Allocation of Responsibility: Managerial Perspectives on Pollution in Three Chinese Municipalities

Gerald E Fryxell, Carlos W H Lo and Tao-Chiu Lam
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Gerald E Fryxell: China Europe International Business School, 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai 201206, People's Republic of China

Environment and Planning C, 2003, vol. 21, issue 3, 445-465

Abstract: It is widely acknowledged that China's economic miracle has been achieved at the expense of its natural environment. Although considerable emphasis is now being given to the environment in the central government's current policy initiatives, reversing the degradation of natural capital will require the full range of policy mechanisms. Although businesses must be made to comply with regulations, collaboration from management will be required to implement various nonregulatory policy mechanisms. Consequently, it is important to understand managers' assessment of the current situation, particularly in light of China's ‘command-and-control’ tradition and whom they hold responsible. From a sample of 653 managers in three large urban centers, it was found that Chinese managers hold multiple institutions responsible. The central and local governments are held primarily responsible—both for not having passed stricter regulations and for not having enforced those already on the books. Economic organizations are held secondarily responsible. Significant differences among sectors and regions, however, were also observed.

Date: 2003
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