Rubric: Global Civic Awareness - Demonstrate an Understanding of Environmental Issues Facing Business
Learning Objective |
1:Unacceptable |
2:Acceptable |
3:Excellent |
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Knowledge of Environmental Concerns | Little or no understanding of types of environmental issues. | Able to identify set of environmental issues affecting business. | Demonstrate understanding of multiple environmental issues and the costs and benefits for firms to address these issues. |
Environmental Externalities & Firm Decision Making | Little to no understanding why firms might not incorporate environmental concerns into their decision making process. | Able to identify that a firm’s profit objectives may conflict with or support addressing environmental concerns and that other stakeholders are concerned. | Demonstrate understanding of criteria under which a firm incorporates environmental issues into their overall decision making process (i.e., internalizing environmental costs) and the ramifications for consumers and other stakeholders. |
Political, Regulatory, & Social Responses to Environmental Issues | Little/no understanding of political, regulatory, and or social process utilized to address environmental issues. | Able to describe political, regulatory and/or social process with limited understanding of how business and other interest groups influence the process. | Demonstrate understanding of the interaction among firms, consumers and other stakeholders in the development of public policy, regulations and/or social responses to address environmental issues. |