Environmental Proetction Laws & the DOD INTRODUCTION This study examined the

This study examined the application of environmental protection laws and regulations to the activities of the United States Department of Defense (DOD). Although the DOD is a public sector organization, the orientation of the research performed for this study emphasized specified business policy issues. The business policy issues addressed in this study were organizational social responsibility, and organizational productivity. The business policy issue orientation was two faceted. First, the effects on the DOD of environmental compliance were assessed in the contexts of organizational social responsibility and organizational productivity. Second, the effects on American society of stemming from special conditions applied to DOD compliance with environmental protection laws and regulations are examined.

Environmental protection is an issue of enormous significance and interest to the American public. Most Americans are cognizant of environmental issues, as those issues apply to business and industry, and as those issues apply to individual and households. Most Americans, however, are unaware of the applicability of environmental law and environmental protection regulations to the activities of the United States Department of Defense.

The application of environmental protection law and regulations to private industry and household occurs within an open public forum. All Americans, if the are interested, may gain access t

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