Title: The field of knowledge of the environmental management paradigm

Authors: Carlos Díaz-Rodríguez; Abdénago Yate-Arévalo; Edgar Emilio Sánchez-Buendía

Addresses: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Calle 52 sur # 93D-97 Bloque 1 Sede Bosa, Porvenir, Bogotá, Colombia; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Carrera 11 # 101-80, Bogotá, Colombia ' Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Calle 52 sur # 93D-97 Bloque 1 Sede Bosa, Porvenir, Bogotá, Colombia; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Carrera 11 # 101-80, Bogotá, Colombia ' Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Calle 52 sur # 93D-97 Bloque 1 Sede Bosa, Porvenir, Bogotá, Colombia; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Carrera 11 # 101-80, Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The environmental management paradigm facilitates organisations' adaptation and flexibility using ethical and bioethical criteria for the management of physical, chemical, and biological processes and their interactions with humanity not to mention their environmental impact. Traditional management is insufficient to meet the demands of uncertainty and unpredictability, as well as the complexity of environmental impacts. The environmental paradigm integrates the social and the natural but it does not offer methods and tools to develop a practical solution for environmental problems to move towards sustainable development.

Keywords: administrative paradigm; environmental paradigm; environmental management; environmental ethics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMCP.2019.100683

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2019 Vol.12 No.3, pp.255 - 277

Received: 17 Feb 2018
Accepted: 16 Dec 2018
Published online: 06 Jul 2019 *

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