Understanding American and Korean Students’ Support for Pro-environmental Tax Policy: The Application of the Value–Belief–Norm Theory of Environmentalism

<p>This article is about when a company should introduce a new ethical norm. By using the Value–Belief–Norm theory, I argue that the<i> </i>more an ethical issue threatens an ethical value and the more a company has an ethical responsibility to protect such value against such threat, then the more desirable it is for a company to establish ethical norms to protect that particular value. The introduction of a new ethical norm then becomes more desirable when the threat from such an ethical issue increases and/or the ethical responsibility of the company increases. Distinguishing seven characteristics of an ethical issue and four conditions of a company’s ethical responsibility helps in identifying the situation in which a company should introduce a new ethical norm. The resulting framework, with corresponding guidelines, explains why and when progress in business ethics is needed.</p>

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Fenntarthatóság – fenntartható fogyasztás – egyetemi hallgatók fogyasztásának vizsgálata alapján

Vezetéstudomány / Budapest Management Review ◽

10.14267/veztud.2009.09.04 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 41-53

Author(s):

Mónika Tóth ◽

György Málovics ◽

István János Tóth

Keyword(s):

Norm Theory ◽

Value Belief Norm Theory

A jelenlegi társadalmi-gazdasági folyamatok fenntarthatatlansága, potenciálisan önpusztító jellege a közvélemény és a környezeti problémakörrel foglalkozó kutatók körében napjainkra egyaránt tudatosult. Immár tudományos tény, hogy e folyamatok már a közeli jövőben beszűkíthetik a jövőbeni társadalmi-gazdasági választási lehetőségeket. E tendenciák kapcsán hangsúlyt kap a fejlett országok – köztük hazánk – állampolgárai részéről a jelenlegi fenntarthatatlan életmód megváltoztatásának szükségessége. A szerzők tanulmányukban arra a kérdésre keresik a választ, hogy a Szegedi Tudományegyetem hallgatóinak körében mi befolyásolja a környezettudatos fogyasztói magatartást. Ehhez megvizsgálják, hogy az ökológiai lábnyom alkalmas-e a környezettudatos fogyasztás mérésére, továbbá elemzik az ökológiai lábnyom méretének alakulását a SZTE hallgatóinak körében. Végül feltárják az ökolábnyomot befolyásoló tényezőket, ezek hatásának irányát és mértékét, amelyhez elméleti keretül elsősorban az érték-hit-norma elmélet (Value-Belief-Norm Theory) szolgál.

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Environmental Tax Policy Reforms in the European Union

Handbook of Research on Policies and Practices for Sustainable Economic Growth and Regional Development - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2458-8.ch027 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 318-329

Author(s):

Charalambos Louca

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Tax Policy ◽

Green Economy ◽

Environmental Taxes ◽

Environmental Tax ◽

The European Union ◽

Policy Reforms ◽

Tax Reforms ◽

Fiscal Reform ◽

Policy System

This chapter provides an overview of the environmental tax policy system in the European Union. The different kinds of environmental taxes, their quantitative use in the member states as well as the factors that influence the potential for tax reforms are explained. Reference is also made as to how environmental fiscal reforms can contribute to a Green Economy. The principles and the motivational factors for an Environmental Fiscal Reform (EFR) are explained. The experiences and the practices of European and Asian countries are presented and policy lessons learnt are drawn. Finally the chapter concludes by referring to the environmental fiscal reform prospects.

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Incorporating green building into architectural education: what can we learn from the value-belief-norm theory?

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/ijshe-06-2020-0200 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 457-476

Author(s):

Xiaohuan Xie ◽

Shiyu Qin ◽

Zhonghua Gou ◽

Ming Yi

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Green Building ◽

Ecological Crisis ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Motivation To Learn ◽

Learning Behaviors ◽

Content Type ◽

Norm Theory ◽

Values And Beliefs ◽

Value Belief Norm Theory

Purpose Aiming to find out how to incorporate green building into the architectural curriculum, this study aims to explore the psychological path for cultivating architectural students’ awareness and motivation to learn the green design concepts and related technologies. Design/methodology/approach Based on a global review of relevant architectural courses in universities, a set of green building learning behaviors was proposed and a survey was conducted in architectural schools in South China to verify the “value-belief-norm” theory through the lens of green building learning behaviors. The psychological path that affects students’ green building learning behaviors was analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings The results showed that biospheric and altruistic values could directly affect students’ motivation to learn green building, while personal norms served as the mediating condition for personal values and beliefs, and ultimately improved motivation. Practical implications The study suggests that the cultivation of environmental awareness and a sense of the ecological crisis should be developed through foundation courses, by establishing an ecological architecture curriculum, to more effectively guide students to learn and practice green building. Originality/value This study, for the first time, applied the “value-belief-norm” theory, which was developed to explain the psychological path for pro-environmental behaviors, to green building learning behaviors of architectural students.

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