Dr. Marc Epstein

Dr. Marc Epstein 

This project concentrates on the need of companies to integrate social and environmental impacts into management decisionmaking. The measurement and reporting of these impacts are key to corporate accountability. The project will develop the tools and techniques to evaluate effects of company products, processes and activities on both the company and society and will provide for a more complete analysis of all capital and operational investments. By ignoring future social and environmental impacts, company capital resource allocation decisions are flawed. The project will also examine company operational and capital investment decisions and the impact of these investments on financial performance through both earning and share price.

The project has been completed and a series of work based on the topic has been published. Dr. Epstein will also be releasing a new book in January 2008 with the title Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts.

McNair Hall

For more information:

Epstein, Marc J., R. Bagozzi, P.S. Wisner. 2006. "Organizational Antecedents and Consequences of Environmental Performance." Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management

Epstein, Marc J., P. Wisner. 2005. ""Push" and "Pull" Impacts of NAFTA on Environmental Responsiveness and Performance in Mexican Industry." Management International Review

Epstein, Marc J., K. Schnietz. 2005. "Exploring the Financial Value of a Reputation for Corporate Social Resonsibility During a Crisis." Corporate Reputation Review

 Epstein, Marc J., P. S. Wisner. 2005. "Managing and Controlling Environmental Performance: Evidence From Mexico." Advances in Mangement Accounting

Epstein, Marc J.. 2005. "The Payoffs for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Conversation with Marc J. Epstein." Cost Management

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