Should the Environment Regulate Economic Development
Should the Environment Regulate Economic Development. The Environment should take precedence over economic development. Some people might say that economic development and a strong economy is more important than protecting the environment. They look for a capital profit before thinking how there actions effect the environment. So far economic growth has taken little account to of the environment. Capitalism has left us with a world where corporations own the environment, where the quest for capital profit has left us with a long-term environmental problem. As a result, the economy has grown and the environment has shrunk. The environment is precious and once it is destroyed there will be no turning back. ... ”# Another long-term problem of economic development is water pollution. ... ”# Companies should find new and better ways of producing goods so not to impact the environments as much. They should adopt a triple bottom line policy, “social responsibility, environmental responsibility, as well as profits. ... For humans they have many aesthetic, recreational, economic, historical, cultural, and religious values. ... ”# Companies should explore new and better ways to produce goods without impacting the environment as much. “They should adopt the triple bottom line policy of social responsibility, environmental responsibility, as well as profits.”# This mean that corporations should first consider social issue and what is socially acceptable when conducting business.