -- Findings and conceptualisation of CEM and CER -- Further discussion and implications -- Conclusion. / What was once the preserve of a 'green' social organisational fringe, Corporate Environmental Management (CEM) and Corporate Environmental Reporting (CER), have increasingly become a core business strategy. Research studies in this arena have been centred on industrialised nations (e.g., Guthrie and Parker, 1990), and until recently, comparatively sparse focus on developing nations (Belal, 2000), particularly in empirical studies on CER in the People's Republic of China (PRC). -- As the most populous nation on earth with one fifth of humanity (1.3 billions), China's astounding economic growth and resource consumption (Economist, 2005), provide 'telescoping' lessons in understanding the embracing of CEM and CER in rapidly developing countries. Motivated by China's unique institutional structure and embryonic stage of environmentalism (Luo and Yuwen, 2001; Chan and Welford, 2005), this field study explored the 'greening' phenomena of CEM and CER as perceived by senior managers in Shanghai. -- Utilising a modified grounded research approach (Strauss and Corbin, 1990; 1994; Whiteley, 2004), the constructivist ontology was chosen to penetrate the social context of the companies interviewed. Grounded in the data and applying interpretive epistemology, this qualitative research elucidated our awareness about the normative assumptions underpinning CEM and CER in Shanghai. The emergent model illuminated our understanding of how Chinese institutions and senior individuals within enterprises responded to the greening challenges, and how senior managers matched their personal beliefs with perceived CEM and CER. -- The results in this study indicated that CEM and CER were influenced and/or constrained by formal institutional rules (e.g., environmental policies and laws) and informal cultural institutional norms (e.g., Guanxi, trust and secrecy). The findings resonate well with institutional theoretical constraints (Powell and DiMaggio, 1991; Fogarty, 1992a) and cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, 1962). This is attributable to the dilemma of balancing the 'yin and yang' of long term environmental sustainability and short term economic growth. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / viii, 289 p. ill

published_or_final_version / Environmental Management / Master / Master of Science in Environmental Management

by Chui Kar Yee, Ma Ying Ying Naomi. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-40). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION / Objective --- p.1 / State of the Environment --- p.2 / Environmental Awareness --- p.4 / Group Groups in Hong Kong --- p.5 / Government Action --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT --- p.11 / Sustainable Development --- p.13 / ISO14001 --- p.14 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- CASE STUDY OF GREEN BUSINESSES IN HONG KONG / Environmental Performance --- p.20 / Motivations and Benefits for Adopting Environmental Strategies --- p.25 / Environmental Hurdles --- p.26 / Consumer and Environmental Performance --- p.27 / Key Success Factor in Corporate Environmental Management --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- CONCLUSION --- p.32 / APPENDIX / Table 1: List of ISO 14001 Certified Companies in Hong Kong --- p.34 / BILIOGRAPHY --- p.38