Readings

Case

  Locke, Richard M. "The Promise and Perils of Globalization: The Case of Nike." Chapter 3 in Management: Inventing and Delivering Its Future. Edited by Thomas A. Kochan and Richard Schmalensee. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003, pp. 39-70. ISBN: 9780262112826.

Required

"Nike, Inc. Case Summary." The NaturalStep, 2003.

"Innovate for a Better World." Nike FY05-06 Corporate Responsibility Report. Beaverton, OR: Nike, Inc., 2006. (Read chapter 4, "Considered Design and the Environment" and skim chapter 3, "Workers in Contract Factories.")

Jana, Reena. "Quality over Green: Nike's New Air Jordan." Business Week, January 25, 2008. (Skim)

Recommended

Locke, Richard, and Monica Romis. "Improving Work Conditions in a Global Supply Chain." MIT Sloan Management Review 48, no. 2 (2007): 54-62.

Roberts, Dexter, and Peter Engardino. "Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops." Business Week, November 27, 2006, pp. 50-56.

Required

Barringer, Felicity. "In Many Communities, It's Not Easy Going Green." New York Times, February 7, 2008.

Repenning, Nelson, and John Sterman. "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems That Never Happened." California Management Review 43, no. 4 (2001): 64-88. (PDF)

Repenning, Nelson, Paulo Goncalves, and Laura J. Black. "Past the Tipping Point: The Persistence of Firefighting in Product Development." California Management Review 43, no. 4 (2001): 44-63. (PDF)

Case

Lee, Deishin, and Lionel Bony. "Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-607-003, May 30, 2007.

Required

Walker, Brian. "You Are Only As Green As Your Supply Chain." Harvard Business Review, February 6, 2008.

Recommended

"Our Journey Toward a Better World." Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, Inc.

"A Message from Brian Walker, CEO." Fiscal Year 2005. Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, Inc., 2006. (PDF)

Svoboda, Susan. "Note on Life Cycle Analysis." Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1995. (PDF)

Robert, K. H., et al. "Strategic Sustainable Development: Selection, Design and Synergies of Applied Tools." Journal of Cleaner Production 10 (2002): 197-214.

Required

The Marine Stewardship Council (A): Is a Joint Venture Possible Between "Suits and Sandals?" International Institute for Management Development, December 2002.

Berkes, F., et al. "Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources." Science 311, no. 5767 (2006): 1557-1558.

Required

Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science 162, no. 3859 (1968): 1243-1248.

Locke, Richard M. "Building Trust." Draft Article. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2008. (PDF)

Required

Struben, Jeroen, and John Sterman. "Transition Challenges for Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Transportation Systems." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 35, no. 6 (2008): 1070-1097.

Romm, Joseph. "The Hype about Hydrogen." Issues in Science and Technology 20, no. 3 (2004): 74-81.

Sperling, Daniel, and Joan Ogden. "The Hope for Hydrogen." Issues in Science and Technology 20, no. 3 (2004): 82-86.

Recommended

Lovins, Amory, and Brett Williams. "A Strategy for the Hydrogen Transition." Paper presented at the 10th Annual U.S. Hydrogen Meeting, National Hydrogen Association. Vienna, Virginia, April 7-9, 1999. (PDF)

Fargione, Joseph, et al. "Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt." Science 319, no. 5867 (2008): 1235-1238.

Searchinger, Timothy, et al. "Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change." Science 319, no. 5867 (2008): 1238-1240.

Case

Reavis, Cate, Nick Hofmeister, and Rebecca Henderson. "Gridlogix." Draft Case. 2008.

Required

Kotkin, Joel. "Opinion: Road Work." Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2007.

Gertner, Jon. "The Future is Drying Up." New York Times Magazine, October 21, 2007.

Required

Porter, Michael, and Mark Kramer. "Strategy and Society." Harvard Business Review, no. 12 (2006): 78-92.

Elhauge, Einer. "Sacrificing Corporate Profits." New York University Law Review 80, no. 3 (2005): 733-869.

Hoffman, Andrew. "The Coming Market Shift: Business Strategy and Climate Change." Chapter 7 in Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability. Edited by Kenny Tang and Ruth Yeoh. London, UK: Middlesex University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781904750154.

Required

Scharlemann, J. P. W., and W. F. Laurance. "How Green are Biofuels?" Science 319, no. 5859 (2008): 43-44.

Gore, Al. "New Thinking on the Climate Crisis." TED Ideas Worth Spreading, March 2008. Video lecture.

Ball, Jeffrey. "Two Carbon-Market Millionaires Take a Hit as U.N. Clamps Down." Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2008.

———. "U.N. Effort to Curtail Emissions in Turmoil." Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2008.

"Hot Politics." PBS, April 24, 2007. Video documentary.

Meadows, Donella. "The Limits to Growth Revisited." In The Global Citizen. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1991, pp. 29-33. ISBN: 9781559630580.

Required

Reed, Bill. "The Integrative Design Process: Changing Our Mental Model." Arlington, MA: LEED, April 20, 2006.

———. "A Living Systems Approach to Design." Theme Keynote Address for the AIA National Convention, San Antonio, TX, May 2007.

Playa Viva. "Playa Viva Community." Watch all seven videos by Playa Viva.