ENFORCING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: LESSONS FROM THE U.S. MEXICAN BORDER
This research critiques the article identified below this paragraph. The critique considers the relevance of the article to the global and national forces driving the changing roles of legal systems in a global economy, the logic and completeness of the author's argument, strengths and weaknesses of the article, and the reviewer's agreement or disagreement with the key points stated in the article.
Mumme, Stephen P. (1994, Winter). Enforcing international environmental agreements: Lessons from the U.S. Mexican border. Journal of Environment & Development, 3(1), 71 89.
The relevance of this article to the changing role of managerial communication is illustrated by the author's clear explanation of the problems involved in the enforcement of international environmental protection agreements along the border between the United States and Mexico (Mumme, 1994, pp. 71 89). As environmental awareness and sensitivity to the consequences of ecological degradation continue to grow within the American public, and as a more environmentally active administration begins to flex its muscles, many companies in the United States are becoming aware of the need to protect themselves against increasingly stern penalties for violations of environmental laws and regulations (Bartman, 1993, pp. 21 25). Many companies are learning that the adoption of environmentally
sensitive business strategies and operational procedures is the best defense against the imposition of such penalties. To be able to develop and adopt such strategies and procedures, however, it is necessary to both become aware of the various aspect of environmental protection that hold the potential to exert a significant impact on the operation of companies, and to develop organizational philosophies and cultures to support environmental protection. Un...